tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75725363308909795992024-03-13T09:07:30.426-05:00Urban Sketchers ChicagoAlex Zonishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02653251998422871819noreply@blogger.comBlogger370125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7572536330890979599.post-3691208885782857092022-08-03T14:30:00.002-05:002022-08-03T15:13:06.488-05:00Let's Sketch!<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU3JPkyectW4vkV21hoW281_lE_La49uOI8Gv14EfZQdizyjZO_dMe0m2Br1XwBrWl8qk9559-W_f3_sLoF8qYYcrb-JvUeucU0NpbFngAqyvbzFp3N9HImVjJMO7BgRi41Yy8rAfhk-7hTUsOk_QF4tB347gPjgsjw6S1aGGA84yhQuZJpDoCEOMlfQ/s986/296176725_10223945387995722_8768863480617230522_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="986" data-original-width="611" height="680" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU3JPkyectW4vkV21hoW281_lE_La49uOI8Gv14EfZQdizyjZO_dMe0m2Br1XwBrWl8qk9559-W_f3_sLoF8qYYcrb-JvUeucU0NpbFngAqyvbzFp3N9HImVjJMO7BgRi41Yy8rAfhk-7hTUsOk_QF4tB347gPjgsjw6S1aGGA84yhQuZJpDoCEOMlfQ/w421-h680/296176725_10223945387995722_8768863480617230522_n.jpg" width="421" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><h2 style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: arial; font-size: xx-large;">Let's Sketch Chicago!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-large;">Saturday, August 20, 2022</span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;">12 PM - 3PM</div><h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-size: xx-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><br /></span></span></h1><h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-size: xx-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Daley Plaza</span></span></h1><div><span style="color: red; font-size: xx-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><br /></span></span></div></span></h2><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK87smhFM55XfOcPwNEQZH1dhaIc5i1nz-TuALIXDhgwLONYXFzXe-C_W0YcZM6ixHHAa__mV2ELJ538MdMUjA8O0ezXLlPAecOaaimZSqf8RjLWgWkzhgxdQfMxvMyOmQzu9ZpvU8M9j7WnUA1kocY_GVOE7DUFlc-Jjqd7rS4BC3oajnnWjnSuz02w/s1360/Screen%20Shot%202022-08-03%20at%201.40.23%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1006" data-original-width="1360" height="394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK87smhFM55XfOcPwNEQZH1dhaIc5i1nz-TuALIXDhgwLONYXFzXe-C_W0YcZM6ixHHAa__mV2ELJ538MdMUjA8O0ezXLlPAecOaaimZSqf8RjLWgWkzhgxdQfMxvMyOmQzu9ZpvU8M9j7WnUA1kocY_GVOE7DUFlc-Jjqd7rS4BC3oajnnWjnSuz02w/w531-h394/Screen%20Shot%202022-08-03%20at%201.40.23%20PM.png" width="531" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><h1 style="text-align: left;">Details:</h1><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; text-align: start;">Daley Plaza, at Washington, Clark, Randolph, and Dearborn, is one of the most well-known plazas in Chicago. The famous Picasso statue resides there, and the plaza is fronted by the Daley Building and the City Hall-County Building. The Plaza is active with pedestrians and has many benches to sit and sketch. <br /></span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; text-align: start;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; text-align: start;">We will meet near the Picasso statue at 12:00 noon and then go sketch . Following our sketching, we’ll meet back at the Picasso at 2:45pm for the sketch throwdown and group picture.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; text-align: start;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; text-align: start;"><b>Transit/Parking:</b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; text-align: start;">Daley Plaza is centrally located in the Loop and there is sufficient public transportation. For anyone driving, there are numerous public parking garages within the vicinity.<br /></span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; text-align: start;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; text-align: start;">Cover sketch by: Mark Jones </span></span></p><h1>Hope to see you there!<br /></h1></div><br /><p></p>BARBARA WEEKShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15123095711319056949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7572536330890979599.post-55432792498205617892022-06-13T16:12:00.002-05:002022-06-13T16:57:40.068-05:00Let's Sketch!<h1 style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIIOjf6WinGuhdKEqCkoKDePZXx0VhMoWTdYTqVDXxHldrUsLYp3TBjSPuhGYw84dyC_RD8Tvln0VOjsxwu5B_dL0MAogTK6_uY8m5QO66kkjVoQ7nO9BavqIHoGZnOpRJTMAJ-9-dw6KJcf-D3pA1WAWtvW0Owiqs-9Q7IPkBm5EDc_bMcV_ycjEEAQ/s729/Zoo%20Blog%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="628" data-original-width="729" height="571" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIIOjf6WinGuhdKEqCkoKDePZXx0VhMoWTdYTqVDXxHldrUsLYp3TBjSPuhGYw84dyC_RD8Tvln0VOjsxwu5B_dL0MAogTK6_uY8m5QO66kkjVoQ7nO9BavqIHoGZnOpRJTMAJ-9-dw6KJcf-D3pA1WAWtvW0Owiqs-9Q7IPkBm5EDc_bMcV_ycjEEAQ/w662-h571/Zoo%20Blog%20.jpg" width="662" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: -webkit-xxx-large;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: arial;">Let's Sketch Chicago</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: 400; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5);"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: 400; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: -webkit-xxx-large;"><b><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial;">Lincoln Park Zoo</span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: 400; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #b45f06; font-family: arial; font-size: xx-large;"><b>Saturday June 18, 2022</b></span></div></div></h1><h1><span><div style="font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #b45f06; font-family: arial;">12:00 PM – 3:00PM</span></div><div style="color: #674ea7; font-family: helvetica; font-size: xx-large;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: helvetica;"><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Lincoln Park Zoo is a free 35-acre zoo located in Lincoln Park in Chicago, Illinois. The zoo was founded in 1868, making it one of the oldest zoos in the U.S. It is also one of a few free admission zoos in the United States.</span></p><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-weight: 400; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Details:</span></h2></div></div></span></h1><h2 style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: x-large; font-weight: 400;">We will meet in the central square by the Lions outside habitat.</span><span style="font-size: x-large;"> <span style="font-weight: normal;">The meeting time is 12:00 noon. We will go sketching and come together again at 2:45 pm at the same spot by the lions to see our sketches and take photos. If you arrive late, no worries. Just pick a place to sketch and meet back by 2:45pm for the group photo. </span></span></span></h2><h1><span><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Transit/Parking: </span></h3><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large; font-weight: normal;"></span></p></div></span></h1><h2 style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: x-large; font-weight: 400;">Please check the zoo website for parking info. Street parking is possible if you don't mind searching and walking. CTA options are available as well.</span></span></h2><h1><span><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><p style="font-weight: 400;"></p></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Hope to see you at the zoo! </span></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-weight: 400;" /></span></h1><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505;">Cover sketch by: Paul Ingold</span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505;"> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505;"><br /></span></span></div>BARBARA WEEKShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15123095711319056949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7572536330890979599.post-55177773803267663892022-05-28T16:05:00.000-05:002022-05-28T16:05:06.864-05:00Let's See Those Masterpieces!<br /><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibnk52_I8Uq-RuF0_58I57S4T2Y9TpFofjFeMxpUdp0FcPQ8O6ZbffmvCiUeMICD-eYR8cIE45bcrdqIBklsBsK4_ln68WeMJnWcBslKVRZzZoRyTzDgyuqCZRcxcISGOE4_n62-afiMsfflbRxcD9MsW0AgzJQm_t_XL-8v031MbvT1TliiCu4LgzFQ/s1549/Art%20show%20header.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1549" data-original-width="1408" height="771" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibnk52_I8Uq-RuF0_58I57S4T2Y9TpFofjFeMxpUdp0FcPQ8O6ZbffmvCiUeMICD-eYR8cIE45bcrdqIBklsBsK4_ln68WeMJnWcBslKVRZzZoRyTzDgyuqCZRcxcISGOE4_n62-afiMsfflbRxcD9MsW0AgzJQm_t_XL-8v031MbvT1TliiCu4LgzFQ/w701-h771/Art%20show%20header.jpg" width="701" /></a></div><br /><p></p><h1 style="text-align: left;"> </h1><h1 style="text-align: left;"><span color="var(--primary-text)" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-family: arial; font-size: x-large; font-weight: normal;">Ready, Set, Show!</span><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-family: arial; font-size: xx-large; font-weight: normal;"> </span></h1><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5);">Exciting news! USK Chicago has announced a members only art show! It will be held at the <b>Palette and Chisel</b> in Chicago.The opening reception is Friday, June 8. Keep reading for all the details!</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span color="var(--primary-text)" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem;">The USk Chicago show submission site is open for business! Please use this link:</span><span color="var(--primary-text)" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem;"> </span><span color="var(--primary-text)" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl gpro0wi8 py34i1dx" href="https://form.jotform.com/221209188520148?fbclid=IwAR1r4bIEf668hlNFXRyKucc1Of_KujGs6lhHfOcRALQeIFa2-7Kw8Cn6tnQ" rel="nofollow noopener" role="link" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--blue-link); cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0" target="_blank">https://form.jotform.com/221209188520148</a></span><span color="var(--primary-text)" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem;"> </span><span color="var(--primary-text)" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem;">. You will be asked to enter your contact info; agree to the show requirements and the liability disclaimer; and upload your images. The requirements also appear below -- along with important dates and a heads up about volunteers (for help hanging, the hoped-for opening reception, and gallery sitting). Please pay particular attention to the limits on the number and size of your framed sketches and how to label your uploaded files. (We'll post separately with ideas for scanning and framing.) We just need to screen your images to make sure they follow our Manifesto, so please upload low-res files (a small or medium iPhone photo works great). Let's see those masterpieces!</span><span color="var(--primary-text)" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem;"> </span></p><div class="bi6gxh9e" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; text-align: left;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql oi732d6d ik7dh3pa ht8s03o8 jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id" color="var(--primary-text)" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; word-break: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"></span></div><p style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql oi732d6d ik7dh3pa ht8s03o8 jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id" color="var(--primary-text)" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; word-break: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Urban Sketchers Manifesto: </b></span>We draw on location, indoors or out, capturing what we see from direct observation.<br /></span><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql oi732d6d ik7dh3pa ht8s03o8 jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id" color="var(--primary-text)" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; word-break: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">Our drawings tell the story of our surroundings, the places we live, and where we travel.<br /></span><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql oi732d6d ik7dh3pa ht8s03o8 jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id" color="var(--primary-text)" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; word-break: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">Our drawings are a record of time and place.<br /></span><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql oi732d6d ik7dh3pa ht8s03o8 jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id" color="var(--primary-text)" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; word-break: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">We are truthful to the scenes we witness.<br /></span><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql oi732d6d ik7dh3pa ht8s03o8 jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id" color="var(--primary-text)" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; word-break: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">We use any kind of media and cherish our individual styles.<br /></span><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql oi732d6d ik7dh3pa ht8s03o8 jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id" color="var(--primary-text)" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; word-break: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">We support each other and draw together.<br /></span><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql oi732d6d ik7dh3pa ht8s03o8 jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id" color="var(--primary-text)" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; word-break: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">We share our drawings online.