Sketches From Lovric's

 Sketch of houseboat by Joyce

 Sketch by Jerlyn

Sketch by Annie

June 29, 2016

Pot-Hauler by Carolyn

Wednesday Sketching at Lovric's

Jerlyn, Maryam, and Missy spent several hours sketching off one of the docks at Lovric's this afternoon.  We can't wait to return next week!  There are endless things to sketch!

Sketches by Jerlyn, Maryam, and Missy
June 2016

Some Sketches from Jerlyn

 D Ave. Nursery and Lincoln Theater Doors

 Shabby French Market

The Great Bicycle!

Sketches By Jerlyn

May and June 2016

Jerlyn's Line Drawing

Jerlyn's drawing from Carolyn's yard.

May 2016

Persimmons

Sketch by Jerlyn
Dec. 2015

Kalena's House

Thank you, Kalena, for your hospitality in hosting today's meet up with the Anacortes Sketchers. 

Opportunities for subject matter around every corner outside. 

Jerlyn, Petey, Missy, Patrick (Back)
Annette, Jude, Bonney, Jane, Katie, Kalena (Front)
Down the beach: Jill--Inside, at the dining table: Linden, Carolyn

Behind the camera: Michele

There were views of the tidal bay with a few forested islands, a shoreline strung with beach houses, some still showing their 1950's origins and not a drop of rain as we took our walk on the shore.

Every imaginable beach combing collection was available for inspiration   

Check back for photos of our sketches of the day as they are uploaded. 

christianson's sketch

Christianson's sketch by Jerlyn

Jerlyn's Sketches from the Holiday Party!

Sketches by Jerlyn
Dec. 2014

Deception Distillery

The barrels, the Arnold Holstein still and Paul pouring a sample after the tour. 

The first day of December was freezing cold with crusted snow and ice still lingering on trees, ponds and in the shady spots of the landscape. However, the Anacortes sketchers were warm and cozy indoors at the elegant tasting room of the Deception Distillery. Thanks, DD, for your warm welcome and hospitality!

We got a tour of the distillery and adjoining barrel room as well as the warehouse full of beautiful marble slabs. The hammered copper kettle with its pear shaped helmet and two steam columns looked like a beautiful polished musical instrument. 

Sketchers and their sketches. 

Sharing our sketches of the day. 

Thanks to Missy, we all got a new pen to try. It has water soluble ink and she wielded it beautifully in her sketch of the lamp at Carolyn's last week. We all admired it. So she brought each of us one today! Thanks again, Missy!

Footnote: Apologies for the blurry photos. I forgot my SD card for the camera, so used my very cold iPhone.

ASk at Carolyn's

Joy

Art and life

Michele's Sketch Journal Spread

There were so many great sketches today. Check back as the artists post them. 

Smugglers' Cove

A welcome place to sketch on a cold November day. 

There were lots of choices to be made: coats on or off, shop or sketch? Why choose when you can do it all?

Anacortes has unlimited choice of subject matter, no matter what the season. Indoors or out, there is bound to be the challenge of choosing from more than what one could sketch in a lifetime.

This is especially true of our location at Smugglers' Cove on Commercial Street this afternoon. Thanks to Kristen, the owner, we were invited to come in from the cold on this chilly autumn afternoon. Smiles, happy greetings, hugs and lively conversation ensued! We tried on vintage hats, recognized toys from our childhood and marveled at the eclectic bounty from which to draw. Everyone eventually found a little spot, or two, of their own. Gradually, with concentrated focus on our sketchbooks, the shop became quiet and I overheard Kristen on the phone in the other room; "......I've got sketchers here....."

The Cardinal Cafe

While sketching at Gordon's a couple of weeks ago we came upon the Skagit Valley College culinary arts students.  We were told that they cook gourmet lunches for the public.  Everything is made from scratch.  Jerlyn, Linden, Kalena, and Missy headed over this afternoon to try it out.  What a treat!!   The service was suberb and the visiting chef from Puerto Vallarta came out to the table to tell us about his Mexican cuisine which included plantain appetizer with tomatillo guacamole, shrimp serviche, salmon tents (?), empanadas, and mango sorbet swimming in hibiscus consommé with a fushia sugar spoon!!  Wow! Of course, we sketched.

Gordon's Skagit Farms

Fastest sketchers in the PNW, "The Originals" of ASk

All the way north to Gordon's Skagit Farm I saw heavy dark clouds, getting heavier looking and darker the closer I came. I wondered how many sketchers would be there. No worries, by the time I arrived there were a carload or two and more trickled in as the time ran on.

Always something new, always something happening at Gordons'

Then the chefs arrived! All dressed up in their white chef coats, a group from Skagit Valley College Culinary Department came to pick their ingredients for the week. They even had film documentation taking place. Did you know that you could have a gourmet lunch at SVC on Wednesdays and Thursdays for a very reasonable price, made especially tasty by the culinary chefs and their students?

Back: Emily, Kalena, Jerlyn, Anne-Front:Michele, Jane, Missy, Aleli

Meanwhile, we all continued sketching and here you can see the happy results!

Check back this week as we upload more closeups of the work we did today.

Join us next week as we revisit Gordons'. See our schedule.

There's so much to sketch, you just can't do it in one visit alone!

Alexander Beach

It was a rainy, blustery day......elsewhere. But the Anacortes Sketchers were cozy and warm at Alexander Beach today. You could literally paint the entire landscape from the comfort of our hosts' dining table with a beautiful panoramic view spread right out in front of you.

Even when a couple of us ventured outdoors to sketch, it was quiet and protected in our little cove. Three decks gave a choice of eye level and all around the property were wonderful subjects to paint.

Thanks so much, Cherie and Howard for generously allowing us to sketch at your place today.

The wind was beginning to create whitecaps on Burrows Bay just before we left.

It's so hard to get these kids to take a serious picture.

Most of the sketches of the day.

Missing from group photo: Kalena Wolf