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| Sketchers hard at work at the Menil |
We were lucky to have a sunny day that didn't get hot too early along with some lovely shade outside the Menil. Normally, when we visit the Menil Collection, we draw the galeries and art inside. This time, our sketchout in cooperation with Watercolor Art Society Houston was on the grounds and in the neighborhood. |
| The Group |
This was a well-attended sketchout. I counted 30 people. That might be a new record. |
| Richard |
Richard gave a brief demo for anyone who wasn't familiar with the tricks and tips of urban sketching. It's always interesting to hear how different sketchers work.
Then the group spread out over the grounds and around the neighborhood. The result was that we got a little bit of everything in our throwdown.
Of course, there were people who wanted to try the building itself from different angles. You can see Karen's sketch in this month's blog header.
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| Richard |
Richard challenged himself to a corner perspective. Always tricky. |
| Bruce |
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| Michelle |
Bruce and Michelle concentrated on the center of the building and the entrance. Two very different views of the same subject.
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| Shakti |
Shakti zoomed right in on the people going into the museum. The different surfaces are handled really nicely.
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| Peter |
Peter picked an unusual side view of the building and caught some sketchers at work.
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| Sketchers at work |
Here are Peter and another sketcher hard
at work in the generous shade. Always nice to
have some cover available.
Many of the sketchers chose to draw the trees. There are so many really old, beautiful trees on the grounds.
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| Svetlana |
Svetlana worked in colored pencil to draw the lovely, enormous Water Oak that anchors the corner of the lot.
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| Susan |
Susan brought the same tree to the front of her sketch and put the building in the background.
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| Emily |
Emily framed the view between two of the enormous branches in soft, almost abstract watercolor. |
| Chris |
I loved that same perspective with the large branches dripping with Resurrection Fern. I found Cathi Bruhn hard at work.
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| Barbara |
Barbara drew one of the Magnolia trees.
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| Laura |
Laura picked the younger tree for color and the older tree for that bark texture.Paul and Sabrina went over to the Menil Drawing Institute and drew that building.
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| Sabrina |
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| Paul |
A few sketchers wanted to include the sculptures scattered around the grounds.
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| Doreen |
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| Cathi Bruhn |
And oh look! While I was drawing Cathi, she was drawing me. My first sketch was of the Broken Obelisk in front of the Rothko Chapel. A peaceful spot I had all to myself.
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| Joel |
A contrast of the old and new from Joel.
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| Siao |
Cottages and cars under the Sycamore trees from Siao. |
| Jacklynn |
A small cottage with a tricky roof angle drawn by Jacklynn.
We did a throwdown and some of us went out to lunch.
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| throwdown |
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