A Daytrip to Galveston-Part I

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.

a view of the busy port

This view of the port captures the busy port traffic and the gray morning sky.

Eve's sketch

New sketcher, Eve, captured a challenging view of the Coastguard cutter.

Renata's sketch

Renata was excited to try out her new fountain pen on the same subject.

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.

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.

Judith's sketch

Martha's sketch

Martha, chose a simpler subject, but included a historic clock and some green space.

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!