<br /></span><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql oi732d6d ik7dh3pa ht8s03o8 jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id" color="var(--primary-text)" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; word-break: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">We show the world, one drawing at a time.<br /></span><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql oi732d6d ik7dh3pa ht8s03o8 jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id" color="var(--primary-text)" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; word-break: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem;"><b>Membership</b></span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem;"> : The exhibition is open to any member of the Chicago chapter of the Urban Sketchers, 18 years and older.</span></li></ul><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql oi732d6d ik7dh3pa ht8s03o8 jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id" color="var(--primary-text)" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; word-break: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><br /></b></span></span><p></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem;"><b>Number of Submissions and Framing</b></span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem;"> : All work must be framed under glass or plexiglass. The Palette allows only a simple nail – so a cordless piece would have to something centered to hang. If your work is in a sketchbook, you may submit a framed reproduction of your sketch. We will post suggested resources for scanning and framing on our Facebook page. </span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem;">You may submit up to 3 pieces if no larger than 11” x 14” framed, and up to two if any piece is larger. However, no piece may be larger than 16” x 20” framed.</span></li></ul><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql oi732d6d ik7dh3pa ht8s03o8 jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id" color="var(--primary-text)" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; word-break: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><br /></b></span></span><p></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem;"><b>Sales</b></span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem;"> : Your work may be offered for sale (at the submitted price) or not for sale (NFS). All checks should be payable to the Palette & Chisel, and all proceeds from sales must be submitted to its office. 20% of all sales go to the </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl gpro0wi8 py34i1dx" href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fpaletteandchisel.org%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR11DZJEDWYH5zzsrMEid9FSXgdE-jixUcaNGuUupLYyGa2DbqLgip1jnGU&h=AT0APotT-3bJF3xw2eZNs-MrVkXahxjLedRSewGEZxTBzONGEDL4KPWwxWvBkTybAnOQo351gR2ASwNwjFfAfjQxSthqOhFTRHUmrh01SlywxeUpCNzRgPiJiuI_KiyO8ouSsFA&__tn__=-UK-R&c[0]=AT32YLGdK1foS6PGTxImgXJvFSP_-Ic_TuCwe-DaER7EYP-jJrlBKb0H1hYK8fbeVUQ6gUVxABQwT9y5B3TKBAdfbo6xDzoHoRWukJ-UbuavbiX3DPNkO5ac4D29Dj3fHUdqf9S72LgysTek47yYOO-AWp8cX4g4VoE" rel="nofollow noopener" role="link" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--blue-link); cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0" target="_blank">Palette & Chisel</a></span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem;"> , and 80% to the artist. You can reach the Palette office by phone at 312-642-4400 or email </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl gpro0wi8 py34i1dx" href="mailto:fineart1012@sbcglobal.net" role="link" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--blue-link); cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0" target="_blank">fineart1012@sbcglobal.net</a></span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem;"> .</span></li></ul><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql oi732d6d ik7dh3pa ht8s03o8 jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id" color="var(--primary-text)" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; word-break: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><br /></b></span></span><p></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem;"><b>Submission of Sketches</b></span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem;"> : Below, for each sketch, set out the title of your work; the medium/media; the framed dimensions in inches (H” x W”); and the sale price or NFS. List your work in your order of preference – if we are overwhelmed with submissions, we will organize the show in rounds. For each sketch, upload a JPEG file (no larger than 1M) labeled as: LastName_FirstInitial-Title.</span></li></ul><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql oi732d6d ik7dh3pa ht8s03o8 jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id" color="var(--primary-text)" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; word-break: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><br /></b></span></span><p></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql oi732d6d ik7dh3pa ht8s03o8 jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id" color="var(--primary-text)" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; word-break: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Calls for Volunteers</b></span>: We ask participants and other USk Chicago members to assist in show-related activities – hanging, an opening reception (public health permitting), and gallery-sitting on the second weekend (the first weekend is covered by the Seminar). We’ll post info on our <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl gpro0wi8 oo9gr5id lrazzd5p" href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/UrbanSketchersChicago?__cft__[0]=AZV-eyYm-eQjJqPwk7h3D0YqkmNYhaNFVxbxF-cQAT1EiHfuMDtWHT6XsfwQAgGBzSNO3HJ49qB7UOrMRE1Lq3U30jZYIhiIYcZUQcIjtWVljJJrzbXCAIAUZqQrzhCcj-0RQtCCkdV5XeU-B5nIYIzB&__tn__=-UK-R" role="link" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--primary-text); cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">Urban Sketchers Chicago Facebook</a></span> page.<br /></span><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql oi732d6d ik7dh3pa ht8s03o8 jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id" color="var(--primary-text)" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; word-break: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql oi732d6d ik7dh3pa ht8s03o8 jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id" color="var(--primary-text)" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; word-break: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>IMPORTANT DATES</b></span>:<br /></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql oi732d6d ik7dh3pa ht8s03o8 jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id" color="var(--primary-text)" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; word-break: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem;"><b>Deadline for submission</b></span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem;">: 11:59 p.m., Sunday, June 12</span></span></li><li><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql oi732d6d ik7dh3pa ht8s03o8 jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id" color="var(--primary-text)" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; word-break: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem;"><b>Notification of acceptances</b></span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem;">: around Thursday, June 16</span></span></li><li><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql oi732d6d ik7dh3pa ht8s03o8 jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id" color="var(--primary-text)" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; word-break: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem;"><b>Delivery of work to the Palette</b></span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem;">: Tuesday-Wednesday, July 5-6</span></span></li><li><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql oi732d6d ik7dh3pa ht8s03o8 jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id" color="var(--primary-text)" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; word-break: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem;"><i>Note: Hand delivery and pickup only; we are not set up to take care of shipping</i></span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem;">.</span></span></li><li><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql oi732d6d ik7dh3pa ht8s03o8 jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id" color="var(--primary-text)" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; word-break: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem;"><b>Show hanging</b></span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem;"> : Thursday, July 7</span></span></li><li><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql oi732d6d ik7dh3pa ht8s03o8 jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id" color="var(--primary-text)" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; word-break: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem;"><b>Opening reception</b></span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem;"> (Covid permitting): Friday, July 8, from 6:00-8:00 p.m.</span></span></li><li><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql oi732d6d ik7dh3pa ht8s03o8 jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id" color="var(--primary-text)" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; word-break: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem;"><b>Show closing</b></span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem;"> : Sunday, July 17 (pickup also available Monday, July 18)</span></span></li></ul><p></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql oi732d6d ik7dh3pa ht8s03o8 jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id" color="var(--primary-text)" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; word-break: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"><br /></span><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql oi732d6d ik7dh3pa ht8s03o8 jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id" color="var(--primary-text)" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; word-break: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Liability Disclaimer</b></span> : Reasonable precaution will be taken to safeguard the artists' work. However, neither the Urban Sketchers Chicago nor the <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl gpro0wi8 py34i1dx" href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fpaletteandchisel.org%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR1ll5fdJHxT55LM80ywOG00xdQ3_jIKN0MbBeaesqYQOYXICgpGbw1dcoc&h=AT0APotT-3bJF3xw2eZNs-MrVkXahxjLedRSewGEZxTBzONGEDL4KPWwxWvBkTybAnOQo351gR2ASwNwjFfAfjQxSthqOhFTRHUmrh01SlywxeUpCNzRgPiJiuI_KiyO8ouSsFA&__tn__=-UK-R&c[0]=AT32YLGdK1foS6PGTxImgXJvFSP_-Ic_TuCwe-DaER7EYP-jJrlBKb0H1hYK8fbeVUQ6gUVxABQwT9y5B3TKBAdfbo6xDzoHoRWukJ-UbuavbiX3DPNkO5ac4D29Dj3fHUdqf9S72LgysTek47yYOO-AWp8cX4g4VoE" rel="nofollow noopener" role="link" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--blue-link); cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0" target="_blank">Palette & Chisel</a></span> , and their officers, volunteers, and assigns, will be responsible for loss or damage to work from any cause.</span></p><ul class="bi6gxh9e aov4n071 fjf4s8hc mf5omzu7" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 8px 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 32px; text-align: left;"><li><div class="bi6gxh9e" style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 8px;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql oi732d6d ik7dh3pa ht8s03o8 jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id" color="var(--primary-text)" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; word-break: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"><br /></span></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 8px;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql oi732d6d ik7dh3pa ht8s03o8 jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id" color="var(--primary-text)" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; word-break: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"><a href="https://form.jotform.com/221209188520148?fbclid=IwAR0QFj9tSQBuPeEF7dMTlzHEvmWI7PmP2oHlOVgrU6yDmri26oBABYEqblU"> Artwork Submission Form </a></span></div></li></ul>BARBARA WEEKShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15123095711319056949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7572536330890979599.post-8210656068262264162022-05-12T13:38:00.001-05:002022-05-12T13:38:23.988-05:00T&T Thursday<h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> I Spy with My Little Eye...</span></h1><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfRAJ1l-fbkvfY3IfvDLEPLb-Yl1xWEo4DpA_72PjZfXdu3w97wE0XVr6BnJ6bWKQexN0PvW1O4CbeHse57cXeem4voe3qlsHJVoclb4M8JIMUxEfP8bX6G9BfojvjHX8XQVhTE1pSbEfim1q84DkVbi3lXz1WcpaIC35qYb48nm_qClzcu_Q1NGZqVA/s2816/IMG_0015.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2112" data-original-width="2816" height="539" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfRAJ1l-fbkvfY3IfvDLEPLb-Yl1xWEo4DpA_72PjZfXdu3w97wE0XVr6BnJ6bWKQexN0PvW1O4CbeHse57cXeem4voe3qlsHJVoclb4M8JIMUxEfP8bX6G9BfojvjHX8XQVhTE1pSbEfim1q84DkVbi3lXz1WcpaIC35qYb48nm_qClzcu_Q1NGZqVA/w719-h539/IMG_0015.jpeg" width="719" /></a></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Something to Draw!</span></h4><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Have you ever sat down to sketch and thought "What should I draw?" Yes, for me at least, pretty much every time, especially if it's a place I've frequently visited.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Upping My Game</span></h2><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">My grandsons like to play the game I Spy with My Little Eye Something..." Then the person who is "it" gives a clue(s) and the rest have to figure out what it is.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">I've started to use the I Spy strategy when I go out to sketch. </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">What do I notice?</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">What jumps out at me?