ART TUESDAY

 I joined Andrea Chebeleu of Watch.Learn.Play today to make some art for a while.  I'm not sure if I just made a mess or what!  There are parts I really love, so maybe I'll just cut it up and use it somewhere else.

So much fun!  And that's the point.

And, since it's Tuesday, I joined Cheryl Arkison for one of the last Quilters Playcation 2024 improv blocks.  I was doing so well, actually following her instructions and making a block that would look almost like hers and then I trimmed it and no!  I trimmed it a quarter inch too short.  I give up!

ART DATE 12

 This is an actual date!  Hailey joined me and we did some contour drawing and some blind contour drawings.  Then we put some watercolors on the best ones.  It was fun!

This is mine.

This is Hailey's - isn't it great!

ART DATE 10

 It was a warm and sunny morning.  I drove over to 18th and Cambridge to sketch the church there.  I sat outside on my new portable camp stool.  It worked good.

I spent a while trying to get the proportions and angles correct in pencil.  Then because I was getting too warm, I took the sketch home and worked on it some more there.  

 

ART DATE 7

I didn't go on my Art Date yesterday when it was scheduled, so I made up for that today.  I drove down to South Park and found an interesting scene at the Marina.  I love all of the masts and lines, but it does prove a challenge to draw!

I got this pencil drawing done, then headed back home to add some color.

I didn't get it finished.

ART DATE 3

 I headed out this morning to the Alki Lighthouse wanting to sketch there.  But, alas, it was closed and no way to get near it.  So I continued on down Alki Boulevard towards Luna Park, thinking I'd paint the cafe.  But, no, there was no where to park, so I continued on.  I headed down to Delridge looking for something to sketch.  There is a lot of construction on Delridge Way SW with detours and traffic cones everywhere.  When  I spotted this crew working, pouring concrete for the new road, I did a u-turn and went back to sketch them.

ART DATE 2

 I had a lot of things to do today, one of them being to take some returns down to the Amazon Return Center in Sodo.  So, after I did that I found something to sketch in that area.  I stopped and sketched this odd building on Airport Way.

I probably should do simpler buildings.  This was a little difficult.  There was a lot of sketching and erasing then sketching and erasing.  I didn't finish it on site, but took it home to add color.  I used my new "Molotow Blackliner" pen that I received in the Urban Sketching Set I won from CretaColor.  I love this pen, it has a great line,  smooth and easy and the ink is waterproof.

I stopped sketching at lunchtime and went over to Cafe Con Leche to pick up some take out.  I took our lunch home where we enjoyed it outside on the deck.

I had a Cubano sandwich and he had Puerco Asado, yum.

ART DATE

 I am going to go on an Art Date with myself every Thursday.  I'll go out and find something to sketch or draw and make art.  

Today was my first day.  I've been wanting to sketch the triangle in the center of White Center for a while now.  There was a great parking spot right across the street so I nabbed it and sketched this: