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Urban Sketchers Houston in October
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Sketching in the time of COVID is always a challenge, but with outdoor locations and basic precautions we are forging on. This month we went back to Galveston and were fortunate to be joined by several new participants. Always good to see new faces.We started out at the docks. The morning had been foggy, but was clearing and the view across the harbor was a busy one.
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Joel, left and Francisco, right
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Joel and Francisco were interested in the little red tug hard at work.
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Chris, left and Judith, right
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I decided to take the challenge of the Elissa and found a great vantage point on the empty deck of a restaurant. Judith, however, was fascinated by her crew working high in the ship's rigging. Point of view is everything. |
| Martha, left and Robert, right |
Martha and Robert headed over to the docks where the shrimpers and the dock area were their focus. They chose the black-and-white option.
After the docks, the group wandered the Strand and then over to Post Office street.
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Nancy, left and Magdalena, right
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Nancy and Magdalena gave us colorful versions of the Post Office street buildings. I don't think we've ever had a sketcher work on canvas before. |
right, Judith and Joel at work
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It's always good to catch the sketchers at work. One building on Post Office Street caught many eyes. Here you can see Judith at work and Martha's sketch of Judith and her dad, Joel. |
Chris, left and Judith, right
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Here's the very complicated challenge that caught everyone's eye. I saw at least 4 of the group working on versions of this building. |
Bruce's sketch
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Bruce took on another challenge. There are many of these wonderful survivors seeing new life on Post Office Street, the Strand and along all the side streets.
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| Robetrt's sketch |
Robert chose a corner view, always tricky for that perspective.
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Francisco's street view
Francisco took on a panorama of all of Post Office street. Another tricky perspective challenge.
We had the throwdown at the end of the block, which you can see in the group photo and below.
Everyone split up for lunch and a smaller group met on 24th street for sketching of the historic Victorians in that neighborhood. You can see Judith's sketch in the blog header.
All in all it was a succesful and socially distanced sketchout. There are always lots of interesting things to draw in Galveston. I hope that some of our group that we haven't seen in a while will join us for the next sketchout. If you've never joined us, please do. We always have a good time. |
