For years now, our members have suggested we sketch at the Lewis Army Museum. But the museum's website described what sounded like a difficult and time consuming ("plan for up to an hour") process for getting on base at Joint Base Lewis McChord. Then, late last year, I happened to talk to the Director of the Museum when he spoke at a volunteer meeting at the Museum of Flight. Turns out those directions were incorrect and they changed the next day!
Today we discovered it's quite easy to get to the Army Museum. There were only 9 sketchers and many of us braved the chill and drizzle to sketch outside. Some active duty staff, a volunteer and Erik Flint, the director, came to look at our sketches during the throwdown. Erik took the group photo.
Mary & Chris left early.
Before I even went into the museum, I stopped to sketch one of the tanks on the grounds, with the museum building in the background. It is a M-3A1 Stuart Light Tank which entered service in 1941 and used during WWII.
I was chilled after finishing the tank, so it was time to go inside to explore the museum. I saw this head, I knew this was the next sketch. It is a head, hand and sword from a statue of Suddam Hussein. "On July 17, 2003, the 555th Combat Engineer Group 'Triple Nickel' from Fort Lewis destroyed a statue from Suddam Hussein's palace in Tikrit, Iraq. This sword and his head were salvaged." The skulptor was Khalid Alussy.
More photos.
--by Kate Buike
Today we discovered it's quite easy to get to the Army Museum. There were only 9 sketchers and many of us braved the chill and drizzle to sketch outside. Some active duty staff, a volunteer and Erik Flint, the director, came to look at our sketches during the throwdown. Erik took the group photo.
Mary & Chris left early.
Before I even went into the museum, I stopped to sketch one of the tanks on the grounds, with the museum building in the background. It is a M-3A1 Stuart Light Tank which entered service in 1941 and used during WWII.
I was chilled after finishing the tank, so it was time to go inside to explore the museum. I saw this head, I knew this was the next sketch. It is a head, hand and sword from a statue of Suddam Hussein. "On July 17, 2003, the 555th Combat Engineer Group 'Triple Nickel' from Fort Lewis destroyed a statue from Suddam Hussein's palace in Tikrit, Iraq. This sword and his head were salvaged." The skulptor was Khalid Alussy.
More photos.
--by Kate Buike
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