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| The group (minus Peter) at lunch at Maceo's |
For those of you visiting our blog from urban sketchers outposts afar, Galveston is a lovely port and beach town on the Texas coast about 50 miles from Houston. It enjoyed a lively past in the Victorian Age until the 1900 Storm wiped it out. Now it is enjoying a new life with beaches, tourist attractions and a cruise ship port. Lovely proud victorian homes and business buildings remain, just asking to be drawn. There is a port with a shrimp fleet and historic ships. On our trip, we barely scratched the surface of all the wonderful things to sketch.
We had a good turnout, as you can see from the lunch photo. People arrived and went as schedules allowed. First, we tackled the dockside.
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| a view of the busy port |
This view of the port captures the busy port traffic and the gray morning sky.
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| Eve's sketch |
New sketcher, Eve, captured a challenging view of the Coastguard cutter.
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| Renata's sketch |
Renata was excited to try out her new fountain pen on the same subject.
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| Chris's sketch |
I chose a view dockside with the shrimpers and the pelicans. It was chilly sketching.
Next, we moved on to the Strand. The lovely old Victorian buildings are a challenge to draw.
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| Robert's sketch |
Robert, Judith and I all loved the Trueheart-Adriance building on Kempner St. with it's wild colors and over-the-top ornamentation. Robert also took a peek down an alley.
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| Judith's sketch |
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Martha's sketch
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Martha, chose a simpler subject, but included a historic clock and some green space.
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| Mary's sketch |
Mary chose the same building, yet the sketches couldn't be more different. Judith remarked on this at lunch. So many different takes on the same places!
