SketchCrawl day Oct. 16th

Today was a Sketch Crawl Day and my friend Richard and I met up with a few fellow sketchers at the Pacific Air Museum at the Santa Rosa Airport. I was a cold and gray day, very unlike the day before, which was warm and sunny. Many of the Rural Sketchers ( a group I belong to)  didn't show this day.

Sikorsky H-34 

Grumman Albatross

Art on the Plaza — Sketchbook Project 2011 Sept and Oct.

This is my first attempt to share my work with a greater audience. I've been sketching for many years now, over 30. My friend Richard said I should blog and join Urban Sketchers. I'm excited to see if this works. I will attempt to place these sketches in the context of where and when I sketched them. I am working on a sketchbook for the Sketchbook Project 2011. If want to know more, go to the web page www.arthousecoop.com/projects/sketchbookproject.

These are not in order, but I don't think that matters.

Art on the Plaza September,25 2010

This sketch is actually two sketches that sort of merged together, you can see the woman on the left is off the ground a bit. My friend and I were sitting in the shade because the day was hot (90°) and we didn't want to move around too much. We were in the back of some tables, so this is a behind the table view. The tents didn't have flags on the tops, but I put them on because they gave the whole scene a more festive touch. Forgive me for adding a little something that wasn't there. Place: "Art in the Plaza", Healdsburg, CA. September 25th, 2010.

Art on the Plaza September,25 2010

This was a warm-up drawing and a sketch of a woman admiring Richard's sketchbook. Richard is my neighbor and a fellow sketchbook artist.

Art on the Plaza September,25 2010

This was a quick sketch of people at the art on the plaza. She stood there for a second then turned away. I only had time to do the head and arms. I had to remember the rest.

The Guy was sitting looking at his smart phone or PDA device. I think I got a good sketch of him.

 

Art on the Plaza September,25 2010 

This woman was sitting and I thought that I would get a nice long pose... no way she got up and moved almost as soon as I started drawing her.

The guy holding onto the umbrella was there for quite a while. But, he also left before I was finished.

A brillian fall day in the Plaza

This was done about a month later on November 1st, 2010, but It's the bandstand in the park where the Art on the Plaza was held. This drawing sort of fits with this theme. I bought some Faber-Castel brush pens and thought I would see what I could do with it. It's not watercolor, which I like to use , but they are very portable and don't bleed through the thin Mole Skin sketch book.