</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Why? Is it the shape, the color, do I just like it, do I NOT like it?</span></span></li></ul><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">When I've spied it I make that the subject and plan my composition around it. The next question is "what will help others see it through my eyes?"</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Color?</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Texture?</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Shape?</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Size?</span></span></li></ul><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">In urban sketching part of the challenge is to have enough context to make it an urban sketch without loosing my focal point. </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Game on!</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh88sGGYjH-Wefl4jGGuXSThRijgswJ8dFJg0TQKnnmZ50uL0yG0iI9m5ifKYqrhzL2sEh1KIQVQGmP2FWhiiVOWZKJZQrCRsB7nLO8VVDhc4IqUO8OIGdaN-0rWteAORk9mS8DgVZg7cT5_NQekND3aTp5pLjWk06r4UeLihfrcbPitQ_fdM48u4Y13Q/s2100/3%20Alfred%20Caldwell%20Lily%20Pool.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="2100" height="499" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh88sGGYjH-Wefl4jGGuXSThRijgswJ8dFJg0TQKnnmZ50uL0yG0iI9m5ifKYqrhzL2sEh1KIQVQGmP2FWhiiVOWZKJZQrCRsB7nLO8VVDhc4IqUO8OIGdaN-0rWteAORk9mS8DgVZg7cT5_NQekND3aTp5pLjWk06r4UeLihfrcbPitQ_fdM48u4Y13Q/w696-h499/3%20Alfred%20Caldwell%20Lily%20Pool.jpg" width="696" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"></span></p><h1><p style="font-weight: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><b style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: 24.000001907348633px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">Want to keep up to date by email? 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Check it out!</h1><p></p><p><br /></p>BARBARA WEEKShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15123095711319056949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7572536330890979599.post-84807988876739725552022-04-14T11:30:00.013-05:002022-04-14T11:30:00.175-05:00T&T Thursday<h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">What Will you Choose?</span></h1><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAO8f8Dk6MXel26aWG0KzcTo5cR56bmbTUpteS8rtACLsMgiM4bYNVUnH2f1OhUOk8z7pbE0TULgkbPkf9sEADvv7bpo8h6YYZVCngKPsGCFTy8vuwe69_6SSl50veYF0h14hPGgBBqA8sac1Tu2GS-bcPch_tSejjFNwaAxSzKBW2LL13PO_wQ7aOXg/s1024/884fc-2016-usk-chicago-29.jpg.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="663" data-original-width="1024" height="425" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAO8f8Dk6MXel26aWG0KzcTo5cR56bmbTUpteS8rtACLsMgiM4bYNVUnH2f1OhUOk8z7pbE0TULgkbPkf9sEADvv7bpo8h6YYZVCngKPsGCFTy8vuwe69_6SSl50veYF0h14hPGgBBqA8sac1Tu2GS-bcPch_tSejjFNwaAxSzKBW2LL13PO_wQ7aOXg/w657-h425/884fc-2016-usk-chicago-29.jpg.webp" width="657" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">The Workshops Are Set!</span></h2><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">What four will you choose?</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><p style="font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">1.</span><span style="font-size: large;"> <b>Anna Rappaport</b> <i>Surprising Stories, Fleeting Energy:</i></span></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"> <b> & Joann Harling </b> <i>Bringing Life into Sketches</i></span></p>
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<p style="font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">2. <b>Barbara Weeks</b> <i>How to be a People Person: </i></span></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> Sketching Lively Figures</span></i></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">3. <b>Brian Wright </b> <i>Practical Perspective for</i></span></p><p style="font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i> Urban Sketching</i></span></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">4. <b>David Roberts</b> Sketching from the Dark Side</span></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">5. <b>Donald Colley</b> <i>Drawing the Pulse:</i></span></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> The Ebb and Flow of Urban Dwellers</span></i></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">6. <b>Jing Zhang</b> <i>Less is More</i></span></p>
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<p style="font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">7. <b>Ken Czech</b> <i>Marker Mashup</i></span></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">8. <b>Tomoko Tanaka </b> <i>Tips for Sketching a Mixed Scene</i></span></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> of Old and New Buildings</span></i></p></div><p style="text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>Today's Tip</b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">The content details for the workshops are being posted this week on the <a href="https://chicagosketchseminar.wordpress.com">Seminar 2022 Blog</a>. </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Check it out!</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p>BARBARA WEEKShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15123095711319056949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7572536330890979599.post-15191146520388806572022-03-24T18:00:00.000-05:002022-03-24T18:00:00.217-05:00T&T Thursday<p><br /><b><br /></b></p><h1 style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFiW-VvqeXKlBMYQJMi1xw6o-YhkY59q-zTldXitYYNPiSd45tbzky2uc3EavtJMA_Be2o_oOQ_R_2b4TGy6QFVkrC2FiEo3F9rGflX9yPqgSAIK3G5IHdN-Wehdof90UkTE0NBx3EqfLY3rQPGJqWOMfWWuDOyRu3Eiq-70ociv5R5U9CGT99SEu_ow/s4445/Six.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2913" data-original-width="4445" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFiW-VvqeXKlBMYQJMi1xw6o-YhkY59q-zTldXitYYNPiSd45tbzky2uc3EavtJMA_Be2o_oOQ_R_2b4TGy6QFVkrC2FiEo3F9rGflX9yPqgSAIK3G5IHdN-Wehdof90UkTE0NBx3EqfLY3rQPGJqWOMfWWuDOyRu3Eiq-70ociv5R5U9CGT99SEu_ow/w664-h434/Six.jpg" width="664" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></h1><h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></h1><h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><b>USk Chicago is thrilled to announce that we'll be having a seminar in July!</b> <span style="font-weight: normal;">All the details will be posted on the <a href="https://chicagosketchseminar.wordpress.com">Seminar Blog</a> and the highlights will be posted on this blog.</span></span></h1><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><i>This is a a recap of an article I wrote several years ago but the information is still on the mark as we begin </i></span><i><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">to think about taking classes</span></i></span><span style="caret-color: rgb(111, 168, 220); color: #6fa8dc; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><i> </i></span><i style="caret-color: rgb(111, 168, 220); color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">a</span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">gain</span></i><i style="color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">.</span></i></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b style="font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 32px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></b></span></span></p><h1 style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">Are You Ready?!</span></b></h1><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">How about you? Are you ready for a workshop? Whether it’s an online class, a local workshop, one that involves travel or even if you’re working you way through a self-study book there are certain things that will help you get the most out the experience. </span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Over the years I’ve given workshops and taken many classes both on-site and online. I’ve found my mindset is the most important factor in what I take away from the class.</span></span></p><div style="min-height: 14px;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span></div><br /><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><b>SET A GOAL – </b></span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">Why am I taking this class? What do I hope to learn</span>?</span></li></ul><p></p><div><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oFn27gMZXXM/VX3Faa_vplI/AAAAAAAAC0s/EZusBPbKNKM/s1600/%25231.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="352" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oFn27gMZXXM/VX3Faa_vplI/AAAAAAAAC0s/EZusBPbKNKM/s640/%25231.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><br /><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>KEEP AN OPEN MIND – </b></span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Pay attention and follow directions. It’s easy to fall into the attitudes of “that isn’t the way I do it” or “that isn’t the way so-and-so does it” but leave those notions behind at least for the duration of the workshop.</span></span></li></ul><p></p><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-qkRAwdN819k/VX9220oQ6XI/AAAAAAAAC1k/EhcKgt73f3M/s1600/%25234.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="612" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-qkRAwdN819k/VX9220oQ6XI/AAAAAAAAC1k/EhcKgt73f3M/s640/%25234.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"></span><br /><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><b>THINK PROCESS NOT PRODUCT </b> (I know, I say that all the time) – It takes practice to learn new techniques and methods.</span></li></ul><p></p><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-71rKZB22Yv0/VX9tucjqo6I/AAAAAAAAC1Y/MAHaOUSFSKQ/s1600/%25233.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="286" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-71rKZB22Yv0/VX9tucjqo6I/AAAAAAAAC1Y/MAHaOUSFSKQ/s640/%25233.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"></span><div style="min-height: 14px;"><br /></div><p style="text-align: left;"></p><ul><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>ASK QUESTIONS – </b></span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Your instructor wants you get the most out of your time in the class.</span></span></li></ul><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Remember, whether your a novice or a working pro, there is another thing you need for a successful workshop experience, that’s<b> a positive and open workshop-state-of-mind</b>.</span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">What's your "must have" for a successful workshop experience?</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The opening image is an assignment from a class I took from </span><span style="color: #131315;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Lewis Rossignol.</span></span></span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">Links</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://davidbecker.org/">David Becker </a></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://www.veronicalawlor.com/">Veronica Lawlor</a></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://sketchbookskool.com/">Sketchbook Skool</a></span></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.carlasonheim.com/online-classes/sketchbooking/"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">Lewis Rossignol</span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"></span>BARBARA WEEKShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15123095711319056949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7572536330890979599.post-20839199711051235792022-03-17T12:00:00.001-05:002022-03-17T12:00:00.173-05:00Sketch & Post!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEibdLFuZhEqCCQG0AMrGC7mu7IebSnzt5bRkg8bbs-gCpTojq4p_47uTSW9dxBED3Fhv-RNdpFFYRpFMmCuAiCSneKBjd524GrsLHOi2PHD1kD_7qx3tWRdnSxzU5Z-zO6kzP6P1CiUxk707U4RhHiuOUZZ5ncU8swMPfTncdJ-MO-ioyUh9uFSfFLtUQ=s1482" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1241" data-original-width="1482" height="629" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEibdLFuZhEqCCQG0AMrGC7mu7IebSnzt5bRkg8bbs-gCpTojq4p_47uTSW9dxBED3Fhv-RNdpFFYRpFMmCuAiCSneKBjd524GrsLHOi2PHD1kD_7qx3tWRdnSxzU5Z-zO6kzP6P1CiUxk707U4RhHiuOUZZ5ncU8swMPfTncdJ-MO-ioyUh9uFSfFLtUQ=w751-h629" width="751" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="color: #38761d;"><b> <span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-family: helvetica; font-size: -webkit-xxx-large; text-align: center;">Let's Sketch Chicago</span></b></span></p><div><h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(240, 40, 74);"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">LIBRARIES!</span></span></h1><h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(240, 40, 74);"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">Sunday, March 20</span></span></h1><h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(240, 40, 74);"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">12 PM – 3 PM</span></span></h1></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><h2><span><p style="font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505;">Hosted by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100008343009173">E</a></span><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100008343009173">velyn Brody</a> and<span> </span></span><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl oo9gr5id gpro0wi8 lrazzd5p" href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/UrbanSketchersChicago" role="link" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--primary-text); cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">Urban Sketchers Chicago</a></span></p><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: x-large;"><br /></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large; font-weight: normal;">This month we will once again sketch asynchronously, with the hope that we will resume in-person meetups before too long! </span></p><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: x-large;"><br /></div><h1 style="font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: x-large; text-align: left;">Details:</h1><div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large; font-weight: normal;">Our March theme is libraries—from your home bookcase to those mini-birdhouse exchanges (a favorite subject of our members!) to civic institutions modest or grand. With the weather warming up, an exterior scene might appeal to you. If it’s raining or nighttime when you’re moved to sketch, let’s see a cozy scene of your housemate lost in a good book.