Sketching at the Woodruff-Fontaine House

A good group showed up to sketch at the Woodruff-Fontaine House in Victorian Village earlier this month!

July Sketch Group at Victorian Village

The next sketch group is Saturday, July 13

Victorian Village at the Woodruff-Fontaine House 

680 Adams Ave We are all set for indoor sketching! If you're looking for a fun sketching adventure this Saturday, June 29, think about joining the Bike to Cloar event that the Brooks Museum is hosting. There is a 6-mile bike ride and a 12-mile bike ride starting in Earle, AR, and stopping at several Carroll Cloar painting locations.

On August 3 we're going back to Crosstown. It's going to be a hot one!

On the evening of August 22 we're going to the Brooks! More information to come.

Sketching at Cleveland Street Flea Market

On June 1 we sketched at the Cleveland Street Flea Market at 438 North Cleveland Street. A few of us sketched this same booth, and Nancy even bought a jacket there! I'm definitely going back - there were some bracelets I can't get out of my head!

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by Elizabeth Alley

June 15 Sketch Group at the Outdoors Inc Canoe & Kayak Race

Next sketch group

Saturday, June 15

9:00 AM at the north end of Greenbelt Park - race starts at 10:15 AM

Awards given out around 12:30 PM at Mississippi River Park

You can go to either location to sketch - I suggest starting at Greenbelt Park to see the start of the race and meeting back up at Mississippi River Park.

See the Outdoors Inc site for more information.

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

Hope to see you there!

Cleveland Street Flea Market

Today we sketched at the Cleveland Street Flea Market, right across the street from the Crosstown building. I was thinking we might spend time outside sketching, too, but it poured down rain so we were happy to have a comfortable indoor place to sketch. There is so much to draw there!

June Sketch Group at Cleveland Street Flea Market

Next sketch group

Saturday, June 1

Cleveland Street Flea Market, 438 North Cleveland Street 

10:00 AM

We'll meet at the Cleveland Street Flea Market - we can sketch inside, and if it's nice out there is also plenty to sketch outside. The Crosstown tower is right across the street! There are plenty of places nearby to have lunch after, too.

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

We're rescheduling our July Sketch Group to June 29th, so as not to interfere with the Fourth of July weekend - location information to come.

Hope to see you next Saturday, June 1!

Mary K. VanGieson Sketching on Beale Street

This month's sketch group was last Saturday on Beale Street. Mary K. VanGieson braved the unseasonably cold weather and made these sketches of a drummer near the Elvis statue and Tater Reds, below. Apparently the alligator and bear toilet paper holders are big sellers!

May Sketch Group on Beale Street

Next sketch group

Saturday, May 4

Beale Street - meet at the Elvis statue on Beale Street between Main and Second

11:00 AM til 1:00 PM

The Beale Street Music Festival is this weekend. Though it does not actually take place on Beale Street, it will be pretty crowded and you will have to pay to park. But with all of the activity it should be pretty fun!

Here's one of Martha Kelly's sketches from our trip to Beale Street last year.

April Sketch Group at the Dixon Gallery and Gardens

On April 6 we met to sketch at the Dixon Gallery and Gardens. The Dixon is always a gracious host, even providing us with gorgeous weather! We had a big group, including some new folks. Thanks to everyone for coming out!

This first picture is of the materials that Peter Bowman uses to make sketches, which always turn out looking like complete paintings.

The rest are all of the sketches we made. They are by: Martha, Tom, Merrill and her daughter Virginia, Eric, Michael (new!), Peter, Nancy, Stuart, Beth, Diana, Amber, Mary K, Livia and Kevin (new!), Kathy (new!) and Linda and probably one other person that I forgot.

Sketching at the Opera Festival

Jeilenn Gerlach sent in these fun sketches from the Midtown Opera Festival, held at Playhouse on the Square a couple of weeks ago. Opera Memphis kindly invited the Memphis Urban Sketchers to sketch at the performances. 

Thanks Opera Memphis, and thanks Jeilenn!