Drawing Tutorials

Above is a page from the sketchbook of John Muir Laws whose book on drawing birds I recently bought.  While he mainly draws from nature, he has several very good tutorials on his blog about drawing that would be helpful for sketching any subject.  www.johnmuirlaws.com  will get you to his blog. 

By Dina - Burrows Park

Shoreline sketch at Burrows Park by Louise

Gretchen's sketch at Olbrich Gardens.

Art Show September 21st

This show features a couple artist friends, Jim Miller and Nan Zimdars.  Nan has joined Draw:Madison for sketching on occasion also.  Well worth a look!

Last week during my jury duty, I walked  to the State Capital and sketched this outdoor scene during my lunch break.  The light watercolor wash was added later...

ASPENS, LINDA

DURANGO, CO

JAPANESE CRAB APPLE TREE, LINDA

FORT LEWIS COLLEGE, DURANGO, CO

It was wonderful sketching today at Brittingham Boathouse...along with the canoers, kayakers, paddle boards, boaters and those just enjoying the sunny warm weather on the shoreline.  The staff were happy we choose to sketch there and invited us back.  There were seven of us sketching with Draw Madison: Betty, Dina, Deborah, Gretchen,  Vickie, Dan and Louise. 

Stream Gallery at Edgewood College looking out at a nature preserve. Sketch by Louise

Sketches by Louise, Linda, Dina and Carol at Grace Episcopal Church outdoor courtyard..

Sketching by Carol

  Carol's sketch - flower urn in the courtyard of Grace Episcopal Church

Kangeroo Lake in Door County  -- by Dina

Driftwood ...sketch by Dina

View of State Capitol from Martin Luther King Blvd  ...sketch by Dina

By Dina...sketching the Green Bay Shoreline

Sketch Meet--Grace Episcopal Church, July 20

Linda

 

Waiting for my dog to be groomed, I came across this flower pot--Linda

 

 

Paoli - Sketch Meet July 13th

Lovely day in Paoli and great to meet Gerrardine and Dan.  The Exquisite Corpse show in the Cooler at Artisan Gallery was really outstanding.  Unfortunately Zazen Gallery was closed so could not see Jan Norstetter's new still life show but what we could see through the window looked beautiful.  After 3pm Gretchen and I went up Observatory Rd. and painted for a couple hours.  Very breezy and great clouds passing over.