<br />We follow USk Global’s guidelines of sketching live on location and not from reference photos. When outside your home, adhere to any government and private guidelines on social distancing and masking to help everyone stay safe. All skill levels welcome – happy sketching!<br /><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large; font-weight: normal;">We gather for our virtual throwdown on our group Facebook page on Sunday, March 20, between noon and 3pm, but we always welcome late entries. </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large; font-weight: normal;">And do tag your posts with <a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl gpro0wi8 oo9gr5id lrazzd5p" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/uskchicago?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZW3O0PZhARgHFvb4i4jmpcki_rI2d6nqTPHRY6qogibjmskxLmXnpd2FEFGS4Zp-Xq0y6KkCt1uYuqKckNZrjDzJQ4VO4SsqoGkDF4y5qr1Vw&__tn__=q" role="link" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--primary-text); cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">#uskchicago</a> so we may share your work on our group Instagram account.<br /><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I</span><span style="font-weight: normal;">n the meantime, Happy Daylight Savings Time!</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large; font-weight: normal;"> Thank you, </span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Namrita Malik, </span></span><span style="font-size: x-large; font-weight: normal;">for the banner image </span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">sketch of the Hinsdale Library!</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: 24.000001907348633px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">Want to keep up to date by email? Fill in your email address in the place provided in the upper right corner under the banner. We look forward to hearing from you.</span></b></span></span></p></div></span></h2><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span><span></span></span></h2></span></span></div>BARBARA WEEKShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15123095711319056949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7572536330890979599.post-81966430100975758372022-03-10T11:30:00.001-06:002022-03-10T11:30:00.198-06:00T&T Thursday!<h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"> Back to the Future</span></h1><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhOTN8JSCGWoZLfXmJQ2H9pMr5TnZWsQqoUWhJLgBaVuCAxhcU_gG2wff3gjMvMHDLhd5BK5bPQQkcX0cARDRyrbvbMyTTvFvpXVrqEs1Cik-HlkXkfrUOOF7LayZ0FHDfiqlranyqKMcORBhGfQMCmdcrr1Ex2OY1Hb7fITaOFZlrh5X2UaXaOOvGz6g=s1144" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="820" data-original-width="1144" height="551" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhOTN8JSCGWoZLfXmJQ2H9pMr5TnZWsQqoUWhJLgBaVuCAxhcU_gG2wff3gjMvMHDLhd5BK5bPQQkcX0cARDRyrbvbMyTTvFvpXVrqEs1Cik-HlkXkfrUOOF7LayZ0FHDfiqlranyqKMcORBhGfQMCmdcrr1Ex2OY1Hb7fITaOFZlrh5X2UaXaOOvGz6g=w770-h551" width="770" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">We're almost there! </span></h2><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">Slowly but surely things are heading back to normal – whatever that is or was! Usk Chicago is resuming in person sketch meets in April. We've also begun planning for a mini seminar in July! Keeping our fingers crossed!</span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">Sketching Habits During Covid</span></h2><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">I've been hearing from sketchers how their sketching habits changed during the pandemic. </span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><p style="text-align: left;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">Some have used daily sketching as a relief. </span></li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">Still others have kept sketching with the weekly USk Chicago prompts on Facebook.</span></li></ul><p></p></div><div><ul><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">There are those who have used the time to experiment adding new mediums to their repertoire.</span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"> </span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">Others have almost stopped sketching entirely.</span></li></ul></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">Ready, Set, Sketch!</span></h3><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">Where ever you on the sketching grid it's good to review the benefits of a regular/daily sketching habit. Get ready to get together and sketch.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">If you have fallen out of the sketching habit pick the same time each day to sketch (ex: before breakfast, while watching TV, during your coffee break, etc.)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiC0ylpbQpaTYqjONLsVMEIFXfeDbVlYq8dROfnFfIc1zEldWC9Ob99Mama0OR1Fih9wAw5R-F97kihwU05S_v94LOGcQWVzm6LLdWMnh1PPy5dwu1SWa1nkk62Gql_EpPI3pR10uT_-xAuhKUV1TfmTwpAgaIGNHKv06ei16wrcV4EOOxSMfT1IA6swA=s1735" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1314" data-original-width="1735" height="536" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiC0ylpbQpaTYqjONLsVMEIFXfeDbVlYq8dROfnFfIc1zEldWC9Ob99Mama0OR1Fih9wAw5R-F97kihwU05S_v94LOGcQWVzm6LLdWMnh1PPy5dwu1SWa1nkk62Gql_EpPI3pR10uT_-xAuhKUV1TfmTwpAgaIGNHKv06ei16wrcV4EOOxSMfT1IA6swA=w708-h536" width="708" /></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">Doing even a quick or small sketch each day can reap great benefits.</span></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Your work improves.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Like an athlete it gets easier with practice as muscle memory improves.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Your personal style will develop.</span></span></li></ul></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">Looking forward to sketching together in the near future!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;">Want to keep up to date by email? 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This time it’s a slightly different take than last <a href="https://urbansketchers-chicago.blogspot.com/2021/09/t-thursday-big-and-little-picture.html">September's post</a>.</b></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">So many times when I start an urban sketch it seems like I go on autopilot. People tend to be my go to focus. For others it’s the architecture, others it’s the straight on view. All are good, but sometimes it’s good to change it up a little.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj4YcSIBEeRvbK-TpK_chNfdCeMBm_QN4GkgJJ5EwlgRQa8PSsnbc54DazQRp5uOJqIDAotU6UTIPcLtLIaJQyc2ZbcmpEAFKLeKkj5nHwesxdFnkuJ0jHZLZUDXoQ-hAcRAfFE9f1-qsYe6ZsvOCVICnImBIQyxZ9Ix8z4vIZhvYIu3v_NAAMNRx66hw=s5004" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2475" data-original-width="5004" height="326" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj4YcSIBEeRvbK-TpK_chNfdCeMBm_QN4GkgJJ5EwlgRQa8PSsnbc54DazQRp5uOJqIDAotU6UTIPcLtLIaJQyc2ZbcmpEAFKLeKkj5nHwesxdFnkuJ0jHZLZUDXoQ-hAcRAfFE9f1-qsYe6ZsvOCVICnImBIQyxZ9Ix8z4vIZhvYIu3v_NAAMNRx66hw=w659-h326" width="659" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">Following Rob Walker’s lead in <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://robwalker.net/noticing/">The Art of Noticing</a></span><a href="http://robwalker.net/noticing/">,</a> I started taking photos of things that catch my attention as I walk along the street and on vacation. Going through some images that I’ve taken over the the last year or two I was surprised by how different they are compared to what I see when I sketch.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhvD7vjYC7J7dtPGbVBvFykibkEjEsal3XcpLBTLd3VttSBecNJd4iVlXjqkl2C8-uC0FBRSQsOzUtk73qh5C24aUP8p4rGNUXljKD0WPbI2fHSBmkjLvg5CMEwgM_QpxyLE6qiDhXyholJqbuHiXbvNP8IOFm8YdRPqR3eAMVKx9MmYd65srO5T8OYQw=s750" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="461" data-original-width="750" height="420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhvD7vjYC7J7dtPGbVBvFykibkEjEsal3XcpLBTLd3VttSBecNJd4iVlXjqkl2C8-uC0FBRSQsOzUtk73qh5C24aUP8p4rGNUXljKD0WPbI2fHSBmkjLvg5CMEwgM_QpxyLE6qiDhXyholJqbuHiXbvNP8IOFm8YdRPqR3eAMVKx9MmYd65srO5T8OYQw=w682-h420" width="682" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><b><span><br /></span></b></span><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><b>Here’s the Trick</b></span></h2></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">What I see on site with my photographer’s eye can I sketch it with my hand? </span></div><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: xx-large;"><br /></span></p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">That’s my challenge!</span></b></h2><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">What catches my eye?</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">What jumps out at me?</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">Sketch that with just enough context to make it an urban sketch</span></li></ul><p></p></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhWqO8OTIJVcciP2BR2X6IB9QWCbkx9JMQwvxiR3JORLhaoK7_lgJ_PLwAQN5npz6S9JoqmD54yCu_7uBuK4FhIiaJ6haT70SbzUrfHy78njppTFkV8kKBNGEPviXr_njM8fpB1I0NrtkZKToN6xEjNqapb71A6ZwWIkZeJf3EFgzDYX1MAuPjIix2jBQ=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="375" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhWqO8OTIJVcciP2BR2X6IB9QWCbkx9JMQwvxiR3JORLhaoK7_lgJ_PLwAQN5npz6S9JoqmD54yCu_7uBuK4FhIiaJ6haT70SbzUrfHy78njppTFkV8kKBNGEPviXr_njM8fpB1I0NrtkZKToN6xEjNqapb71A6ZwWIkZeJf3EFgzDYX1MAuPjIix2jBQ=w281-h375" width="281" /></a></div><br /></span><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">Even if the bee would stay long enough to be sketched, this needs more context to be an urban sketch!</span></p><div><br /></div></div><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"></span></p></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><b>Join me! </b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">When you go out to sketch, what </span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">catches your eye?</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> Sketch that!</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></span></div><div><b style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-family: helvetica; font-size: 24.000001907348633px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">Want to keep up to date by email? 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Today, they are still in use by school children, carpenters, artists, craftsmen. </span>Pencils can be found in almost any home or office. </span></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: xx-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhWWFeUWhRcOPoiG0sH7N5gD8QP2ZM78jo_kjgNy825Q8Huh9evPIPjVdaWawoE1uSf7xM7Pat0YqWktbUjchJ0XkVa8S1ax5o80NWcNK9u_FDOBxr9WtwbCS0whNNjdKQuUkPEQ0YOO8LKVXAXZ7S_jH5RfUNTVvCBhveljHfiEUSX7hV6p_C9io8thQ=s2658" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2651" data-original-width="2658" height="589" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhWWFeUWhRcOPoiG0sH7N5gD8QP2ZM78jo_kjgNy825Q8Huh9evPIPjVdaWawoE1uSf7xM7Pat0YqWktbUjchJ0XkVa8S1ax5o80NWcNK9u_FDOBxr9WtwbCS0whNNjdKQuUkPEQ0YOO8LKVXAXZ7S_jH5RfUNTVvCBhveljHfiEUSX7hV6p_C9io8thQ=w592-h589" width="592" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: xx-large;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: xx-large;">Why?</span></h2><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">They are convenient, inexpensive, and come in a wide variety of types and designs.</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> For sketchers who draw whenever they get the chance it's a perfect tool! Rain or shine, hot or freezing temperatures, they get the work done. If you're sitting down, standing up, or leaning against a wall they work!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><h2><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: xx-large;">What's Your Preference?</span></h2></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhRVRxSaJ0hoZfzUgHUSJprx0epZEXTmnBSAdm1L4tAHKzuA665xULc1ko-0T0CoPPoWSAO9XI-V_oJZ0rji4pee3QAQ8EqO9FpHToHkV1Pz99cPmiUH1p2KjJMbcTiUDHMQjdjH2pKrDBlahvVZQG0j6FWReZF56AlSdd0ZgDAK0wF3vuPMAbOQlqOEw=s1176" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1176" data-original-width="1165" height="665" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhRVRxSaJ0hoZfzUgHUSJprx0epZEXTmnBSAdm1L4tAHKzuA665xULc1ko-0T0CoPPoWSAO9XI-V_oJZ0rji4pee3QAQ8EqO9FpHToHkV1Pz99cPmiUH1p2KjJMbcTiUDHMQjdjH2pKrDBlahvVZQG0j6FWReZF56AlSdd0ZgDAK0wF3vuPMAbOQlqOEw=w659-h665" width="659" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></div>There are many kinds of pencils:</b></span></div><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">Charcoal</span></li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">Carbon</span></li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">Colored</span></li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">Grease</span></li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">Watercolor</span></li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">Graphite </span></li></ul><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">Graphite pencils Are the most common. They come in degrees of hardness. The harder the lead the lighter the line.</span></p><div><p></p><p></p><p></p><ul><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">H 9-2 = hard</span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">HB = medium</span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">B-3 = soft</span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">4B - 9B = very soft</span></li></ul><p></p><p></p><p></p></div><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">When it comes to sketching the artist's hand still has a great deal of control of the line weight.