Hi Sketchers!
What a great turn out last week for our 2nd anniversary. We sketched at Mounts Botanical Garden. Even in the oppressive heat we had 21 sketchers turn up and 15 still onsite for the throwdown. There should be a medal for you guys who come out to sketch in the Florida Summer. The next two outings are outdoors. This week we'll be by the ocean so it should be a bit better. The following week we end up with a bbq at my house. The rest of the summer after that will be all indoor events. Kick your ideas over to me if you have any. I'm thinking up some different stuff.
This Sunday we will be at Ocean Inlet Park In Boynton Beach / Ocean Ridge. off of A1A. There will be plenty of options and some shady spots. Here's a view of one of my favorite things to sketch there at the entrance to Boynton Inlet.
Hi Sketchers!
I travelled yesterday with Anna Maria to meet up with the Miami Urban Sketchers at Vizcaya, The Deering Estate and Museum. Many Thanks to The Miami Urban Sketchers for allowing us to tag along. The grounds were lovely. I set to sketching right away and in three hours had a finished watercolor and second sketch in pencil of the landing that is now inked and waiting for some paint. It was humbling to paint in a location where John Singer Sargent made watercolors a 100 years ago. My painting was done perhaps a 100 feet from where Sargent did one of his paintings. of the Landing. Next time I go I may work from the exact spot. Growing up in Orange County NY and and spending many summer vacations on Cape Cod I have painted where Winslow Homer painted and where Edward Hopper painted. There is something about painting at locations where these giants painted that makes them extra special. I still paint like myself and don't try to copy any styles, but I somehow feel their presence like they left a mark on the landscape.
Hi Sketchers this week we'll be down in the Southern end of our range in Boca Raton at Mizner Park
Hello Sketchers!
Sunday we will be at Mizner park in Boca Raton.
About Mizner Park from Wikipedia:
Mizner Park is a high-end shopping, residential, and entertainment district located in the affluent downtown neighborhood of Boca Raton, FL. The district consists of a collection of high-end shops and restaurants with luxury apartments built in a Mediterranean Revival architectural style. Wikipedia
Located in: Downtown Boca Raton
We will meet up by the Gazebos in the Center of Mizner Park at 10:30 on Sunday with a thrown back at the gazebos at 12:30
Last Sunday we were in West Palm at the train train station. opened in 1925 for the Orange Blossom Special out of NY it still serves today as a train station for Amtrak and Tri-rail as well as a bus station We had a good turnout and some beautiful work was done.
Keep on Sketching
Carl
Rescheduled to Sunday 5/7 due to last week’s weather
We had a great turn out at 211 30th last weekend and the location did not disappoint! There are a ton of great sketches and paintings that were done. Thank you again to our wonderful hosts Rod and David! They have a very special property. This artist could sketch there every week for a year and not run out of things to draw and paint.
This weekend we move a little South in Palm Beach County to Lake Worth Beach. We will do a mini sketch crawl starting at 10:30 in front of Vincent's Bistro (516 Lucerne Ave). The idea is to sketch inside a grid from L Street to the West, Federal Highway to the East, Lucerne to the North and Lake Ave to the South. Inside this 6 square block area there is lots to sketch. at 12:30 we will meet back up at the Cultural Plaza (corner of M and Lucerne to do the Throw-down and see everyone's work.
This Saturday 5/4 we’ll be at Ragtops Mororcars at 701 N Dixie Hwy in Lake Worth. If you haven’t been here you are in for a real treat besid...
