WAY TOO MUCH!!!

Who scheduled April?  They were nuts!

The 9th and 10th were supposed to be a fun oil pointing workshop I enrolled in. The hours were 6:30 AM to dark.  Those are great hours to 'cath the light' ... when you are 30 years old.  I cancelled.
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The 11th began my first Pocket Sketching® Retreat.  There's a ton of planning and organizing involved.  Held at the historic Arizona Inn here in Tucson, it was a marvelous success and ended April 15th.  We spent a day at the Arizona Inn sketching, then a day at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum sketching and a day in Downtown Tucson...with oh-so-much-to-do!

Arizona Inn - Geraniums

Cafe a La C_Art

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Dale and I drove to Las Vegas on the 16th for Dale's Super Sabre Convention which ended on the 19th.  The highlight for me was attending a performance of KA by Cirque du Soliel.  In the dark, I tried to sketch the performers.  (Didn't work well!) but I did get a fun sketch of a gambler.

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And then we began a Teacher’s Workshop April 25th for 5 ½ days.  It includes everything I know about Pocket Sketching and the business of running workshops in many different ways.  It is intense.  The April combination was overkill! 

We are now doing 2 online workshops.  These are relaxing for me and work marvelously for participants.  Each session is recorded and available for two weeks so you can review and even miss a session and stay caught up.  You see every brush stroke.  The potential is excellent for both instructor and for students.

What’s next? 
Our first vacation in the 12 years we have known each other.  I get to paint and sketch while Dale gets to do whatever he wants (plus shipping supplies from wherever we are!)  We will visit places where we’ve taught, but not teach.  There’s one exception.  I’ll do a lecture July 6 and a one-day workshop July 7th in Coupeville, Washington at the Pacific Northwest Art School, where I’ve taught workshops for years. The lecture is hilarious.  Hopefully the workshop won’t be.  www.pacificnorthwestartschool.com, Phone: 360-678-3396
Watch the CALENDAR on www.pocketsketching.com for any live workshops.  After the vacation we may plan some and even have new ideas for teaching.  The next blog should have a very fun project I think you’ll enjoy.  It involves Season Four on PBS, which is recorded.
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Happy Sketching!