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">Graphite pencils are my favorite. I love the feel of the pencil on the paper as I draw. I even enjoy the quiet sound as it moves across the page.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhL0YCNvCA3_c55f_nV4PFi8E-iaGZuN6XLiJGNL6dPlu6R_hwRjEXejQkbm-27TyA6yfsQM-7RX7YFwPhEvq6F2snbdh_y4KIlU3wh1-x-pl0p2RYge15c8Kw72LRUJfE2Js59JYejln7LyKOc1-gXCleTbYyehpt8pxqD5JBYK85RO5wTJTReHbX1fQ=s2188" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1680" data-original-width="2188" height="560" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhL0YCNvCA3_c55f_nV4PFi8E-iaGZuN6XLiJGNL6dPlu6R_hwRjEXejQkbm-27TyA6yfsQM-7RX7YFwPhEvq6F2snbdh_y4KIlU3wh1-x-pl0p2RYge15c8Kw72LRUJfE2Js59JYejln7LyKOc1-gXCleTbYyehpt8pxqD5JBYK85RO5wTJTReHbX1fQ=w727-h560" width="727" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: xx-large; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large; text-align: left;">A piece of paper, a pencil, and a little plastic sharpener (if you're using a mechanical pencil you don't even need that) and you're good to sketch anywhere.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large; text-align: left;"> <b>Nice and simple, that works for me!</b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large; text-align: left;"><b style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: 24.000001907348633px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">Want to keep up to date by email? Fill in your email address in the place provided in the upper right corner under the banner. We look forward to hearing from you.</span></b></span></p>BARBARA WEEKShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15123095711319056949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7572536330890979599.post-48704680854687952402022-01-27T11:37:00.003-06:002022-01-27T11:37:00.219-06:00T&T Thursday!<h1></h1><h1><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: -webkit-xxx-large;">Sharpening the Mind's Eye</span></h1><h1><div style="font-weight: normal;"></div></h1><h2><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">By Barbara Weeks</span></h2><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><h1 style="text-align: left;"><p style="font-stretch: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjQggmSFIKdCsZRZCUZFHJw75hps3j51-QBgtSDTsTfsdN5kls74Bsjho51iVNjELOloab223_jfbblFyi1F_g-H5XioIsCpq-nEbtw_CrY0w4YWKRdX2xdSbWRbp5T-jKuYMSwIcf0bTmPn9CCOLdJrgClGjsknBvMGl9yuXk7omj538gwagEDZOQn9g=s504" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="504" data-original-width="432" height="708" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjQggmSFIKdCsZRZCUZFHJw75hps3j51-QBgtSDTsTfsdN5kls74Bsjho51iVNjELOloab223_jfbblFyi1F_g-H5XioIsCpq-nEbtw_CrY0w4YWKRdX2xdSbWRbp5T-jKuYMSwIcf0bTmPn9CCOLdJrgClGjsknBvMGl9yuXk7omj538gwagEDZOQn9g=w608-h708" width="608" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: right;">Photo Flip</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Let’s face it almost all drawing is, in a way, memory drawing. Whether it’s a past vacation vista or the second it takes to look from your subject to your paper, it’s your mind’s eye holding the image for you to draw. </span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">The Trick </span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Develop that eye to keep the image true while you transfer it to the paper.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">The Tip</span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Do memory exercises – the sharpen your memory the better your drawing.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Here are a few games to get you started</span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">1. The Photo Flip<span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">You can use a photograph or an image from a magazine or newspaper. Choose something in the photo that attracts you. Study and simplify your chosen image carefully but quickly, twenty seconds tops. Now, flip the photo over and draw what you remember. Try it again with the same photo, this time study it for ten seconds. How much more did you remember?</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">One of my favorite books on drawing is T</span>he Natural Way to Draw: A Working Plan for Art Study<span style="font-weight: normal;"> by Kimon Nicolaides (1891-1938) and one of my favorite quotes from the book is:</span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"></span></p><blockquote><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">“Try not to remember merely the position of the model, just as when you memorize a poem you are not just trying to memorize just the shapes of the letters.”</span></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">2. Quick Sips</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Go to a cafe, a sporting event, or really anywhere people gather. Choose someone to draw. Observe them carefully. You won’t be able to control the amount of time you have since they will move. You can count on that! Now draw what you remember. Wait a bit and you’ll find they’ll return to the same pose again and again. Draw them again. And again. How do your sketches compare? While you're waiting for them to return to the same pose choose another subject and use the same techniques.</span></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-large; font-weight: normal;"> </span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-large; font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhoA4WIsXBaGfWTCV4Xvu5TVis1ZfOWINgl5BDNx-F3yr1nLISpgUy78dWx8munxrm7-f6IBJTTLsoT0K5j8S3YctiFclNbyG3oAr22tZLGbrOJJdU_v8-nlC4SXxTo7kqJdUxmIGcMFrxrXuLH4r8oFISCJDik87t9IPZGw3MAPNqKyCvEn1izfCq1SA=s2281" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1725" data-original-width="2281" height="457" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhoA4WIsXBaGfWTCV4Xvu5TVis1ZfOWINgl5BDNx-F3yr1nLISpgUy78dWx8munxrm7-f6IBJTTLsoT0K5j8S3YctiFclNbyG3oAr22tZLGbrOJJdU_v8-nlC4SXxTo7kqJdUxmIGcMFrxrXuLH4r8oFISCJDik87t9IPZGw3MAPNqKyCvEn1izfCq1SA=w604-h457" width="604" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: right;">Karate Class</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-large; font-weight: normal;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">3. Red Light Green Light<span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">When you’re a passenger in a car and the car stops for a red light observe what you see out the window. When the light turns green sketch what you saw. (Sometimes as a variation I may just see how long I can hold the afterimage in my mind.)</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhJ-YbWk5Wm3fhhrIGjaQd5zspBal2eAFREZ2hEKyshXkfXyo0ixJkYYhJvNyvS2rAUXvvRg05B-JS5bTVmUi-SZoS2RR4OvFhSTgNyEeB0le2JGGgjnUc53IkIwdlyftA5rUlVALXNhC5ajY2mqd45oVbzAHh3uKcFicAt3_9DDbqqH_YZBvy6jz0eXg=s1528" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="909" data-original-width="1528" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhJ-YbWk5Wm3fhhrIGjaQd5zspBal2eAFREZ2hEKyshXkfXyo0ixJkYYhJvNyvS2rAUXvvRg05B-JS5bTVmUi-SZoS2RR4OvFhSTgNyEeB0le2JGGgjnUc53IkIwdlyftA5rUlVALXNhC5ajY2mqd45oVbzAHh3uKcFicAt3_9DDbqqH_YZBvy6jz0eXg=w701-h416" width="701" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: right;">Bison, Yellowstone National Park</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">4. No Erasers Allowed<span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Rather than do a new sketch for each observation in these exercises try them by drawing over/correcting your original sketch.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhDkahf2QFHnLy9uVCiSZl781lOhcyVPTaXUN3LCZaHv_mJDNc7-5M8p07dBvGe7OR9JcL3EiOLxBo0T040cnzfQVZioOscSKLmOp5hu6f2vpJ1nTMLHT-u8Y64xpI-00QOBSMBv2SIH6l5XSoj7R2Qj9a9xzQvKxc4LFRcjLJZaJFNNiraZ6NatJ5eJQ=s1727" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1055" data-original-width="1727" height="391" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhDkahf2QFHnLy9uVCiSZl781lOhcyVPTaXUN3LCZaHv_mJDNc7-5M8p07dBvGe7OR9JcL3EiOLxBo0T040cnzfQVZioOscSKLmOp5hu6f2vpJ1nTMLHT-u8Y64xpI-00QOBSMBv2SIH6l5XSoj7R2Qj9a9xzQvKxc4LFRcjLJZaJFNNiraZ6NatJ5eJQ=w642-h391" width="642" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Another quote from Nicolaides</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"></span></p><blockquote><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">“Memory drawing is a little like touch typing. If you try consciously to think of where the letters are you are likely to become confused, but if you rely on your sense of touch you can become very accurate.”</span></blockquote><p></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Powerful observational skills and a strong visual memory are a tremendous skills for an Urban Sketcher who shares a view of a fast moving world. Practicing observation and memory skills will improve your on location sketching. </span></p><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><p style="font-weight: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><b style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: 24.000001907348633px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">Want to keep up to date by email? Fill in your email address in the place provided in the upper right corner under the banner. We look forward to hearing from you.</span></b></span></p><p style="font-weight: normal;"></p></div><div><br /></div></h1>BARBARA WEEKShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15123095711319056949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7572536330890979599.post-16667214545692228482022-01-13T12:00:00.001-06:002022-01-13T12:00:00.185-06:00T&T Thursday!<p></p><h1 style="text-align: left;"></h1><p style="text-align: left;"></p><h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: helvetica; font-size: xx-large;">Technology Is Great... </span><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: helvetica; font-size: xx-large;">Until It Isn't </span></h1><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/wdouglas3">By Wes Douglas</a></b></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: xx-large; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">We are all very fortunate to have technology in our lives, especially those portable computers that fit in our backpacks, purses, and pockets. Whenever we get stumped on the name of that actor in that movie from 1962, or we want to show you an important photo to help move our story along, we pull out that phone or tablet and look it up (or ask our device to look it up for us). Want to pull up a soundtrack to go along with that great mood you are in? Just search a artist or genre and that little computer will do the curating for you. Sometimes we need our portable computers to help us feel good about connecting to friends, family and even work colleagues.</span></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><b>But other times,</b></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><b>technology can be a lonely place.</b> </span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">There are these little built-in roadblocks that make technology so–well let’s just say that technology at that point is not our friend. Right when you are in the middle of a movie you are hooked on, or a video call, a warning pops up that you’re almost out of battery power. Or that if you want to continue, you will need to update your subscription or upgrade to a newer version of your device. Aaaarrrggghhh!</span></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">And sometimes you’ll find that you have spent hours scrolling your device to see what other people are up to and, much like scanning tv channels, you find that there is nothing interesting. And with all that time invested, what do you really have to show for it?</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Well, my friends, that’s when you should remember your quiet pal the sketchbook. </span></b></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEisDKwzn2XcdIZ4eVxwJrq9aa49UqXoKdYlwWoFnMFdwphms-SAs93fMRVe7-nD-mhTdsjXQmjdat33LM1Hwg8CtekWSLvpz25r8DmvKbtN5L4JjICpC4j3ZgwYw_YBPkKRpA86mOMR_GgsBJcJXnNHUoZZCB4x4NvaiJNGsOP0BGhcUYo4P1D4sseIyQ=s3119" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3119" data-original-width="2550" height="685" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEisDKwzn2XcdIZ4eVxwJrq9aa49UqXoKdYlwWoFnMFdwphms-SAs93fMRVe7-nD-mhTdsjXQmjdat33LM1Hwg8CtekWSLvpz25r8DmvKbtN5L4JjICpC4j3ZgwYw_YBPkKRpA86mOMR_GgsBJcJXnNHUoZZCB4x4NvaiJNGsOP0BGhcUYo4P1D4sseIyQ=w560-h685" width="560" /></a></div><p></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">It never runs out of battery power or has trouble connecting to the WIFI. You don’t have to constantly purchase new apps or upgrade your version software. And there are no cords and plugs to deal with…I know, I’ve already checked. </span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">Ever so often you may have to replace your pen with a new one because you used up all the ink. And more frequently, you may be lured to the art store to see if you are missing out on the latest in analog art supplies. If you drop your sketchbook in a puddle, it may be a little soggy but nothing is lost for good (you may need a hairdryer to help you save your book). But none of that really prevents you from continuing on your current sketch journey.</span></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><b>And here is the best part: </b></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">You can spend seconds, hours, days or even years getting lost in your drawings and what you have to show for all that time invested are filled pages of sketches that represent your observations, your experiments, your mistakes, your successful sketches and your memories. Time becomes meaningless when you are having fun exploring your craft. Next thing you know you’ve filled one sketchbook, then ten, then twenty and you will soon look up one day at your bookshelves and it will be filled up by your sketchbooks and your stories. Just ask <a href="https://www.lizsteel.com">Liz Steel </a>who is famous for her catalogued collection of sketchbooks. </span></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">People talk about leaving a small carbon footprint in the world. How about leaving your own legacy in the memories and sketches you have collected over time and it can be as big and wonderful as you make it.</span></p></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p></blockquote></blockquote><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><b style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: 24.000001907348633px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">Want to keep up to date by email? Fill in your email address in the place provided in the upper right corner under the banner. We look forward to hearing from you.</span></b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div style="text-align: right;"><br /></div><p></p>
