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Cabela’s sketch outing
There had just been a significant wind storm yesterday. It is still blustery and raining today. The Urban Sketchers Tacoma Wednesday outing was further afield… all the way down to Cabela’s in Lacey, WA. So it was a smallish group … Continue reading
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Tagged Cabela's, Lacey, Tacoma, Urban Sketchers, WA, watercolor
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Visiting USk Port Townsend
During a previous visit, I’d walked through the Palace Hotel in Port Townsend but didn’t take the time to sketch there. When the Urban Sketchers Port Townsend announced a Wednesday outing there, I thought it would be a good time … Continue reading
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Tagged Chevy Chase Cabins, Palace Hotel, Port Townsend, Urban Sketchers, WA, watercolor
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The blue door
The weekly theme for the Urban Sketchers flickr group is “porches and balconies”. I noticed this charming home on my way to the Farmers Market yesterday. I went back to sketch it this afternoon.
Jewel Box Cafe
Urban Sketchers Tacoma met at the Jewel Box Cafe in the Point Ruston complex, near Tacoma. It was aptly named as it was a real jewel with beautiful furnishings and carved wood fixtures. There is even a balcony. Since it … Continue reading
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Tagged Jewel Box Cafe, Point Ruston, Tacoma, Urban Sketchers, WA, watercolor
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Fifth Anniversary
Today is the 5th anniversary of the first time I went to an Urban Sketchers sketch outing. On 2/26/12 I joined the group at an outing at the Stimson-Green Mansion. I didn’t do any urban sketching today but I did … Continue reading
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Tagged 5th Anniversary, Daniel Smith, Urban Sketchers, watercolor
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Joining forces at Wintergrass
This was the 4th year running that Urban Sketchers Seattle Friday group sketched at Wintergrass, the bluegrass festival in Bellevue. However, this year we were joined by a few sketchers from Tacoma! In fact, most of the sketchers were from … Continue reading
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Tagged Bellevue, bluegrass, Dale Chihuly, music, Urban Sketchers, WA, watercolor, Wintergrass
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Gabi’s 10×10
This was the kick off for Urban Sketchers “10 years x 10 classes” or simply, “10×10” series. This is the 10th anniversary year for Urban Sketchers. To commemorate, they are sponsoring 10 workshops, each group in one of many locations … Continue reading
Posted in Class, Sketch Crawl, Sketches, Urban Sketchers
Tagged 10x10, Gabi Campanario, ink, Seattle, Stillman & Birn, Urban Sketchers, WA, watercolor
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Discovery of a hidden gem
The USk flickr group weekly theme is “houses of worship”. While I do have many sketches of churches, I thought I would also do a new one for the theme. There are many more interesting church building in Seattle area, … Continue reading
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Tagged church, Renton, Urban Sketchers, WA, watercolor, weekly theme
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A new truck!
The global Urban Sketchers group on flickr has weekly themes. This week it is “trucks”. What better place than the LeMay – American’s Car Museum to sketch! I have several sketches of trucks in older sketchbooks but it was good … Continue reading
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Tagged Le May Car Museum, Tacoma, Urban Sketchers, WA, watercolor
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Bright mid-winter
Urban Sketchers Tacoma spent the day of the longest night in the brightly colored, cheerful location that houses Tacoma’s newest and only full on Art supply store: Artist and Craftsman Supply It is wonderful to have a branch of this … Continue reading
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Tagged Artist and Craftsman Supply, ink, Tacoma, Urban Sketchers, WA, watercolor
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