Odd Cars

We met at the LeMay Collections at Marymount. This is not the shiny museum by the Tacoma Dome. This is the family collection housed in a series of buildings. There are so very many vehicles of all kinds and in all states of restoration.

My first subject was the 1983 DeLorean. The sign said it is the DMC-12; 174 cid; V-6; 130 bhp. It was a collaboration between Peugeot, Renault, and Volvo.

I next found a freakishly unusual vehicle: a 1957 DeSoto Custom Roadster designed by Richard Fletcher, building of cars for actors and films. It is known as the "Gothic Coach" as a tribute to Alice Cooper. I wonder how aerodynamic it was with the twin castle towers at the back?

Thursday, February 13, 2025: Harbor History Museum in Gig Harbor

4121 Harborview Drive, Gig Harbor, WA  98332

Harbor History Museum 

4121 Harborview Drive, Gig Harbor

We will meet at 11:00 near the museum entrance.   This site offers a maritime museum including the Shenandoah, the Narrows Bridge collection, several historical displays and a gift shop.  Harbor History Museum opens at 11:00 and offers free admission, parking and public restrooms.

In the event of good weather, the museum is located adjacent to city parks Donkey Creek and Austin Park.  Outdoors, you can find views of the harbor, sculptures, beach access, and creek estuary.

Galloping Gertie

Fun sketching at Metropolitan Market

It was a great morning to sketch at the Met Market in Gig Harbor.  Heirloom tomatoes, produce displayed in orderly rows, a dozen choices of homemade soups, breads, cookies, my oh my.  

And of course, there were plenty of sketching subjects.

The throwdown

 

Thursday, January 9, 2025 Gig Harbor Metropolitan Market

Metropolitan Market Gig Harbor

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.  Sketchers can sketch from this vantage, at the store level, or outdoors near the front entrance.

Please be respectful of customers.

5010 Point Fosdick Drive, Gig Harbor

Mid-winter day at The Old Cannery

For the first time in several years, we met at the Old Cannery furniture store to sketch all of their holiday decor.

I've sketched there many times before so for my first sketch I picked a subject in the rug department that I have wanted to sketch in the past, even though it doesn't have a holiday theme. It's a figure on a flying carpet. Perhaps it's a bit of an old fashioned stereotype?

I thought I should at least do one holiday themed sketch and this is one I've not sketched before. Elf on a fridge?

Our sketches and the group photo:

 

Perseverance

 It took some perseverance to get to today's outing at Watson's Nursery in Puyallup, WA. There had been very strong winds overnight. Both ends of the road in front of the nursery had barriers for "road closed". In the end, I could see some traffic on the road and I could see Watson's entrance was open. So I just went around the sign. Only four other sketchers did the same.

The amount of holiday decorations in the store area is almost overwhelming. All the sketchers but me opted to sketch the two sleeping reindeer.

I opted for a statue with antlers: Eugene the Moose.

With just a few minutes left, I did a quick, scribbly, sketch of a display of ornaments and greens.

 

Fun sketching at Java & Clay Cafe

It was a fun morning to sketch at Java & Clay Cafe in Gig Harbor.  The inside of the coffee shop was just as festive as the outside.  Many of us took the opportunity to sketch outdoor views from the windows.

The throwdown