The Galveston Trip 2025

Our group at the Galveston Arts Center

Galveston has so much rich sketching subject matter that sometimes it's hard to decide what to draw. Mary chose this view down the street (see the header) with a little bit of everything. We had a good turnout and good weather, so we were all set for a good day.

Carlos and Ken chose to draw the big cruise ship.

Carlos

Ken Roy

I chose one of the fishing boats over on Pier 21.

Chris

The rest of the group drew various places on or near the Strand. The Sealy Hutchins building turned out to be a favorite.

Joel

Joel added a clever touch. He took an impression in play clay from a plaque on the building, inked it and printed the result on his page.

Peter

Peter went around the corner and got the building from a different angle along with the building next door.

Fran

Fran celebrated finishing this sketch. She took on the whole front of the building.

Janelle

Here's Janelle's version.

Susan

Susan drew the produce building and the iconic turtle sculpture.

Megan

Megan gave her drawing some depth by placing the beer bottle in the foreground and catching the top of the cruise ship lurking over the building in the background.

Lucia

Lucia went to the corner of Market and Tremont and drew a corner view. She used a trick similar to Megan's by placing the table in the foreground. This gives the sketch more depth.

Richard

Richard and Judith both drew the Fadden building. 

Judith

Richard's view is pushed back and at a slight angle. Judith's is straight on.

Sharon

Sharon drew rooftops and the one was the top of a church.

Several people drew collages of a collection of images.

Kim

Jen Bui

Sharon

Then we have a few single images. A sculpture from Carlos and an interesting doorway from Chetna.

Carlos

Chetna

Lastly, I was able to get a sketch in of the Star Drug building.

Chris

Here's the picture of our morning throwdown at the arts center.

the throwdown

The plan was to sketch out near East beach, but that was way too hot and sunny, so a bunch of the group went to UTMB to sketch Old Red. At the end of the day they regrouped at Good Dog. 

the group celebrating the day

Next month we have some smaller events coming up and one big one. Please keep an eye on our Facebook group or check out Instagram for details. Please join us for one of these events.