Sopwith Camel in a furniture store!

It is SO much more than a furniture store.  What an unusual place!  From the talking moose to the animatronic chickens there was so much to sketch it will require several more trips!  I could have even bagged the USk flickr weekly theme - "Organs" - as there was a small pipe organ!  I didn't sketch it first and then I had to leave for an unexpected meeting!

the chickens... they cluck and move

Lots of photos of this crazy place here   https://redharp.smugmug.com/SketchOutings/2015-1216-The-Old-Cannery/

I was there quite early so I wandered the entire place.  For my first sketch, I picked what I thought was the oddest thing there:  Snoopy and Woodstock in the Sopwith Camel!  Half way through drawing this sketch, I had to laugh at myself.  I volunteer at the Museum of Flight in Seattle (my regular readers know this).  I do a lot of sketching of airplanes there during my other visits!   So what do I draw when I'm in a furniture store..... an airplane!



The entire showroom floor is actually several huge rooms.  It was all decked out for Christmas.  So my next sketch was one of those displays.  Cow and sleigh.



We enjoyed free Keurig coffee.  For our sketch sharing the store provided some fudge samples!

The process of sketching simply

   Sometimes it's not all about being inspired to draw something special. Sometimes it is just about the challenge to create a sense of space, the challenge to create a rhythm of line work...
    Sometimes, as a sketcher, the challenge is simply about going somewhere and dedicating an hour or two of my life to the process. It's not that I feel I must get a worthy study but more important to block out all the distractions and concerns of my own world and just be in the moment. This time warp, when I allow myself to stop and be without thought to the work, justification for investing the time or accountability for my success and efforts, can have powerful to transform my day, my outlook or my circumstances. To go and just simply sketch, just for the sake of doing it, can be a gift and the only reason I need to remain an Urban Sketcher. -Feather

Van Lierop Garden Market Sketch-out in Sumner WA

We're happy we had an 'indoor-outdoor' sketch-out location today! 

It was decidedly chilly outdoors, and it rained from the moment our sketch-out began until it ended. That didn't stop the 12 hardy sketchers who were able to join in the fellowship of sketching together this morning!

The Van Lierop Garden Market in Sumner WA has a huge greenhouse in its garden area. It shielded us from the drizzle and offered a lot of interesting things to sketch. We used our hot coffee take-outs from a neighboring shop as our hand-warmers. Inside the shop, the Van Lierop family members were busy arranging holiday decorations and serving customers. They occasionally popped out to see our sketches from time to time...and, April Van Lierop took our group photo for us.We appreciated the Van Lierops' hosting our sketching event this morning!

December's Wednesday Sketch Event - 12/16/2015 - 10AM