DURANGO, AUGUST 2015, LINDA

I attended a drop-in portrait session.  Others were painting.  I had no painting supplies with me, so I drew.   11 x 14:

A sketch of aspens, La Plata County, Colorado.  7 x 10:

Allen Centennial Gardens/UW Madison Campus

 

Summer view beyond the bridge/by Elsie

 Queen Anne house overlooking the gardens/by Louise 

 

View overlooking Japanese style gardens /by Pat

 

Paoli Community Park/by Pat

 

Henry Vilas Zoo/by Gretchen

Cherokee Marsh Park 

by  Gretchen

Sketch break at UW Memorial Union by Louise.

Nathan Fowkes Materials List

Nathan Fowkes is a professional artist and illustrator who, for fun,  paints great small landscape paintings en plein air.  His materials all fit in a fanny pack and I find it amazing what he does with such limited materials.  He doesn't use much water with his paintings and often mixes watercolor paints with white gouache for really nice opaque effects.  He likes painting on acid free brown paper and his paintings really glow on it. You can see his work on his blog: nathanfowkes-sketch.blogspot.com/ .  He really is a master at capturing dramatic lighting effects esp at sunset.  He also has some great black, grey and white value studies on the blog including the very few materials he uses to do those. His plein air kit would be great for urban sketching, too.

Linda's Sketch, Olbrich Gardens, May 31, 2015


The Thai Pavilion looked so lovely, but was challenging to draw.  I thought I might go back to Olbrich to finish the roof tiles, as they presented a perspective problem, due to the different facing surfaces of the roofs.  However, the weather continues to be pollen-laden and windy, not good for my allergies.

 

Sunday sketchers at Rosie's Garden-part of St Mary's Hospital grounds...

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.

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

Evening Performance with Madison Community Orchestra 

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

Visiting Esther....

Madison Main Library

sketch by Elsie

Madison Public Library- Downtown

Sketch by Dina

Whole Foods Market sketch meet

Sunday sketch at Sundance Cafe/Hilldale Mall by Ruth

Sketching at Hilldale Mall by Louise

At Hilldale Mall..the Great Dane

By Elsie

Sketches at the library  by Elsie

Sketch at Wisconsin Aviation

By Elsie

Stoughton Opera House

Sketch by Elsie

Ruth's sketches at the library.

Wisconsin Aviation, Madison

Perfect place for sketch meet..

Sketch Meet today at Wisconsin Aviation, Madison

with Elsie, Dina, Gretchen and Louise...

Sketch by Louise - Lakeside St Coffee House

Lakeside St Coffee House

Sketches by Gretchen

Lakeside St Coffee House

Sketch by Elsie

Barnes and Nobles Bookstore- sketches by Elsie

Barriques Cafe location. Sketch by Gretchen.