Tuesday, May 26, 2015

May 26, 2015

I haven't been outdoors sketching due to too many things to do and to my allergies.  The pollen this Spring has been awful.

Since classes ended, I'm glad to be back sketching.  This is Shep.



Sunday, May 17, 2015


Sketching in the rain at Olin Turville Park.
Rain and more rain at Olin Turville Park.
Sketch by Grethen
Olin Turville Park - off and on down-pours
By Louise

Friday, May 8, 2015

Evening Performance with Madison Community Orchestra 

Sunday, May 3, 2015

Every Day in May Sketching Challenge

As some of you may know there has been a worldwide sketching project every May for the last several years called Every Day in May.  There is a Flicker Group by that name that you can join and post your work and see others work.  I've never done it before but was able to figure out how to do the Flicker thing and so I'm posting a sketch a day.  You can read more about it on the art blog "Making a Mark" and the Flicker address is in the blog post from May 1st along with other info about it.  Below is the list of things to sketch each day and they are to be sketched from life.  This is a just for fun thing and it is.  It also makes me take time to do a sketch every day and that is always a good thing.  Hope you're all having a great spring and lots of sketching time.

1. A favorite food
2. A nearby tree
3. Curtains
4. Bottle(s) of herbs or spices
5. Something hot
6. Something with bristles
7. An envelope(s)
8. Something with a handle
9. Something with an interesting label
10. Something you can turn on/off
11. A hat, cap, or other headgear
12. Some stairs or steps
13. The last thing you bought
14. Something you use everyday
15. Something you could throw/give away
16. Ingredients for a favorite recipe
17. Something used for measuring
18. Lipstick/lip gloss
19. A cupcake
20. Your wallet/billfold
21. The spot you regularly sit to read
22. Something that hangs from or is attached to a wall in your home 23. A interesting detail of a building
24. Some keys
25. An apron, or something you wear as cover during messy activities 26. A sign
27. Something furry or fuzzy
28. A yard ornament or statuary
29. A faucet
30. A bird feeder or birdhouse
31. Eggs