The Orpheum

Thank you so much to Opera Memphis for letting us sketch the dress rehearsal of Don Pasquale last night!

It was my first opera experiece.

April Sketch Group at Memphis Botanic Gardens

Next sketch group

Next Saturday, April 7

Memphis Botanic Gardens - 750 Cherry Road 

10:00 AM

We'll meet inside and then wander around to sketch the gorgeous gardens

* Please note that the Botanic Gardens does charge an admission of $8 for adults, and that Memphis Urban Sketchers should get a discount that morning.

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

Hope to see you there!

Botanic Gardens

In honor of the first day of spring. Glad it's here. –Carl Fox.

Memphis Urban Sketchers @ Confederate Park

This month we met up at Confederate Park on the most beautiful, sunny day!

Utrecht Recylced Paper Sketchbook, Faber-Castell Pitt Artist Brush Pens + American Crafts Galaxy Marker

Handbook Watercolor Journal, Winsor & Newton Watercolor Travel Set + Water Flow Brush

Moleskine Pocket Sketchbook, Design Ebony Pencil (left page) + Faber-Castell 9000 Pencils (right page)

I made three totally different sketches, haha. I'm not sure you would guess they were all mine. It's fun to mix things up.

Sketch Group on the Riverfront, Part 2

William

James, Melissa, Vikki

Lucy, Carl

Sara

James, Melissa

Sketch Group on the Riverfront, Part 1

Jane, Owen, Joe

 by Lucy, today's youngest sketcher

Peter Bowman

 Jed

In Case of Rain...

We don't have a back-up plan in case of rain tomorrow, so if it does we'll just reschedule. But it's not supposed to!

Beale Street

I can't make the March meeting, and I hate to miss painting the riverfront with everyone, but I've been doing a little downtown painting lately. I hit Beale Street one recent, gorgeous afternoon, and it was great fun to sit at an outside table, drink a Diet Coke, chat with the tourists, watch the flippers, and paint. I forget how much fun it is to play tourist in your own town sometimes, so I'm grateful that a commission request took me down there. I'd like to go back soon and do some more painting. The signs are especially fun.

March Sketch Group at the Riverfront

Next sketch group

Saturday, March 3

Riverfront - Confederate Park, corner of Court and Front Street

10:00 AM

We'll meet in Confederate Park and walk around some for more great views!

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

Hope to see you there!

Downtown Stables

My neighbor and fellow urban sketcher Stuart Lacey has been suggesting we go draw at the stable that houses the carriage horses just north of downtown. I finally got it together to join her yesterday, and it was fabulous. Fortunately, we showed up just as the owner dropped in, and he very hospitably gave us the run of the place and told us to come back when more was going on and bring a group. It would be a great group outing sometime.

Stuart watched the farrier shoeing a younger horse, but I was drawn to the whole line of stalls and settled down almost immediately to do the above watercolor.

It was getting noticeably colder by the time I finished, so I didn't start another one. Instead I did several quick pencil sketches waiting for Stuart to get done, and then we headed home for a little warmth. I definitely want to go back and paint more, though. What a fun afternoon.