Inside the Pasco Courthouse

Here is my drawing from yesterday's Sketch Outing. 

This is a beautiful building; full of great challenges for perspective and detail!  

This darn little thing took me at least 1.5 hours - maybe more like 2!

We had Mexican food for lunch afterward - Viva la Pasco!

"Franklin County Courthouse"

A series of my sketches of the Franklin County Courthouse in Pasco, Washington.
 

In 1912 the bid of Mishko & Grant of $74,215 was accepted for a new courthouse in Pasco, Franklin County, Washington.  The architect was C. Lewis Wilson and Col. of Seattle. 

In 2005 a state grant of $2.7 million was used for historical restoration.

http://www.co.franklin.wa.us/commissioners/courthouse_history.html


 

Sharehouse Coffee, Richland WA, lapoynte

Out Urban Sketching with Jim Bumgarner and we stopped for coffee at Sharehouse.

This is the original sketch overlayed.

"Sharehouse Coffee"

 

Went sketching this morning with D. Lapoynte at the new Sharehouse Coffee Shop on the intersection of Queensgate and Gage this morning.  The place is large and there was a fairly large group of people who came through while we were there - making people sketching good.  I did 4 or 5 quick sketches and this one won the lottery for entry onto the blog page.

 

Atomic Ale, Richland WA, lapoynte

I stopped in at the Atomic Ale Brew Pub for lunch. This is a great little place and holds with the city's nuclear past. Thank you Christine for recomending the Pizza of the day.

NUDE FIGURE DRAWING

This Saturday at the 509Artspace (if it's still there!) we are having a 3 hour session of Figure Drawing.  Our model would love to either purchase her favorite drawing when we're finished or arranged to have another session where she can get something she can give as a gift.  We will start at 10:00 am and to to 1:00 with just a couple warm ups then a long pose for the rest of the period.

The cost will be $10, if we can get 4 people, so please RSVP to let me know if you're coming.  If we don't have enough, we will postpone the session for a couple weeks and get the word out again.

THANKS!  Nancy

Sharehouse coffee, Richland WA, lapoynte

Sunday afternoon coffee .

"Quick and Loose"

I've been taking this little sketchbook everywhere with me since my sister gave it to me for Christmas; the tooth on the paper and the flesh tone make it quite fun to draw on.  And I've been using it to practice some really quick and loose drawings. 



This one on the top is from today when my g-daughter played, on her 8th birthday, before a crowd of thousands packed into this small gym.

The bottom one is from a week ago when I was sitting in the far corner of the same gym and first noted how all the people had so politely lined up in perfect perspective for me.

I'm sort of wishing I hadn't written down the middle of the drawing.  It would have been placed better across the bottom of the official's feet.  Oh well, I'll get it next time.     

EAGLE & PLOW!

One more time - meet at my house and let's see what we can come up with for Mercer Winery and their 'Eagle and Plow' wine brand.  Last week was a little sketchy BUT we've had a week now and I'm sure there's been a lot of thinking and planning for this one last time to wow those Mercers!

EAGLE & PLOW WINE LABEL AND LOGO EVENT
Nancy's House
9400 Selph Landing Road
Pasco
Weds., Feb. 6th
10:00am - noon

Bring your sketching stuff and your inspiration.

"Conceptual Sketching for Mercer Wineries"

 

As Nancy reported in her post just below this, we met yesterday to discuss, brainstorm, sketch, plan, think and joke around with the idea of creating a wine label for a new variety of wine coming from Mercer Wineries in Prosser, WA. 

The concept was created from a discussion owner, Rob Mercer, and his field technician, John Derrick, had regarding Rob's Marine deployment to Iraq in 2008, and a close friend of John's who was killed when Flight 93 crashed into that Pennsylvania corn field.

They carved out a few more acres of land, named it, "Block 93," then they started talking about a wine label for the new wine once it is produced.  "Something with both an eagle and a plow to symbolize our country and our pride we have in it, agriculture, hope, promise . . . "

Our little group of sketcher decided to take on the challenge so here in this post, as well as Nancy's, and others that may appear here, you will find a representation of our early beginnings.
  

EAGLE & PLOW

The Sketch Group met today to work up some ideas for Mercer Winery's new specialty wine they are choosing to call "EAGLE & PLOW"  We drew out there last summer and they determined we might be able to give them something fun and original.

This was so much harder than it sounded!  It is a very specific request - from eagles and plows to America and wine and vegetables - whew!  I started with some eagles then went to some fields...

...liked the radiant lines of the plow lines and the grape vines - but that darn eagle.

I ended up with this one but need to flesh it out a bit.  Or start over completely...  

We decided as a group to work on it on our own this week and get back together again next week for one more joint sketch.   Hope they like something we come up with and if not, hey, we are only 

Human Sketchers.

Sharehouse Coffee, Richland WA, Lapoynte

Sharehouse is a new coffee place in town so I had to try the coffee and make a sketch.

"38th WWSk - Paris"

I came across this collection of sketches created by the good folks in Paris that joined us on the 38th WWSk, and thought you might find it interesting, as I did. 

Of course their subject matter sort of takes ones breath, but when I studied their sketches what came to mind is this:  We're just as good at this as they are!  But certainly that comes as no surprise to anyone. 

Click on the pic below, then find the "Slide Show" button, sit back and enjoy what some of the rest of our group was doing that day. 

This WEDS. - Urban Sketching INSIDE!

We've been asked by Mercer Winery to help them design a wine label for a new brand they'd like to introduce called, "EAGLE AND PLOW".  We are going to meet again at my house where we can mull over the art Mercer Winery sent over and draw for a few hours to submit some ideas to them.

This is a new thing for us, so don't be scared!  People are starting to recognize our sketching and liking it enough to use it commercially and it's pretty fun.  The great thing about it is how loose and original it all is - we all have such individual styles - and it's fun to see how our drawings effect those who see it.  There are no 'experts' - it is all an experiment in drawing - and we try to keep it really fun.

Bring your sketching stuff this Weds., January 30th, to Nancy's house - 9400 Selph Landing Road, Pasco, WA.  If you need directions, give her a call at 554-1010.  We'll start at 10 and end somewhere around noon.  If you've got a laptop - bring that too and you can search the web for some photos of Eagles and Plows!

Computer Sketching

At the last International Sketchcrawl, Ychien let me try out her iPad Mini at Sterlings.  It was tough to do at first but I am thinking, after some practice, this would be another way to draw (not the same as regular sketching but ANOTHER way).  My daughter, who is really into these TED talks (they ARE fabulous) sent me this one and I thought you'd enjoy it!  (Hope this works)

 http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/culture/2013/01/cover-story-finger-paintings.html