BARBARA WEEKShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15123095711319056949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7572536330890979599.post-4445888931316648172022-01-05T12:00:00.005-06:002022-01-05T14:02:44.913-06:00Let’s Sketch Chicago<p><br /> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjgvINkW6rWtteIo8Owf3Wgyl49evedL1cNYfmhYf-VKIlG-6T8r9IbaPrSNHwVpAZzQlU5RILLqhSMrYj-SwR4eMUBras_Pd13FsooKMvAUbnpTwFAHpprXQSx0ga6MTZf-9mLmSetdCQMuMtr9AgnTpE7hJIWCNrHL4X1NN2sTtNZqHVvS90_Z1Ir_A=s1169" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="582" data-original-width="1169" height="340" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjgvINkW6rWtteIo8Owf3Wgyl49evedL1cNYfmhYf-VKIlG-6T8r9IbaPrSNHwVpAZzQlU5RILLqhSMrYj-SwR4eMUBras_Pd13FsooKMvAUbnpTwFAHpprXQSx0ga6MTZf-9mLmSetdCQMuMtr9AgnTpE7hJIWCNrHL4X1NN2sTtNZqHVvS90_Z1Ir_A=w686-h340" width="686" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #0b5394; font-family: helvetica; font-size: -webkit-xxx-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #0b5394; font-family: helvetica; font-size: -webkit-xxx-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-family: helvetica; font-size: -webkit-xxx-large;"><span style="color: #674ea7;">Let's Sketch Chicago</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-family: helvetica;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-family: helvetica; font-size: -webkit-xxx-large;"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">A Favorite Spot</span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #674ea7; font-family: helvetica; font-size: xx-large;"><b>Sunday, January 16, 2022</b></span></div><h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5);">12:00 PM – 3:00PM</span></div></span></h1><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span><h2><span><p style="font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505;">Hosted by </span> <span color="var(--primary-text)" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; list-style: none; text-align: inherit; touch-action: manipulation;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/maryjo.ernst.5">Mary Jo Ernst</a></span><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: helvetica; font-weight: normal;"> and </span><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl gpro0wi8 oo9gr5id lrazzd5p" href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/UrbanSketchersChicago/" role="link" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: var(--primary-text); cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: helvetica; font-weight: normal; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">Urban Sketchers Chicago</a></p></span><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505;"><div style="font-weight: normal; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-weight: normal; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-weight: normal; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">Happy Holidays and New Year</span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: xx-large;">!</span></p><div style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">This time of the year it is natural to reflect upon our year as we put 2021 behind us. We are hopeful for the New Year and take note of the blessings we have and organize our goals for 2022.</span></span></div>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">Due to increased risks of Covid this will be an online/virtual meetup without an in person event. Let’s stay safe and healthy!</span></p></div><h1 style="font-weight: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></h1><h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Details:</span></h1><div style="font-weight: normal; text-align: left;"><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">For the January theme think about your favorite spot that brings comfort and inspiration. </span></span></li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">You can use the first 3 weeks of 2022 to sketch your spot and please share why you chose the subject matter. </span></span></li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Sketches will be shared Sunday Jan 16th in the spirit of our in person throw downs. </span></span></li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Do not stress if you cannot post on the 16th, post when convenient.</span></span></li></ul><p></p><p></p></div><div style="font-weight: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-weight: normal;"><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">The Admins of USK Chicago wish you a very Happy New Year and look forward to meeting in person again once the pandemic settles.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Banner sketch by MJ Ernst (Wilmington, NC a great source for inspiration)</span></p></div></span></h2><h2 style="font-family: helvetica; text-align: center;"><span><span></span></span></h2></span></span></div>BARBARA WEEKShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15123095711319056949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7572536330890979599.post-82858260088458830792021-12-23T12:00:00.012-06:002021-12-23T12:00:00.197-06:00T&T Thursday<h1 style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">Braving the Cold</span></h1><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiI0FY6ZX0FV52Q9BYMBehK5FIDYbM6G1NZBfoTuugP7bRJ1qMFm62EVfPNL3gwqBJcmMwQ4SJdElVDGi-Ily2rgjuOk3MUNA_64ahPFDFLWLVfuPGm1fyOT4bfOIlhYv-_PsagMkxWHzvH3ZxBGoMzA_mFbH86UMuENAY6jwKqBDqOwiqhUDi4IfvTzQ=s1729" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1658" data-original-width="1729" height="598" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiI0FY6ZX0FV52Q9BYMBehK5FIDYbM6G1NZBfoTuugP7bRJ1qMFm62EVfPNL3gwqBJcmMwQ4SJdElVDGi-Ily2rgjuOk3MUNA_64ahPFDFLWLVfuPGm1fyOT4bfOIlhYv-_PsagMkxWHzvH3ZxBGoMzA_mFbH86UMuENAY6jwKqBDqOwiqhUDi4IfvTzQ=w624-h598" width="624" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: right;">Sketched from the Bus Stop Shelter at the Field Museum</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">Tips for Urban Sketching in Winter</span></h1><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">It's tempting not to venture outdoors to sketch in the dead of winter. Be smart but don't give in!</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></b></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">Be Prepared</span></b></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">Wear lots of layers. You can adjust what to keep on and off.</span></li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">Invest in fingerless gloves or mittens with fingers folders.</span></li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">Bring an insulated mug with a hot beverage</span></li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">Handwarmer pouches are great too</span></li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">Pack only the essentials</span></li></ul><p></p><p></p><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">Be Brave </span></h2><div><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">Keep it simple! </span></li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">Think process not product.Enjoy the sketching don't aim for a masterpiece.</span></li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">What says "cold" to you? Sketch that!</span></li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">Add a note of the weather conditions, temperature, etc.</span></li></ul><p></p><p></p><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">Get to Work</span></b></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: x-large;">Again keep it simple (I know, I say that a lot!)</span></li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: x-large;">Pack only essential sketching equipment, e.g. a pencil, water brush, simple watercolor palette </span></li></ul><p></p><p></p><p></p></span><p></p><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><b>Odds and Ends </b></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><p style="text-align: left;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: x-large;">If you're using watercolor, a little vodka or alcohol in the water/waterbrush will keep your paint from freezing.</span></li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: x-large;">Sketch from your car</span></li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: x-large;">Sketch what you see outside your window at home. </span></li></ul><span style="font-size: xx-large;"> </span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhsJNW-SnPLYtwVJITn7FU0pGzYB4bj-5c6CXSHXIZoGNmdXpzrDBt03hvsmY6dFbq8Si8c3PDH3tj_48qQLmWZ_1KjxRnlbFJ0OuxWjvaHEM9hY4W76PXqPS_7qsaR2zJ4ww9piuJ7b9EApMebBUpemQUGREKwS6Seht1fgIFhk-_72kRR46BxlocZkQ=s859" style="font-size: xx-large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="859" data-original-width="813" height="560" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhsJNW-SnPLYtwVJITn7FU0pGzYB4bj-5c6CXSHXIZoGNmdXpzrDBt03hvsmY6dFbq8Si8c3PDH3tj_48qQLmWZ_1KjxRnlbFJ0OuxWjvaHEM9hY4W76PXqPS_7qsaR2zJ4ww9piuJ7b9EApMebBUpemQUGREKwS6Seht1fgIFhk-_72kRR46BxlocZkQ=w531-h560" width="531" /></a><p></p></span><p style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">Post Your Sketches!</span></b></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">When you post your sketches let us know what tips you used or can add to the list!</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><h2 style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: helvetica;">Happy Holidays!</b></h2><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: xx-large;"><b style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: 24.000001907348633px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">Want to keep up to date by email? 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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Some things get old - desktop computers? Some get obsolete - VCRs? Some even become a joke - telephone books lol. </span></i><i><span style="font-size: large;">But some only become better with age - classical music, fine wine. Blind contour drawing belongs in this category.</span></i></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Some years ago I wrote about blind contour drawing at a boring benefit as a method of saving ourselves from falling asleep. The world changed. Now we don’t have too many in person benefits to attend, but we have day-long Zoom conferences, multi-hour webcasts, online team meetings across time zones. Here is my old article is as relevant as ever!</span></i></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">How many times did you have to attend a boring event? Yep, me too. Often it is a fancy party or a benefit for some very noble cause you get to attend with your spouse. It is their cause, and you are just along for solidarity and support. Yawn! </span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">But don't fret! We got you covered! All you need is this:</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjz8rV4GQVZp9oU0U4iTm8oVMVyRxoT0C8mlUNhj8o2DAe9AR4rs_UEnB_4u8epM95FiE_dpAdSpqI8-ir8OlMdfx53Pd90jpKNgONMQ1twSv4tgjpiYgEqPYQ-xx05zq4ZGaJQx48KyAbZ0R6ZFWAgPOmA-tC4Vju3gktyE-v5H-hUB3aTne4DcUKKtg=s900" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="900" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjz8rV4GQVZp9oU0U4iTm8oVMVyRxoT0C8mlUNhj8o2DAe9AR4rs_UEnB_4u8epM95FiE_dpAdSpqI8-ir8OlMdfx53Pd90jpKNgONMQ1twSv4tgjpiYgEqPYQ-xx05zq4ZGaJQx48KyAbZ0R6ZFWAgPOmA-tC4Vju3gktyE-v5H-hUB3aTne4DcUKKtg=w386-h386" width="386" /></a></span></div><p></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">A little book and a pen will fit in your evening clutch or sport coat pocket. </span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: x-large;">Get them out when they will begin speeches. </span></li><li><span style="font-size: x-large;">Keep your eyes on the speaker. It is too dark to see anything on your paper anyway. </span></li><li><span style="font-size: x-large;">Have the pen touch the paper and go. </span></li><li><span style="font-size: x-large;">Trace the shape of his head with your eyes and let your fingers follow with the pen. </span></li><li><span style="font-size: x-large;">Then his neck and shoulders. </span></li><li><span style="font-size: x-large;">What is he wearing? Trace those lapels. </span></li><li><span style="font-size: x-large;">Is there any hair? Add it, if applicable. </span></li></ul><p></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">If you want, you can glance down at your paper every so often - this is not a test.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj8SQT02e8hEYzt56rF_WW8KBGl7mWXOuAUK6UA--9IeZGiti5_T0hkC7OFE2t4YOgCa7A-MtFDbs7cETsDy3Gob1nt4e2yaD2qnq12ewVy_DQUsw_o3_vPWQH0HyiOwHrq47O6Z64VQ0dZgXGyLaJi2SCWmkf2i6LjYH_K03lDGljIiqZl8qe6z0P_Bw=s700" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="700" data-original-width="502" height="591" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj8SQT02e8hEYzt56rF_WW8KBGl7mWXOuAUK6UA--9IeZGiti5_T0hkC7OFE2t4YOgCa7A-MtFDbs7cETsDy3Gob1nt4e2yaD2qnq12ewVy_DQUsw_o3_vPWQH0HyiOwHrq47O6Z64VQ0dZgXGyLaJi2SCWmkf2i6LjYH_K03lDGljIiqZl8qe6z0P_Bw=w423-h591" width="423" /></a></div><p style="color: #0000e3; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></p>
