New Day Bakery/World Cafe, Eugene, OR

   Let’s see now…where were we…Tricia, Erik, Barbs Sh and S-N, Sandy, Penelope, and Barb A.  Jane behind camera, Ken yet to arrive.

  But first Penelope shows us her tricks – a sock cuff on her wrist to dab her paint brush, a magnet in her water container & under the palette to hold it steady.  Then Barb A shows us tulips from a visit.

And before we can get too busy, a curious bystander wants to share her needlework art with us.  We so enjoy talking to other artists.

   Barb S-N had to leave early, so she got right down to it – sketching whatever was in front of her, arranged however she liked!

     Here’s where Barb A left off last week. Checking her photo, she continues to refine, then starts on a new sketch, Penelope’s flowers.

     Sandy’s proud of doing a watercolor sketch with no pencil lines!

        Here’s another great example of how Erik develops his sketches.

      And here’s how Barb Sh develops her sketch images, layer on layer.

    Jane started with images from the outside courtyard, got cold and came inside to finish her sketch all in black ink lines, no color.

        Tricia likes using the long landscape oriented sketchbook, but it works both directions as you can see above. Love the window view.

        Then Ken came in with samples of the book he’s writing about his wife, Gwyneth O’Connell, which we all found interesting. He’d also kept working on the quince sketch he started last week, then he couldn’t keep himself from the challenge of a quick sketch of the flowers Penelope brought. We all enjoy having him join us.

Barry’s Southtowne, Eugene, OR

We couldn’t resist coming back here (for the THIRD time in a row!): Erik, Judy Carter, the Barbs (Barb S-N, Barb So, Barb Sh), Ken, Jan.

           Barb S-N welcomes Judy Carter to our gathering, encouraging her to sketch the quince blossom Jane brought, but Judy already had something in mind – a colorful interpretation of a photo she had.

         So Barb S-N painted her own vision of the quince blossoms.

       Barbs So and Sh were catching up on their previous sketches, and discovered their cyclamen sketches done at a previously meeting.

    Erik got in a quick sketch of the quince before doing his signature color treatment with Crayon d’Arche tools. Always so rich.

     Jane tested how the Derwent Graphitint pencils blend (see patches at top of page, colors over Meadow) before doing her quince sketch.

     Ken and Jan are seen intently sketching – Ken’s secret to success: he borrows Jan’s tools (which she just now discovered!)

    Jan says she just sketches with whatever she has on hand – wow!

        Barb So is sketching a different quince, using her travel palette.

   Barb Sh adds to her page from last week, and Sandy sneaks in for a quick preliminary sketch before going off to sculpture class.

   Barb A stopped by before her stint at New Zone Gallery.  Penelope shows us her latest Jane LaFazio project page (fabulous!).

           Penelope brought her own model – blossoms from her apple tree.

Barry’s, Southtowne, Eugene, OR

It takes coordination to get us all in the picture – & we probably need time lapse photography…  Above: Erik, the hands of Tricia, Barb S-N, Penelope, Barb Sh, Jane, & Sandy. Below: Tricia, Barb S-N, Penelope, Barb Sh, Jan, Sandy, and Erik (the brave). But wait, there’s more!

    Erik, of course,  took advantage of the fabulous eating options at Barry’s, but he also did some sketching…of sketchers at the table!

    We were curious to see how Barb Shirk’s oxalis sketch turned out (here with Erik, & with Jan), but let her do some sketching today, too.

     Jane had brought the yellow orchid, which she thoroughly enjoyed sketching – here’s how her sketch developed.

   Jane and Sandy were really intent on their sketching, but take a look at what Sandy was sketching (who can spell that yummy treat?).

    Barbara S-N was focused on the orchid, too, capturing Penelope’s attention with what she was doing with watercolor.

Then Barb A sneaked in the door and was making up for lost time.

      Meanwhile, Jan was already on her 2nd sketch trying to get loose in this version, while across the table Penelope was sketching Jan!

      The orchid caught Tricia’s eye, too, and here’s her final sketch of it.
     Ken finally takes a breather from looking at everyone’s work, commenting and encouraging, before he turns back to his own – he’s working on borders for his accordion style sketchbook in a sort of Celtic design (note the swan sketch on the right).

Barry’s at Southtowne, Eugene, OR

Barb Shirk was eager to show us her latest artistic development using paper clay – dimensional plaques, quite delightful!

    But then, Barb is always open to sharing – here with Tricia talking about her most recently completed sketchbook – the page on the left is why the dog looked so alarmed: an alligator.  On the right she pulls out the sketchbook folding table of contents, alphabetized!

          Erik started right in with an image in his mind and look how it developed! He calls it “Sky Window.”

       Jane brought a purple oxallis to sketch – her sketch stages here.

    Sandy’s sketch came from a different perspective, colorful pot, too.

     Barb Sh started off small, but the sketch quickly expanded across to page two – now the color addition!

        Barb S-N began a simple single watercolor leaf, got distracted showing us her inexpensive water markers, then started playing with water and on across the page!

        And then there was Tricia, totally immersed with replicating her kid’s kitchen …agh!  look at all the details!

Allan Bros. Beanery, 5th St, Eugene, OR

       It was such a pleasure to have Heidi join us today – what has she been doing? Oh just a little bit of this and that – wow!

Then we got down to sketching – Erik doing Sandy’s cup, Heidi sketching Jane’s incredible multi-nut muffin.

        Sandy took on the muffin challenge, too, while Heidi’s sketch is developing. Here’s Jane’s sketch done in brown Copic multi-liner.

    Erik’s version of the cup included drools down the side. Then Sandy started in on the mug while Barb So looked on.

      First Sandy’s muffin & mug, then Heidi couldn’t resist the cup, either.

    While Barb So was busy sketching people’s heads, Barb S-N showed Ken photos of her paintings at Springfield City Council, and then Barb A showed up for an artistic presentation – look at those boots!

      Meanwhile, across the street is the Lane County Jail – Jane took a simple linear approach, while Ken laid in rich colored pencil strokes.