Sketching at Deception Distillery

Sketch by Missy
Nov. 2015

Pumpkin Stack and Keystone

Gordon's

A potted plant at the Keystone Building 

Sketches by Missy

Oct/Nov. 2015

Sketching at Lovrics: My Summer Job by Sally Foster

I've always wanted to sketch at Lovrics Marina and I was thrilled with the opportunity to do so this summer.  Every Wednesday morning I eagerly arrived to see what new was happening and I was never disappointed!  Each week there were new boats both at the docks and on the hard and new projects underway.  I filled a sketchbook and could have kept going!

I learned that the La Merced, used as the breakwater, once hauled canned salmon from Bristol Bay to Anacortes.

 On my first trip to Lovrics I found the Tugugly and sat on the dock to sketch her.  When I finished I stood up and saw an even better view that included her waterline so I did another sketch!

 When my cousin Bruce, also an artist, came to visit, I took him with me to Lovrics.  Alice was his aunt and my grandmother so I couldn't resist sketching the Alice tied to the dock.

 The funnel on the left was used to grind sardines into fish meal before Lovrics bought the property.

 Exploring further one day I found this wooden sailboat on one of the smaller docks.

 Besides boats there were a lot of older trucks and machinery scattered around the property.

 Over the summer I saw many of same workers and thought I would include some of them.

 One morning my "find" was this barge totally loaded with stuff.

 Someone brought in half a boat on a trailer and was working on it.  It takes a lot of paint to paint a big boat!

 This fantail-era boat appeared in late summer.  It has a huge hole in it just above waterline.

I saved the party barge that we found one day for last and put Mt. Baker behind it for fun.

Gordon's

 The field of pumpkins at Gordon's

A bit of orange and green

Sketches by Missy

Oct. 2015

At Gordon Farms October 19 & 26

by Anne Elkins

10-19-15

by Anne Elkins

10-26-15

Sketching at Sally's

We had a great afternoon sketching at Sally's house.  Her beautiful piano-playing filled the house as we sketched.

October 2015

Watering Cans at Alley Cat Antiques

Alley Cat Antiques has a backyard area full of garden sculptures, pots, cans, vases, and many other sketchable items.  Most of us chose to be outside since the sun was shining!

Sketch by Missy
Oct. 2015