Saturday, March 22, 2025

Henderson & Kane and the Old Sixth Ward

 As you can see from the header, we had a decent turnout for this sketchout....especially considering that we had to make a last minute change in venue. It seems that the St. Patrick's Day parade was taking up all of Allen Parkway and everything around it, so we made a quick adjustment and went across the bayou to the Old Sixth Ward. Never fear, we will revisit the skate park another time.

We met up at Henderson & Kane in the heart of the old Sixth Ward. This barbecue restaurant/ deli has become a neighborhood fixture. You can see the bones of the neighborhood grocery that was once there. The original "corner store".

Michelle


Susan


Fran


Alicia
Judith knew exactly what she wanted to draw. There is a stunning water oak on the corner in front of the old Dow Elementary (now MECA).
Judith
I had a similar thought. I had spotted a lovely redbud in full bloom in the new Dow Elementary Park.
Chris
Kristen was attracted to the church building down the street, which also had a blooming redbud.
Kristen

Amber did part of the same view in pencil.
Amber
The Sixth Ward is full of lovely old houses. Some of the earliest survivors in Houston.
Richard

Kandy

Travis


Susan


Jeff


Chris
Young sketcher, Austin, drew the very interesting building across the street from Henderson & Kane.
Austin
And Paul drew this building which must have once housed a neighborhood business. He found yet another redbud.
Paul
Elan drew this Little Free Library and a small garden plot.
Elan
We met back up at Henderson & Kane for the throwdown.

And stayed for a bit of lunch. It was a glorious day to sit outside. We don't get many of those in Houston.

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Wednesday, March 5, 2025

A Sketchout at H-Mart

the group
We had a good turnout for a very early morning sketchout at the H Mart in Spring Branch. By noon on any day of the week, this popular asian market is full of people, so we set the time just a little earlier. The bad news was that we missed most of the wonderful selection of subjects in the seafood department. The good news was that there was still plenty to sketch.

As you can see from Indah's sketch in the header, the produce department was the focus of many of the sketchers. Indah chose full color. 
Joel
Joel also did a colorful view of the produce section. Between the angles of the displays, the layout of the floor and the background, this was a true perspective challenge for many.
Fran

Anna


Xiao
Xiao managed to capture some interesting shoppers. Zooming in solves part of that perspective issue. Good call.
Susan


Chris
I felt the pull of all those wonderful purple Japanese eggplants.

Many of the rest of the group drew the food court.
Martha
Food court in just pen and ink.
Emerson

Mary


A young sketcher, Abigail


Indah...the condiments on the table work


Or a display of bamboo..Jing
Kyoku got a little turned around and ended up at Ranch 99, another asian market down the street. But she found us eventually and shared a sketch of their food court.
Kyoku
Kyoku and I also took a stab at the seafood department when they finally started setting out the seafood.
Chris
The tank of live fish was tricky.
Kyoku...the fish monger. Hope she was able to add color later

There were several sketches where I didn't get a name.

wish I could put names to these two
We took a group shot and did the throw down in the very interesting retail part of the store.
Check out the background in the group shot.
the throwdown
Then a group of us went off to lunch.

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Sunday, February 9, 2025

January at the Museum of Natural Science

 

The group
As you can see from the photo, we had quite a good turnout for a Tuesday evening at the Museum of Natural Science. It looks like it was a fun evening. Because the group was so large, rather than try to stitch together a series of photos for the throwdown, Judith made a little movie. I thought you might like to see it first. You really get a good view of everyone's work.




Of course, lots of people went right to the dinosaurs, but Susan chose the Cabinet of Curiosities that you see in the header.

Here are a few of the sketchers with their drawings:
Maggie


Britt


Mike 

Jacklynn



Amber



Heather


Margo


Paul
Peter was busy. He completed several sketches.
Peter



Peter


Richard


Judith


Joel



Dawn


Michael


Alicia


Tami


Jeff


Inda


Aaliyah


Brianna




A visitor from Guatemala


I believe this is his as well
And we had a young sketcher join us. A guest of Paul's I believe.
A young sketcher
Finally, everyone assembled for the throwdown.
the throwdown


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