Visiting Bayou Bend

 

The Group

Here is the happy group who showed up for the March sketchout at Bayou Bend. As you can see we had a record number of people show up. Because so many sketchers showed up, I looked at the sketches in a different way this time. I was not able to attend, but I could see a pattern in the subjects people chose.

First we have to admire Rita Wilbur's sketch of the bayou bridge.which appears in our blog header. No one else chose this particular subject. 

Some sketchers drew the front of the house itself.

Mary, Paul and Peter 

These three sketches by Mary, Paul and Peter show the front view.

Judith

Susan

Shaw

Judith, Susan and Shaw drew various other angles both close and from a distance.

Michael Jap

Michael's sketch is a completely different view altogether which includes statuary, gardens and the garden wall.

Carlos

Carlos also drew a garden view with statuary. And I see a sketcher hard at work in the background.

Michelle, Mary Baker, Mary Regan, Lisa

A number of people did close-up views of the various statues around the garden. Here we have work by Michelle, Mary Baker, Mary Reagan and Lisa.

Francesca and Brittany

Francesca and Brittany also gave it a try.

Several people chose to draw fountains. Besides the one in Judith's panorama, Richard and Tim did very different fountain views.

Richard and Tim

Francisco

Francisco's sketch has the same fountain Judith drew, but looking down and from a very different angle. Again, there are some tiny sketchers in the far edge of the sketch.

Another group of sketchers drew some very intricate sketches of the trees on the grounds. I have to call out young Luke. Quite a detailed bit of observation on his part.

Judy, Tim, Anna and Luke

There were a few other sketchers whose work we can look at.

MacKenzie

Mackenzie did an eye-popping version of the garden and fountains.

Matteo

Matteo did a pencil sketch of the back patio area.

Ariana

Ariana caught the same view from a slightly wider angle. Also worked in pencil.

Then there were sketches I am calling the "bits and bobs"; little sketches of bits of architecture or decoration on the grounds. These were by Niman, Anita and Marvette.

Niman, Anita and Marvette

Everyone seems to have enjoyed a perfect day for being outdoors and sketching. We don't get a lot of those in Houston.

There was a throwdown.

And a gathering for lunch and conversation.

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See you out there!