Thursday, December 11: Point Ruston Public Market

Point Ruston Public Market 

5101 Yacht Club Road, Ruston, WA  98407

Meet at 10:00 am near the front entrance.  This venue offers free parking, indoor vendors and outdoor views of Commencement Bay and Mount Rainier.

Please be respectful of customers.

5101 Yacht Club Road, Ruston

Drakko at Le May

Yesterday we met at the Le May Collection at Marymount.

This isn't the shiny, flashy museum near the Tacoma Dome. This is the funky family collection sprawling across several buildings. We've been a few times before and each time the displays change a little.

After a wander, I settled in to sketch a 2006 Custom Dragster "Drakko". It's info card said it was made for show, not go. It was designed to shoot flame, blow smoke, and it's eyes lit up red! I sketched from both the front and rear views.

 

  

 We were rather a small group.

 

 

Sketching at Metropolitan Market

We had a pleasant morning to sketch and enjoy coffee, pumpkin croissants and pizza at the Gig Harbor Metropolitan Market.  There were plenty of indoor subjects to sketch on a damp November day.

The throwdown

Urban Sketchers visit the Met Market

Day of the Dead at the Market

 Nov 1 is All Saints Day in many Christian traditions. It's also Day of the Dead or “Día de Muertos” in Spanish.   We sketched at the Waterfront Market in Ruston. 

The Taco Street restaurant in the market had an elaborate Ofrenda with small photos of the owner's parents (or maybe grandparents). It also included multiple Catrina's. I sketched only part of the display.

Many shops are gone. In a vacant space there is now a Free Library. I sketched one of the corners with a table, lamp made of books, and an artificial tree in a pot.

There were several new sketchers and some who haven't been in a while.

Thursday, November 13: Gig Harbor Met Market

Metropolitan Market 

5010 Point Fosdick Drive, Gig Harbor, WA  98335

Meet at 10:00 am inside the market at the mezzanine level seating area.  Food and beverage are available for purchase.  Artists can sketch from this vantage, at the store level, outdoors, or nearby shops.

Please be respectful of customers.

5010 Point Fosdick Drive, Gig Harbor

Pumpkins everywhere

As we do every October, we gathered at Watson's Greenhouse and Nursery to sketch all their pumpkin and Halloween goodness. The display designs were especially well done this year.

My first sketch was a pile of pumpkins with a crow or raven sculpture.

 Next I went out to the back patio to warm up in the sun and sketch the skeleton on a bench, also surrounded by pumpkins. Fortunately I'd already sketched it when an employee walked by and sat him up straight, commenting, "This is Watson's oldest employee".

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sketching at Java & Clay in Gig Harbor

We had a fun morning to sketch and enjoy a warm beverage and pastry at Java & Clay.  There were plenty of subjects to sketch, indoors and through the windows on this chilly fall day.

The throwdown

 

Urban Sketchers at Java & Clay