MERRY CHRISTMAS & JOYOUS NEW YEAR

Arizona Inn Update

​It’s been a year and we finished it with a flourish by booking rooms at The Arizona Inn in Tucson. This fabled garden inn was up for sale.  Everyone was concerned it might be trashed by new owners. (We are safe: new owners will be improving it.) With the help of Linda Fugate, a group of 11 sketchers got a great deal and stayed, relaxed and sketched for three days. I’ve always wanted to sketch the interior of the library.

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Library Tiffany Lamp

Library Red Wingback Chairs

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We ended with dinner at Michelle and Duff’s home. I met her in one of my workshops years ago. Do you have any idea what a gift Pocket Sketching has been to me? I meet the most wonderful people!!! Here’s a sketch from her patio fireplace.

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Holiday Travels

Dale and I were in Savannah, Georgia for Thanksgiving with family. You’d think I would have beautiful sketches of gorgeous old buildings. It didn’t work that way. Driving through town, watching traffic, went way too fast. However, sitting in airports does provide plenty of opportunities, as shown below.  
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Tip

People ask where I start on a sketch.  Anywhere! Make a mark on the paper and progress. I usually start with my focal point which is what caught my attention in the first place. If I don’t catch that, why bother?!!

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Woman with White Hat

Man with Red Patches

Sitting Man

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The woman with the hat was started with the hat.  Notice that the hat is white so the lines are pulled away to make a darker background. The man with the red patches in his jeans sleeping behind his suitcase was started with the left corner red hole in his jeans. The sitting man was started with his brow and hair. Don't try to extrapolate what you can't see. Instead, include what is blocking your view (the suitcase).
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Workshops

Workshops are back!  In January are two. January 9. 10, 11 is a Basic Workshop live in our home/studio. It is limited to 7 people and there are spaces available. 

Next we have a Basic Workshop ONLINE, Jan. 16, 19, 22, 25 and 28. Enrollment is limited to 13 people because the evaluations take personal time. Each session is recorded and the recordings are available for two weeks so you don’t miss anything. I’m amazed at how well people learn in this format. We may continue these.

We may announce live workshops in March and April as both months are reliably wonderful weather. This is our 'Season' in Tucson.

In July we are booked once again at the Pacific Northwest Art Center in Coupeville, Washington. Amazingly, this is the first place ever to call me to book a workshop! I have solicited every workshop I have taught for 15 years. How could I turn down Lisa Bernhardt? I couldn’t. This is a gorgeous place on Whidbey Island west of Seattle right on Penn Cove with fresh mussels everywhere. Comeonup!

July 10, 11, 12 Basic Workshop Pacific Northwest Art Center
July 20, 21, 22 Refresher Workshop Pacific Northwest Art Center

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Happy Sketching!

Library Christmas Tree