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.
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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.
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| 5010 Point Fosdick Drive, Gig Harbor |
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:
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.
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.
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Yesterday (Saturday, 12/7/24) we met at Freighthouse Station. It was pouring rain outside to it was good to have an indoor location that wasn't at all crowded.
I've sketched here a few times and my favorite view includes the neon "Fish & Chips" sign seen in our group photo, below. But today I was interested in the mash up of cultures at Little India Express. I enjoyed some plain naan while I sketched the Christmas wreath hung over the graphic of the Taj Mahal. I included my silly reindeer hat in the scene.
The group was small but consisted of the regulars. Perhaps the pouring rain deterred attendance.
Brrrrrr, it was cold, still only 37 degrees at 1pm. A very few from Urban Sketchers Tacoma braved the weather for an ad hoc sketch outing at Carpinito Brothers in Kent. Lori J had been there an hour but left as I arrived.
I did the drawing but thought it too cold for watercolor to dry. I painted at home.
