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  • Oakway and Zoom

    Oakway and Zoom

    Beautiful weather for sketching at Oakway Mall last Tuesday. Many hats. It was fun to be outside and together.

    BarbSo, PatW, Jane, Jim and Marsha’s empty chair.
    PatW
    BarbSo
    Jane
    Jane
    JIm
    Laura
    Laura
    PatW

    Friday’s Zoom was well attended and filled with laughter and talk of travel, paints and papers.

    BarbSo
    At Oakway.
    Bev
    Bitty is back from Iceland.
    Daisy went to the Sisters Quilt Outdoor Show
    Jane : The river Avon in her England sketchbook
    Laura took a class …
    .. and watched the Hearings.
    Marsha: In line at the pharmacy
    Trying for texture (click for full image)

    From our Idaho branch, Hugh and Sandy have been sharing their sketches from their trip to Europe and some work done with their Plein Air group in Boise.

    Sandy’s accordian sketchbook from Germany.
    Hugh: Plein Air
  • Zoom and Sketches

    Zoom and Sketches

    The TD’s visit to Cortesia got rained out on Tuesday, but some of us we able to gather to share our week’s work on Friday Zoom . Others posted their drawings on the FB group, TD Roundtable. Rita, Danita and Jane are working with images from their recent travels. The rest of us are closer to home.
    Daisy (click to see full image)
    Danita
    Jane
    Laura
    Marsha (click to see full image)
    Rita
    (click to see full image)
    BarbSo
    PatW (click to see whole image)
    Jim has a show at the Camas bakery this month.
  • Roses Again and Zoom

    Roses Again and Zoom

    Tuesday was for sketching at the Owen Rose Garden. The weather was perfect and the ambient aroma of roses was lovely.

    Owen Rose Garden
    Pat R
    Jane
    Tricia
    Daisy
    Marsha
    PatW
    Zoom #80
    Our 80th Zoom session: Sharing the week’s sketches.
    Bev: The hearings and Poppies
    Daisy: Images from her recent trip
    Danita: sketches from the Southwest trip
    Hugh: From his travels with Sandy
    Bitty in Iceland
    Jane
    Laura: Watching the January 6 Hearings
    BarbSo: Geraniums
    Rita: from her travels in Europe
    Rita: the dancer
  • Zoomers

    Zoomers

    We didn’t meet in person on Tuesday because of the January 6 Hearings being held in our time slot (how rude!). The assignment was to watch the hearing on TV and draw the faces. As nothing in this group is obligatory, a variety of images were created for the Friday Zoom session. Danita is beginning to share her work from their trip to the Southwest. Rita and Bitty, though they didn’t show up for Zoom have been sharing their travel sketches on the TD Roundtable on FaceBook.

    Bev: Digitalis
    Faces
    Faces
    Jane: Olive Branch (click for whole image)
    Jane: Angel
    Faces (click for whole image
    Laura: Faces
    Faces
    Faces

    Marsha: Faces
    Faces (click for whole image)
    Face
    Peggy: Faces
    BarbSo: Faces
    BarbSo: Foxglove
    BarbSo: Experimenting with a dip pen
    Rita: from her European travels
    Danita: from the Southwest
    Danita: from the Southwest
    Danita: from the Southwest
    Bitty: Image from Iceland
  • Sketching in June with the Top Drawers

    Sketching in June with the Top Drawers

    Show and tell.

    Tuesday, June 7, we were at the Owen Rose Garden again — simply a beautiful day. Sketching and sharing.

    (Tuesday, June 14, we attempted to sketch at Hendricks Park, but it was overrun with graduation celebrations. )

    Laura’s drawing.
    Laura and Pat.
    Daisy and Sharon.
    Barb’s watercolor sketch.
    Marsha
    Eva and friend.
    Sharon
    Daisy

    #77 Zoom, 6/10
    BarbSo
    Bev
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    Daisy (click to see whole image)
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    Laura: Birthday cards.
    Rita’s travels.






    Zoom #78

    BarbSo: Raining cats and dogs
    Lillies
    Bev: Just watercolor, no pen!
    Daisy observing.
    Jane, back from her travels.
    Marsha: Frilly Poppies
    TV people (click to see whole image)
    Bitty (click to see whole image)
    Laura is making birthday cards. She’s an inspiration to us all.