Tag Archives: Seattle Center

Ukraine Rally and then KEXP

Posted on February 26, 2023 by redharparts

Edit: I forgot to mention. The next day Sun, 26 Feb, was my 11th anniversary of the first USk sketch outing I attended. Urban Sketchers Seattle met at the independent KEXP radio station on the grounds of Seattle Center. I … Continue reading →

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Wish you were here

Posted on April 7, 2022 by redharparts

Sketchbook Skool’s live on Youtube “Draw with Me” session this morning was making a postcard to mail. Danny’s going on a trip so… Certainly Washington (state) is more than Seattle. But I live in the “People’s Republic of Western Washington” … Continue reading →

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KEXP

Posted on November 8, 2019 by redharparts

The KEXP radio station broadcasts from within a glass room inside the “Gathering Space” which is a huge room. In one corner is the La Marzocco Cafe. It’s a good place to sketch as, in addition to lots of people, … Continue reading →

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Not Diwali

Posted on October 21, 2018 by redharparts

Urban Sketchers Seattle rearranged our usual schedule to attend and sketch the Diwali Festival at Seattle Center Armory.  Except I didn’t sketch the festival…more on that below. As I often do, I traveled by light rail into Seattle. While parking … Continue reading →

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Winterfest

Posted on December 18, 2017 by redharparts

Similar to the Gingerbread village, the model train village at Seattle Center’s Winterfest is a sketching nemesis. I’ve never done a sketch of either that I’ve liked. So today I mostly practiced avoidance. I was there so early, though, that … Continue reading →

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Dancing Lines Saturday

Posted on July 15, 2017 by redharparts

We met at Seattle Center for our first day of instruction in the Dancing Lines workshop. My subset spent the morning with Melanie Reim.  I learned how better to use my brush pen! She emphasized making a plan with a … Continue reading →

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Astronauts landed at Seattle Center

Posted on July 14, 2015 by redharparts

This is a long post as I had a lot of fun sketching today!  This Astronaut hunting expedition has been planned for almost a week, ever since it was predicted that today would be cooler. I took my new Field … Continue reading →

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2015 Folklife

Posted on May 22, 2015 by redharparts

You just never know about the weather for Folklife Festival. Two years ago it was too hot and sunny. Last year it threatened rain but turned sunny.  This year it was cloudy and chilly the entire sketch outing.  This was … Continue reading →

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Orcas at the Science Center

Posted on July 24, 2014 by redharparts

We’ve had friends from Oregon visiting the past few days.  On Wednesday (yesterday, 23 July), we went to the Pacific Science Center so they could see the Spy exhibit.  I’d already seen it so didn’t pay the extra to go … Continue reading →

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Chihuly Glass Garden

Posted on October 4, 2013 by redharparts

Friends Thom and Kipp visited for a couple days.  On a beautiful, sunny crisp fall Friday, we went to Seattle Center.  They wanted to see the Chihuly Garden and Glass.  Convenient, as I’d not yet been inside. We arrived before … Continue reading →

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