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| Francisco |
It's always so hard to decide what to draw when we go to Galveston. There's just so much to look at. Judith planned a full day starting on Post Office Street. We warmed our hands up on buildings, early morning coffee drinkers and sculpture - like this turtle drawn by Francisco.
Ken Roy drew one of the buildings on Post Office Street in pen and ink.
After a brief warm-up on Post Office street, we had a throw-down.
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The first throw down
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Next, we moved to Pier 21 and the dock area. Several people settled in to draw The Elissa.You can see Susan DeCourcy's drawing in our blog header.
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| Chris |
I like the contrast between the old and the very new in my sketch.  | |
| Paul |
Paul chose a softer and more colorful version.
People always gravitate to the activity around the docks. Michelle captured one of the shrimpers.
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| Michelle |
Rita Wilbur also found a boat to draw.
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| Rita |
Francisco used lots of clear and bright color on his. | |
| Francisco |
Ken Roy's sketch is ink with strong, bold lines.
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Ken Roy
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Sharon did her work in pencil. | |
Sharon Hendry
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I like that she included the pelicans. And speaking of pelicans, Rita did a sketch of just the pelicans on toned paper.
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| Rita |
Svetlana's sketch highlights the more workaday part of the dock area. She worked in colored pencil. | | | | | | | | |
| Svetlana |
Finally, there is this sketch, done later in the day by Michael. But you can see why I included it here. I was also intrigued by the little glimpses of the cruise ship you could see between the buildings on The Strand. | | | |
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In the meantime, some of the group drew a few other things going on around the dock area.Andrea drew Harbor House.
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Harbor House
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There was a flurry of activity going on along the dock behind the Elissa and Harbor House. The Texas Game Wardens were holding "The Guppy Cup" competition for young anglers. The rail was lined with children and their parents hoping to land the biggest fish. | |
| Judith |
Judith and Michael were right there to catch it all. |
| Michael |
At midday, we had a throwdown and visited a bit at the Galveston Art Center.
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| Throwdown |
After lunch, the remaining group went back out along The Strand to draw all the things going on.
Ken Roy and Sharon went for sculpture. | |
| Ken |
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| Sharon |
Patricia caught the people hanging out in Saengerfest Park.  | |
| Patricia |
On the other side of the park was the Pirate museum. Judith had to draw it.
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| Judith |
Ken and Paul tackled the very complicated Stuttgart.
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| Ken |
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| Paul |
Michelle and I tried out the equally complicated and colorful Hutchings-Sealy building.
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| Michelle |
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| Chris |
We met in Saegerfest Park for our throwdown. |
The mid afternoon throwdown
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Our next stop was Galveston's "silk stocking" district. We found some charming old houses to draw.Susan
Michael and Michelle drew details of the yard and gate of this raised Galveston cottage on Avenue M.
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| Michelle |
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| Michael |
Michael captured the late afternoon sun. The owners of this charming raised Galveston house came out to see why there were people set up in front of their house. Judith was allowed inside the gate to draw their lovely courtyard garden.
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| Judith |
The last throwdown of the day.
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| late afternoon throwdown |
It was a long but very rewarding day for the people who held out to the end. You can always check out posted sketches on our Facebook page or check us out on Instagram. Consider joining us for one of our upcoming sketch outs.
Luckily, there were also things going on inside the warehouse. Venders had set up to sell their own work, concessions were selling food and drink and the inking of the blocks and hanging of the prints was taking place there. Michael was working to capture that part of the event along with Peter and Carlos and Chris.
