Sketches from Earnestine & Hazel's

We went to the world-famous bar Earnestine & Hazel's for our July sketch group, sort of by accident. The plan had been to go to a restaurant next door, but it wasn't open and didn't seem likely to open any time soon. But that's okay, and sort of typical around here, so we went to Earnestine & Hazel's, which was a great option! It's an interesting place with good burgers and an even better juke box. Here are a few sketches from our day:

Fellow sketchers by Elizabeth Alley

Fellow sketcher and juke box by Cynthia McDonald

Clarence the bartender by Julie Wiklund

Fellow sketcher, pool table, and back wall pattern by Julie Wiklund

South Main Sketch Crawl

Here are my two sketches from our sketch crawl on South Main this past Saturday, and some group shots.

We sketched at the plaza of the National Civil Rights Museum, then walked over to the intersection of South Main and GE Patterson. After that we went to the Farmers Market, but we were all pretty exhausted by then so we looked at each other's sketches.

December Sketch

We met at Bluff City Coffee for the December Urban Sketchers Memphis Group. It was a beautiful, warm day for December. I drew a few of the buildings on the 500 block of S. Main. I've always loved the Frank James Hotel sign, so I wanted to make sure I included it. The building next door had a cute Merry Christmas banner up. I love the trolley lines in the sketch. I had fun doing this one and I scaled down!!! Yay!

We walked a little bit down the street to draw The National Civil Rights Museum. I got my watercolors out to fill this one in. I love the colors; seafoam green is my favorite.

Group pic:

A few of us went to the Arcade for lunch. I got a strawberry shake + fries. The shake was AMAZING!!! Here's a quick sketch before I had to take a bite: