Monday, September 28, 2020

A Day in the Country

 

The group at the throwdown

This month's outing was a trip to The Grounds. The grounds is being developed as a venue with studio spaces and a place for food trucks, art fairs and the like. It is a very quiet and peaceful country setting, but the colors are vibrant. Kathy Fediw captured that in the sketch you can see in our blog header. We were joined this month by members of the Conroe Art League.

Jeff immediately went to the far end of the property and quietly captured another hidden gem.

Cissy's sketch
Cissy was fascinated by that same piece of equipment in the trailer. Difficult to capture, she reports.
Karen's sketch

Karen's sketch hints at the ground fog that greeted us as we made an early start.
Barbara's sketch
Barbara liked the whimsicall chicken on this building.
Romana's sketch
Romana's sketch included the landscaping as well as the colorful building.
Judith's gouache
Judith's colorful gouache is a contrast in the warm tones of the building and the cool colors in the landscape.
Chris's sketch
The colorful deer on the building along the drive caught my eye. Later I noticed the homage to the Cadillac Ranch installation in West Texas.

Despite the early meet time and the more far-flung location, twelve sketchers showed up on Saturday representing the north end of our sketching area. We have lots of sketchers who live on the edges of the city and county. If you are a sketcher in Clear Lake, Ft. Bend, Baytown or Katy and have suggestions for new sketching locations, let us know. We're always looking for new places to visit.

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