August Sketch Group at Idlewild Presbyterian Church

Next sketch group

Saturday, August 4 (not tomorrow!)

Idlewild Presbyterian Church, 1750 Union Avenue (between Evergreen and Auburndale)

9:30 AM (Starting a little early to be out by noon)

We'll be in the old building (on the right with the arched doorways, not the obviously 60's looking one), and the parking lot is just west of the church along Union. We will meet in the entrance hallway.

The idea is to sketch indoors since it will probably be very hot, but you can sketch the outside of the church, too!

Please comment here or on our Facebook page if you plan to attend.

Hope to see you there!

Monorail and Museum

These are my sketches from Saturday's sketch group at Mud Island's Mississippi River Museum. It was a fun place to sketch, inside and out. The architecture is interesting, like a perfectly preserved slice of 1982, and there are great views all around. The museum is packed with things to sketch.

Thanks so much to the museum for giving us a group discount! Made the whole day even better and we will definitely be back!

Riverboats, Music and Memphis

Sara Schmidle of Metal and Mud made some ink sketches inside the Mississippi River Museum at our sketch group on Saturday, as well as capturing a bit of the skyline.

View of Memphis Skyline from Mud Island

Joe Wieronski sketched the Memphis skyline from Mud Island during our sketch group on Saturday.

Mud Island Museum Montage

Beth Rowlett created a montage of images and information from the Mississippi River Museum on Mud Island during our sketch group on Saturday.

Mississippi River Museum at Mud Island River Park

We had a great time sketching at the Mississippi River Museum today. It was a perfect indoor sketching venue on such a hot day. We will definitely be back!

Debbie

Beth

Jenny

Joe

Linda

Sara

Tom

Tom

Diana

July Sketch Group at the Mississippi River Museum at Mud Island River Park

Next sketch group

Saturday, July 7 (That is the Saturday after the Fourth of July!)

Mississippi River Museum at Mud Island River Park

125 N. Front Street, at the northwest corner of Adams and Front, across the street from City Hall 

10:00 AM

They are giving us a discounted group rate of $7.00 per person that includes round-trip on the monorail and access to all of the park grounds including the RiverWalk. The group rate applies if we have at least 15 people, so please let me know if you plan to attend! This is a good one to bring friends for some good indoor sketching :) 

Please reply here or on our Facebook page if you plan to attend.

Hope to see you there!

Sketching at the Outdoors, Inc. Canoe and Kayak Race

Sketching at the Canoe and Kayak race was fun - there was so much activity! So many interesting boat shapes!

Urban Sketchers: Two more days to register for Santo Domingo!

Urban Sketchers: Two more days to register for Santo Domingo!:


We are getting very very close to Symposium opening day July 12, but we still have time to put your name on a badge if you register before Sunday! 

Visit the Symposium site for information on sketching workshops, instructors and recommended hotels.

We hope to see you there!

 

We had an extra meeting for Memphis Urban Sketchers yesterday to draw the Outdoors, Inc. Canoe and Kayak Race yesterday. The race is a Memphis tradition, in its 31st year and some 200 boats strong.

I sketched a tent at the park while we were waiting for the racers to get in sight, and then did a much quicker study of the boats paddling up the harbor towards the finish line and an even quicker sketch of the finish line itself, with the orange buoys.

Finally I sketched some folks relaxing after the race. I loved the colorful quilt they had laid out.

Sketches by the rest of our group:

 Urban sketchers at work.