The New D Avenue Nursery

It was such a fun afternoon sketching in the new and improved nursery right down from my house.  If you live in Skagit County, check out the D Ave. Nursery for a great selection of healthy, happy plants.

Sketch by Missy
May 2016

Sketching the Lincoln

Overworked, but here's my sketch.  It was fun to sit across the street, however, a car parked in front of me, so I had to change my vantage point halfway through the drawing.  I would like to try this great historic building again in a larger sketchbook.

Sketch by Missy
May 2016

Monday with ASK at the old Lincoln Theatre

Anacortes sketchers at the old Lincoln Theatre

Behind the scenes at the old Lincoln Theatre-What to choose?

It was a perfect afternoon for painting outside on the sidewalk in Mt. Vernon today. The old Lincoln Theatre (established in 1926) just had their new sign installed and it's pretty fabulous. So that's what I thought I would sketch. I even got started sketching in a shady spot across the street.

It was tempting, but we had unusual access to all the interior and I couldn't pass up the opportunity to prowl around behind the scenes.
As I passed the old fashioned ticket booth under the marquee and entered the lobby, there was the concession stand. It still has original graphics on either end from the 1940's indicating which way to the Guys' and Gals' restrooms.

Monday with Anacortes Sketchers at the old Lincoln Theatre-Michele's Sketches

I wandered all over, from the amazingly spacious auditorium with chandeliers hanging from truly high vaulted ceilings to the dressing rooms, carpenter shop, ushers' uniform closet, and a labyrinth of rooms, hallways and stairways. Someone was in the alley building a new set of steps for the cast entrance. There are still live performances staged at the Lincoln Theatre as well as classic, foreign,  independent and art films.

All that was missing was the sound of fresh hot popcorn and bubbles rising to the top of an enormus cup of Pepsi. That's how I reached the decision to sketch behind the scenes at the concession stand. The octopus-like tangle of tubes connecting the CO2 tanks to the soda dispenser, the Pepsi sign seen through the side of the popcorn machine, and the massive container (down to one third full) of popcorn kernels; all these were fun to sketch from my view at the base of a crooked set of stairs.

Thank you, Margaret, for arranging and hosting such a great opportunity and thanks to the staff at the Lincoln Theatre.

Posted by Michele Cooper

Sketching in the Sun at Sally's

Sally serenaded us with her beautiful piano playing as we sketched outside in her yard.  Fabulous afternoon!

Sketch by Missy
April 2016

The Museum Fountain Statue

Katie tried three different renditions of the museum statue.  She decided she likes the first, darker one, best.  Great shadows!

Sketch by Katie
April 2016

Practicing Shari's Craftsy Class Techniques

It took me forever to draw the museum.  I did find out that Buff Titanium was the perfect color for the building with a little raw sienna added.

Sketch by Missy
April 2016

The Anacortes Museum

Sketch by Kathy Dennis
April 2016