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div>When you have the basic outline down add some darks.</span><br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: x-large;">Just scribble in any way you like to create dark masses.</span></li><li><span style="font-size: x-large;">Add facial features without being too specific.</span></li><li><span style="font-size: x-large;">Put in some details, if you have time: a tie, a necklace if any. </span></li></ul><p></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>You are done!</b> </span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Turn the page and find another <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">victim</span> attendee.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">You may find that your heads are sometimes detached from shoulders. Facial features may land outside the heads, a tie may be pinned to a shoulder like a tail on a donkey. This all is fine and even great, you don't have to show your drawings to anyone. You will also find these sketches oddly expressive and free. And you will realize that you are no longer bored. In fact you may not even notice that they finished with speeches, and it is time for the rubber chicken. Good. You can sketch that woman sitting across from you.</span></p>
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<p style="color: #151515; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">What you are doing is practicing blind contour drawing. Blind contour drawing is a method of drawing where an artist draws the contour of a subject without looking at the paper. This artistic technique was introduced by <span style="color: #0a1c8b;">Kimon Nicolaïdes</span> in<u> The Natural Way to Draw</u>, and then made popular in <span style="color: #0a1c8b;">Betty Edwards</span><span style="color: #0a1c8b;">' </span> <u>The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain</u>.</span></p><p style="color: #151515; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p>
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<p style="color: #151515; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Nicolaïdes instructed his students to imagine that the pencil point is actually touching the contour of the subject. He suggested that the technique improves students' drawings because it causes students to use both senses of sight and touch. Blind contour drawing trains the eye and hand to work as a team, and it helps to really see all of the details of the object. </span></p>
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<p style="color: #151515; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The drawings above I sketched blindly in the dark at a benefit for Chicago Institute of Psychoanalysis I attended with my husband. The speeches were coma inducing and the chicken awful…<b> I had fun!</b></span></p><p style="color: #151515; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="color: #151515; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="color: #151515; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></p><p style="font-family: -webkit-standard; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-family: helvetica; font-size: 24.000001907348633px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">Want to keep up to date by email? Fill in your email address in the place provided in the upper right corner under the banner. We look forward to hearing from you.</span></b></span></p><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-family: helvetica; font-size: 24.000001907348633px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></b></span></div></div></span></div>BARBARA WEEKShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15123095711319056949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7572536330890979599.post-39786696040854495512021-12-01T11:30:00.003-06:002021-12-01T11:30:00.207-06:00<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UmMaBE_Tx8M/YaaE_oGdgWI/AAAAAAAAEg4/NB_-oo_mna8Q0sE-2t68yOhY27ZIRRhLwCNcBGAsYHQ/s1828/262972366_10159500308016168_6826486821307397197_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1107" data-original-width="1828" height="439" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UmMaBE_Tx8M/YaaE_oGdgWI/AAAAAAAAEg4/NB_-oo_mna8Q0sE-2t68yOhY27ZIRRhLwCNcBGAsYHQ/w722-h439/262972366_10159500308016168_6826486821307397197_n.jpg" width="722" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><div><h1><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-family: helvetica; font-size: xx-large;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">Let's Sketch Chicago</span></span></div></h1><h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); text-align: left;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"> Garfield Park Conservatory</span></span></h1><h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(240, 40, 74);"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">SUNDAY, December 19, 2021</span></span></h1><h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(240, 40, 74);"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">11:45 AM – 1:30 PM</span></span></h1></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><h2 style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: -webkit-standard;"><span style="font-size: large;"><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505;">Hosted by </span><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/rachel.p.grossman">Rachel Pasch Grossman</a> and<span> </span></span><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl oo9gr5id gpro0wi8 lrazzd5p" href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/UrbanSketchersChicago" role="link" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--primary-text); cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">Urban Sketchers Chicago</a></span></p></span></h2><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span><span><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: x-large;"><br /></div><div><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">For our second hybrid sketch meet, we’ll be sketching at the Garfield Park Conservatory. </span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">You can join us on Sunday, December 19, at the Conservatory, or you can sketch there on your own, any time before that. Whichever you choose, we hope you’ll join our virtual throwdown on December 19, from 12 noon on.</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: normal;"></span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></p><div style="text-align: left;">
<p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The Garfield Park Conservatory is one of the largest and most stunning conservatories in the world, warm and revitalizing on a cold winter day. </span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">December 19th, we’ll meet at the front entrance at 11:45 a.m. </span></span></li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">We must enter as a group.</span></span></li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Due to covid, the Conservatory is limiting how long groups can stay, so we’ll be having our in-person throwdown there at 1:30.</span></span></li></ul><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></div>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Reservations provide a one-time entry for a 90 minute visit to the gardens. <span style="color: #cc0000;">There is no re-entry if you exit the gardens.</span></span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Restrooms will be open and are located at the front entrance, in the lobby. We encourage you to plan your visit accordingly and use the restroom before or after your visit through the gardens. Water fountains will not be available during your visit.</span></span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: xx-large;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The Conservatory is located at 300 N. Central Park Avenue, just north of Lake Street. There is a large free parking lot on the south side of the Conservatory, and there is a Green Line stop right there, the Conservatory-Central Park Drive stop.</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Note: If you want to go on your own, the Conservatory is requiring reservations, which are easy to get from the website, <a href="http://garfieldconservatory.org.">garfieldconservatory.org.</a></span></p>
<p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">If the Garfield Park Conservatory is inconvenient, you could sketch at </span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=lincoln+park+conservatory&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8">Lincoln Park Conservatory</a>, which also requires reservations, or</span></span></li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://www.pdop.org/parks-facilities/oak-park-conservatory/">Oak Park Conservatory</a>, which does not. </span></span></li></ul><p></p><p></p><p></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">(Plug from a local: the charming Oak Park Conservatory is a gem, with three well-established rooms, a small koi pond, and a couple of showy parrots. On-street parking and free admission too, located right off the Eisenhower.)</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Our virtual throwdown will take place on Sunday Dec. 19 starting at 12 noon on our FB group. Share your sketches from this month and see what fellow members have created. To make your post easy to find, use the tag #uskchicago.</span></p>
<p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Banner sketch by Lisa Ridolfi.</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: 24.000001907348633px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">Want to keep up to date by email? Fill in your email address in the place provided in the upper right corner under the blog banner. We look forward to hearing from you.</span></b></span></p></div><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"></span></span></p></div></span></span></h2></span></span></div>BARBARA WEEKShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15123095711319056949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7572536330890979599.post-83763034930534529802021-11-25T12:00:00.001-06:002021-11-25T12:00:00.194-06:00T&T Thanksgiving<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SixLfdqTDrA/YZrBOP-l3EI/AAAAAAAAEgs/e6dwZx5mu8cpDh4bXqUbQrJhPDgTof-PQCNcBGAsYHQ/s1500/110319_beforetherace2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1225" data-original-width="1500" height="593" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SixLfdqTDrA/YZrBOP-l3EI/AAAAAAAAEgs/e6dwZx5mu8cpDh4bXqUbQrJhPDgTof-PQCNcBGAsYHQ/w726-h593/110319_beforetherace2.jpg" width="726" /></a></p><p> </p><h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Tried and True Tips and Tricks </span></h1><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><span><br /></span><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">“When you go out to paint,</p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">try to forget</p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">what objects you have before you,</p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>a street,</p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>a house,</p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>a field, or whatever. </p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Merely think,</p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>here is a little square of blue,</p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>here is an oblong of pink,</p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>here is a streak of yellow,</p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">and paint it</p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> just as it looks to you,</p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>the exact color and shape,</p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">until it gives you your own naive</p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">impression of the scene before you.”</p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> <b>Claude Monet</b></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><br /></b></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Happy Thanksgiving!</span></b></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: -webkit-standard; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-family: helvetica; font-size: 24.000001907348633px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">Want to keep up to date by email? Fill in your email address in the place provided in the upper right corner under the banner. We look forward to hearing from you.</span></b></span></p><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-family: helvetica; font-size: 24.000001907348633px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></b></span></div></span></div>BARBARA WEEKShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15123095711319056949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7572536330890979599.post-14236225798279963832021-11-11T11:33:00.058-06:002021-11-11T11:33:00.190-06:00T&T Thursday <div><h1 style="text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_iTa7Jn3TTc/YYwRXv-YK9I/AAAAAAAAEgU/cw4vgYcriJER-NAw7piBL06VPbUBal9VACNcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Blog11.11.21.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1356" data-original-width="2048" height="477" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_iTa7Jn3TTc/YYwRXv-YK9I/AAAAAAAAEgU/cw4vgYcriJER-NAw7piBL06VPbUBal9VACNcBGAsYHQ/w720-h477/Blog11.11.21.jpg" width="720" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">And still growing!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></h1><h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">What is an Urban Sketch?</span></h1></div><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">By <a href="https://www.facebook.com/alex.zonis"> Alex Zonis</a></span></h2><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">We continue to welcome new sketchers into our group, our numbers at this writing is an impressive 1620! Every couple of years it seems useful to touch on the common topic of what is an Urban Sketch.