Sketching the Puyallup

 We were a smaller than usual group  at the State Fair in Puyallup (WA) this morning. 

After obtaining our Fisher Fair scone fix, I headed out to sketch. 

 

A day with draft horses

We met at the Washington State Fair in Puyallup yesterday.

My plan was to go straight to the draft horse barn! We met up at the antique carousel so I sketched some of those horses, too.

 I spent nearly all the rest of the time in the draft horse barn.

 

 

 

 There were only 4 of us. Perhaps the early rain discouraged others but it ended up a perfect day. This outing did cost a bit for entry and parking. Lori and Pam found the camels! 

 

 

 

 

 

In the footsteps of my fellow correspondent, Kate.

   Having missed the Puyallup Fair  event with USK, I decided I needed to go before it closed-especially since I knew a handful of art friends with work in the show and had never been to the fair. Of course I took my sketchbook and came upon the giant horses that I recognized from Kate's sketches. I realized  why she felt compelled to spend time with them and did the same- they are gorgeous!

Strangely I found myself again in Kate's domain where she volunteers at the Museum of Flight. After being overwhelmed the 1st half of the day in a giant gallery of planes, I snuck off to the smaller exhibits. I ended up in the space gallery and was fascinated with the bulk of the space suits so tried my hand with the white one. Perhaps someday I will visit the closed coffee shop in the shape of the pot since it also seems to be a place that Urban Sketchers haunt frequently.