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| Tacoma Narrows Bridge from Narrows Park |
Meet at 10:00 in the parking lot. From the upper level, there is a small, covered picnic shelter with views of the bridge. There will be a short, a bit steep, walk down the hill to sea level. This park offers scenic views of the bridge, a small creek and waterfront access. Portable toilets are located at one corner of the parking lot.
We will be partnering with the Peninsula Art League Plein Aire painters.
Many were ready for a good weather day to sketch. There were plenty of vendors setting up for the market, the historic Skansie netshed, metal sculptures and the waterfront at Gig Harbor for inspiration.
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| The throwdown |
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| Jerisich Public Dock |
It might have been prudent to cancel this morning's sketch outing at Hanwoori Korean Garden in Federal Way. But USk Tacoma had invited USk Seattle to attend. Rain was predicted, even thunderstorms. Also, it was time to celebrate USk Tacoma's 13th anniversary as our first sketch outing was June 7, 2013.
Several sketchers from Seattle came along with a few from the Tacoma group. We were a hardy bunch as it rained nearly the entire time. A few huddled together under the shelter of the roof of the garden gate. More were in the pagoda itself. And then a couple of us sketched from under umbrellas!
I was one of the sketchers sitting under an umbrella, painting a view of the gate. Sadly, the Federal Way city site doesn't have any information about this fairly new garden. I did find that Hanwoori means “we are one”. And that it was created in a partnership between the City of Federal Way and its sister city, Donghae, South Korea.
We ended early and a few people had already left. The Tacoma group posed with our anniversary poster.
3211 Harborview Drive, Gig Harbor, WA 98335
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| Skansie Brothers Park |
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| Skansie Brothers Park and Jerisich Public Dock |
We had a fun sketch outing in Olympia at East Side Big Toms drive-thru burger restaurant. There were plenty of dinosaurs posed in several jungle scenes, vintage characters, and numerous fun views. Lunch was great, including milkshakes. Thanks to Kate for organizing.
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| The throwdown |
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| Thanks to Joe for taking the photo. A few sketchers left early. |
We had a busy morning to study and sketch at the Zoo and Aquarium on a dry May morning. Dozens of school buses delivered students on fieldtrip day. There were plenty of animals, sea life, plants, structures and people to sketch.
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| The throwdown |
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| Urban Sketchers visit the Zoo |
We met at the Wayzgoose printers' fair yesterday. The weather was perfect for the partially out door event.
This was probably the smallest group of sketchers to attend a USk Tacoma outing. Jen and I plus Seth, a visitor from USk Nashville.
We all sketched the steam roller printing huge sheets of carved linoleum.
After my first sketch I went inside the Tacoma Main Library to peruse the vendors. I was pleased to see a friend is keeping Chandler O'Leary's art available. Disturbingly, that website has not been altered and is written in the present tense. Chandler died too young several years ago of a sudden illness.
I always like dragons so the library's resident was my next sketch. I went in straight with ink and mixed the watercolors on the paper.
Our little throw down and group photo.
