My husband has recovered enough from his big surgery that I can be gone for several hours.
So I've returned to one of my favorite activities... sketching with
Urban Sketchers (USk). I've been away for 7 weeks.
It was a good
day to return as today USk Tacoma celebrated our 3rd anniversary! I
made up some signs which we held, along with our sketches, as we also
raised 3 fingers.
It was about 80 degrees by the end of the outing, which is very hot by PNW standards. Hats were the order of the day.
I
sat in the sun with my back to the marina. I had my hat, too. It was
early, so not yet quite so hot and I had the cool breeze off the
water. This percussive instrument is one of several similar ones. I
thought this made a good composition, with the hot shop tower in the
back ground. The Museum of Glass "hot shop" is where they produce blown
glass objects in several very hot ovens.
For
my second sketch, I chose a spot in the sun on some stone steps. I
wanted to sketch the large instrument with the bridge in the
background. However, I quickly decided I would fry if I sat there for a
half hour.
I abandoned that location in favor of the shade and another view of the Museum. I liked the bright red umbrellas.
We
shared sketches. The two people in bicycle helmets on the right just
happened by and were interested. He's from Wales! And some one of the
guys working at the Marina behind us were very interested. One took
info for his room mate.
A
few of us went to The Rock for lunch. I had enough time before my meal
came to do a very quick sketch of the family at the next table.
More photos are here:
https://redharp.smugmug.com/SketchOutings/2016-0604-Tacoma-outing-to-the/
