Hideaway Bakery, Eugene, OR

A chance to sit in the sun brought a lot of us out to our gathering at the Hideaway Bakery Tuesday moring: Barb So, Erik, Jan, Sandy, Penelope, Barb Sh, and Ken’s old friend Mike stopped by, too.

   Ken got there early, as did Erik, hence the requisite sketch of the requisite model. When he showed Jan his self-portrait, he explained that we tend to portray ourselves as younger than we are. We like it.

      Ken had just done a sketch workshop with some 4th graders at Gilham Elem., and shared the thank you sketches they did for him.

    Penelope also had children’s art in her sketchbook from a recent trip, along with some full page art projects (& solstice sketches!).

    An old friend of Ken’s, Mike showed up to sketch with us, too.

    Quietly in a corner, Barb So was sketching in her lap, so surreptitiously that her model didn’t even know. Ta dah!

    Tricia is often a lap sketcher, too, which helps when you’re on a ferry trying to capture passing scenery! This from a  Whidby Island trip.

    Jane was busy sketching some of the people across the courtyard, but then her models got up & left! So the brief sketch is all she had.

      Jan was concentrating on the people across the table from her…first the gal on the left, then our own Sandy in sunglasses!

    And across the table, Sandy was sketching Mike and Jan.  Ha!

        What will Barb Sh add to her doggie page…ah, a sketch of her father from a remembered photo prior to his leaving for military service. What a nice remembrance to do for Father’s Day.

     Meanwhile, Erik (remember Erik?) was finishing yet another sketch of the sky and trees – look how he brings depth to the sky! Wow.

Hideaway Bakery, Eugene, OR

Patti McNutt is behind the camera doing a panoramic shot!  In addition, present were Jane, Erik, Ann Tiegen, Sandy, & Barb Sh.

    Erik and Ann discover they both like to use artist’s crayons, and here they’re comparing water soluble and oil base versions.

         Across the table, Sandy, Barb Sh, and Patti talk about Patti’s recent trip to Italy, where she happily used gouache (Talens brand) paint. She says that by using the Sta-Wet palette the paint never dried out!

    Here’s Erik’s sketch of Patti, and Sandy sketching Erik!

    Patti started sketching a planter at Hideaway, then added context.

    The bakery is a dog friendly place, so Barb Sh took advantage of the available models! Lovely completed sketches in a short time.

        Jane brought a model from home to sketch – here’s how the sketch evolved from pencil to pen to watercolor. Such a nice time by all.

Sprout! courtyard, Springfield, Oregon

Idaho visitors Miela and Marty stopped by to see what we were doing, and of course we invited them to come sketching with us in Italy in 2017! It’s always such fun to share interests with others.

    Erik got to our meeting place first this morning (as usual) and started right in on the interesting architecture of the place.

     From a simple quick pencil sketch to layers of color – it emerges!

   Barb Sh announces she figured out what to add to the page she started last week, featuring Erik & Jane – a gargoyle peering at them!

   After her pencil sketch to see how pieces would interact on the page, she inks the images in…now, ready for color!

And in the interest of full disclosure, here’s what Jane (recently rattled by her air conditioning system quitting back at home) did.

100 Mile Bakery @ Sprout, Springfield, OR

Jane and Erik got there first, and immediately (after Erik’s berry pie) started sketching – Jane the flowers, Erik the sign & street vista.

     Here are Jane’s sketches – too much coffee influenced the first, but she finally calmed down for the poppies. Whew.

        Erik said he came to get inspired, and he got it! Or did he… Yep.

Sandy, Tricia, and Barb Sh interrupt their sketching for a chuckle.

     Here’s what Barb Sh was working on – so interesting to see how the initial sketch continues to evolve, now with the Iceland Poppies, too.

   Sandy’s fears that she’s lost her sketching chops were for naught.

    
By the time Barb A joined us, people were seriously into sketching, and Barb wasted no time in getting her watercolor flowing.

       Here’s how Tricia’s sketch developed from a simple black & white outline to – ah, color! Yes! There’s more to this story – check back!

5th St. Market, Eugene, OR

Erik and Barb S-N hard at work. Barb is paying attention to the negative space around a person’s head. Erik to earth and sky:

      Barb Sh is finishing a sketch from last week, putting in color – I asked about the color on the chair: “Shiraz!” she replied. We like it.

       Jane’s looking out the window – what to draw, what to draw…

Satoko and Tricia barely interrupt sketching to talk plans for Europe.

       Satoko has already sketched the view across the room, then quickly adds a sketch of the red umbrellas outside on the patio.

            Tricia’s gazing out the window, too – umbrellas! Ta dah!

Barb A shows up,  just home from painting in Venice and full of stories, but what can she draw in 10 minutes, she says…

     Oh! A chair! Of course! (and doesn’t she look pleased with herself!)