November Sketch Group at Shady Grove Presbyterian Church this Saturday

Next sketch group

Saturday, November 3

Shady Grove Presbyterian Church
5530 Shady Grove Road, Memphis, TN 38120
At the corner of Shady Grove and Yates

http://shadygrovepres.org/home.html

9:00 AM 

Not sure where to tell you meet, so just try to find me! 

Shady Grove Presbyterian Church is architecturally interesting, and the Race for Grace starts at the church at 9:00 so there will be a lot of activity. Plus we can sketch inside if it is too chilly out. They have asked that we not use paint/water if we sketch indoors. 

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

Hope to see you there!

Broad Avenue Art Walk and Victorian Village

Beth Rowlett's sketches from Broad Avenue Artwalk and Victorian Village (bottom sketch)

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Finally Farmers Market

From the September sketch group at Memphis Farmers Market

This month we sketched the "haunted houses" at Victorian Village on a chilly Fall day.  I sketched the Mollie Fontaine Taylor house and the Mallory-Neely house. 

Sketching Today at Victorian Village

Today we went to Victorian Village and sketched in the chilly fall weather.

Here's a sketch of the Mallory Neely house by Joe Wieronski.

 By Tom Pellett

 By Tom Pellett

 By Melissa Dunn

By Lindsay Overbey (left) and Linda Boswell

By Elizabeth Alley (left) and Beth Rowlett

Woodruff-Fontaine House

 Spooky!

 Not really spooky.

October Sketch Group at Victorian Village

Next sketch group

Saturday, October 6

Victorian Village - Adams Avenue

10:00 AM

We'll meet in front of the Woodruff-Fontaine House at 680 Adams Avenue. We will be sketching outside. It might be a little cool, but shouldn't rain. If it does, we have access to one of the houses. (We'll go back for an indoor sketch group in July.)

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

Hope to see you there!

Linda Boswell's Sketches of the Dragon Boat Races

Sketches from last week's outing at the Dragon Boat races by Linda Boswell

From Sketching to Rowing

You never know what's going to happen when you head out to sketch.

Yesterday a few of us met up at Mud Island River Park to sketch at the Duncan-Williams Dragon Boat Race. We wandered around a bit trying to figure out the best place to sketch, and a couple of us looked across the Wolf River Harbor to sketch the downtown Memphis Skyline.

Just as I was finishing this quick little sketch, my friend Shannon, who was on a race team, texted to ask if I felt like rowing, as they were a member short. I asked fellow sketcher Beth, and she said that yes I probably did feel like rowing.

Next thing I new I was in a Leadership Academy t-shirt with 20 others, heading to the boat ramp to row in the first of two sprint races.

This is the only sketch I made yesterday. I spent the rest of the day meeting new people, seeing old friends, hanging out with Shannon (below, right), and rowing in the Wolf River Harbor and the beautiful early-fall sunshine.

I had to miss the last regular meeting at the Memphis Farmers Market because I was on an art trip to St. Louis. I was painting that day, however, and thinking of my urban sketching friends. Here's what I came up with at the Missouri Botanical Garden.

Extra Sketch Group at the Dragon Boat Race - Mud Island River Park - September 22

Next sketch group is an extra one...

Saturday, September 22

Duncan-Williams Dragon Boat Race

Mud Island River Park

9:00 AM

We'll meet at the Gulf of Mexico on Mud Island (see map). It is free to get in to the park. You can park in their parking on Riverside or in the garages on Union, or on the park itself if you take the bridge near Harbor Town and turn right to get to Mud Island.

If you aren't able to meet with the group at 9, come back to the meeting spot at 11 to share your sketches!

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

Hope to see you there!