</span></div><div><h1><br /></h1></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><b>An Urban Sketch simply is:</b></span><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">Drawn on location, or mostly on location. </span></li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">The location can be urban or rural</span></li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">it can be inside or outside.</span></li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">It means that you are out there with your sketchbook reporting on the world as it unfolds in front of you.</span></li></ul><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b><b>There are some No’s too</b> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><b>An Urban Sketch is not: </b></span><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">a drawing from a model</span></li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">a still life on a page without background for context</span></li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">drawing made from a photo</span></li></ul><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /><br />Through the most difficult months of the pandemic we became more lenient in our moderating and acceptance of posted sketches. Why add more stress to people’s lives - was the justification.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br />Now, as we are emerging on the other side of the stressful times, Urban Sketchers Chicago is returning to our core mission - sketching on location. This also means that we are returning to moderating our USk Chicago page to the pre-pandemic level.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /><b>Here’s our favorite graphic on what is, and what isn’t, an Urban Sketch.</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gdrWgtNuna0/YYwCPYS26NI/AAAAAAAAEgM/GWKvApFkp6YTcdmNgN81BLdRPWDjD43MQCNcBGAsYHQ/s775/What%2Bis%2BUrban%2BSketch.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="775" data-original-width="539" height="885" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gdrWgtNuna0/YYwCPYS26NI/AAAAAAAAEgM/GWKvApFkp6YTcdmNgN81BLdRPWDjD43MQCNcBGAsYHQ/w616-h885/What%2Bis%2BUrban%2BSketch.jpg" width="616" /></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><p style="font-family: -webkit-standard; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-family: helvetica; font-size: 24.000001907348633px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">Want to keep up to date by email? Fill in your email address in the place provided in the upper right corner under the banner. We look forward to hearing from you.</span></b></span></p><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-family: helvetica; font-size: 24.000001907348633px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></b></span></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><p></p><p></p><p></p>BARBARA WEEKShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15123095711319056949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7572536330890979599.post-59024641169096109632021-11-02T12:00:00.002-05:002021-11-02T12:00:00.175-05:00Cold Weather Sketching<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Dl_MZzU0yFE/YYBYl6wa1dI/AAAAAAAAEgE/UDVCyjUZO9AUNsyhqPigDXhgwSjb-x8mwCNcBGAsYHQ/s1053/250903192_10151674708244970_6689032863730228943_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="1053" height="337" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Dl_MZzU0yFE/YYBYl6wa1dI/AAAAAAAAEgE/UDVCyjUZO9AUNsyhqPigDXhgwSjb-x8mwCNcBGAsYHQ/w645-h337/250903192_10151674708244970_6689032863730228943_n.jpg" width="645" /></a></div><h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #e69138; font-family: helvetica; font-size: xx-large;"><br /></span></h1><h1 style="text-align: left;"></h1><h1 style="text-align: left;"><p style="text-align: left;"></p></h1><h1 style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-family: helvetica; font-size: xx-large;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">Let's Sketch Chicago</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e69138;">Chicago Cultural Center</span></div></h1><p></p><p></p><h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(240, 40, 74); font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2021</span></span></h1><h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(240, 40, 74); font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"> 12 PM – 3 PM</span></span></h1><div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(240, 40, 74); font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">Welcome to USk Chicago first hybrid Winter Sketchmeet!</span></h1><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">Our main location for November will be Chicago Cultural Center.</span></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">Sketchers attending on Sunday Nov 21 will gather at the Washington entrance at 12:00 pm. Enjoy in-person meetup, the beautiful space, and please take photos. This meeting will not have a host, so if you can organize yourselves for a group photo, it would be great.</span></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><br /></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">Sketchers can start sketching this location now. We are looking forward to your indoor and outdoor sketches from this location.</span></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br />Out virtual throughdown will take place on Sunday Nov 21 starting 12 noon on our FB group. Share your sketches of this month and see what Chicago Art and Culture scene is like reported by our sketchers</span></p><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><b>If getting to downtown Cultural Center is too much for you, please go and sketch your local Art or Cultural Center and share your sketches at the throwdown.</b></span></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">Consider: <br /><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Noyes Art and Cultural Center in Evanston </li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Logan Center for the Arts in Hyde Park</li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Oak Park Art League in Oak Park</li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Art Center Highland Park in Highland Park</li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Irish American Heritage Center in Chicago </li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>or similar.</li></ul><p></p><p></p></span></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;"><br /></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">Sketch by Alex Zonis</span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><b style="color: black; font-size: 24.000001907348633px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">Want to keep up to date by email? Fill in your email address in the place provided in the upper right corner under the banner. We look forward to hearing from you.</span></b></span></div>BARBARA WEEKShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15123095711319056949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7572536330890979599.post-38428629626626339992021-10-28T11:30:00.001-05:002021-10-28T11:30:00.213-05:00T&T Thursday! In a Rut?<p></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><h1 style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bKYoTIA7JIk/YXlz9Vly5CI/AAAAAAAAEfs/X5kn9SUPzvIa82Hs1YTlSLA3QIzLiUFqQCNcBGAsYHQ/s1800/Tools_Blog.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1215" data-original-width="1800" height="435" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bKYoTIA7JIk/YXlz9Vly5CI/AAAAAAAAEfs/X5kn9SUPzvIa82Hs1YTlSLA3QIzLiUFqQCNcBGAsYHQ/w645-h435/Tools_Blog.jpg" width="645" /></a></div></h1><h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></h1><h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">Getting Unstuck</span></h1><p></p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><b>By <a href="https://www.facebook.com/gail.dokucu.9">Gail Dokucu</a></b></span></h2><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">As much as I love my art practice, occasionally I feel like I’ve hit a wall.<br /></span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><span>It seems that all motivation and creativity have evaporated. I’m sure a lot of you have had a similar experience. </span>I’m a big fan of <b>Skillshare</b> classes so I thought I’d share an exercise I learned last winter that helped get me back on track.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">This exercise came from a class taught by one of my favorite teachers, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/ohn_mar_win/?hl=en">Ohn Mar Win.</a> While she’s not an urban sketcher, she does have a strong sketchbook practice and several of her classes center around sketchbooks. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><b><span><br /></span></b></span></p><h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><b><span>Ohn Mar Win </span>“Daily Art Practice: 14 Day Mindset Challenge</b></span></h1><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><b>Ohn Mar’s process is pretty simple: </b></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">Every day, spend 6 minutes sketching one object. Set a timer when you start; if you draw the object once and still have time left, start again from a different angle.</span></li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">At the end of the 6 minutes, take a break, then come back to the sketch and do a short critique: What worked? What didn’t? Did you enjoy the process or tool? </span></li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">Each day use a different tool - various pencils, pens and paints. </span></li></ul><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><div><br /></div><div>I did this as well my first time through. As I went through the class, I did the 14 day challenge following her guidelines. I enjoyed it so much that I extended the practice and kept it going for another 7 cycles, filling an entire sketchbook.</div><div><br /></div></span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--GPudVJ1_Xk/YXl78zkO7MI/AAAAAAAAEf0/nNk_n96IQwkHLdh79UEhQhqqNwW-mGlQgCNcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Group.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1480" data-original-width="2048" height="488" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--GPudVJ1_Xk/YXl78zkO7MI/AAAAAAAAEf0/nNk_n96IQwkHLdh79UEhQhqqNwW-mGlQgCNcBGAsYHQ/w675-h488/Group.jpg" width="675" /></a></div></div></span><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">Keep Going!</span></h3><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">At the end of the first 14 days, I decided that I wanted to spend more time exploring various brush pens. For each 14 day period, I chose a different brush pen - Pitt B, Pitt SB, Pentel ArtBrush, Pentel Pocket Brush and Tombow Fudenosuke - and stuck with it for the whole period. <br /></span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">During the challenge, I realized that one of the things that keeps me from a daily practice is not knowing what to draw. So I made a list of objects for the entire 14 days before I started; I did 14 days of art supplies, and got over a month out of things pulled from my kitchen drawers!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QKGobtdEG1A/YXXKorw8eUI/AAAAAAAAEfI/SLzpJKfdx1AERBdJEhZqvbTO8RvSoQc1ACNcBGAsYHQ/s397/list.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="397" data-original-width="271" height="532" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QKGobtdEG1A/YXXKorw8eUI/AAAAAAAAEfI/SLzpJKfdx1AERBdJEhZqvbTO8RvSoQc1ACNcBGAsYHQ/w362-h532/list.jpg" width="362" /></a></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><b>When I had filled the entire sketchbook, I went back through it and made some notes on my observations. </b></span></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"> I found I had a strong preference for very soft, flexible brush pens like the Pitt SB or the Pentel Pocket Brush.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">Sometimes I avoid sketching because I don’t have much free time, but I found 6 minutes to be a sweet spot that I could get to every single day. </span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">Having the list premade helped keep me on track too - no time spent each day trying to decide on a subject. </span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><span>While these were not urban sketches, the process certainly benefited my urban sketching practice. </span>It kept me sketching during a period of low motivation so that my hands didn’t forget how to sketch.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">And the brush pens felt unwieldy at first, after 3 months I got so comfortable with them that they are now one of my favorite tools.</span></li></ul></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">Even doing <b>one</b> round is a great way to get familiar with a new tool; six minutes doesn’t seem like much but it adds up and makes a difference over 2 weeks!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><p style="font-family: -webkit-standard; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-family: -webkit-standard; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-family: helvetica; font-size: 24.000001907348633px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">Want to keep up to date by email? Fill in your email address in the place provided in the upper right corner under the banner. We look forward to hearing from you.</span></b></span></p><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><br /></div></span></div>BARBARA WEEKShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15123095711319056949noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7572536330890979599.post-52298213053960292192021-10-24T14:06:00.000-05:002021-10-24T14:06:29.655-05:00Winter in Chicago!<blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-u3NgBNrMj_Y/YXWqIZ0F8NI/AAAAAAAAEec/XsABvJA9vOocOpmQPUaeQFoZ0oNjJQ83gCNcBGAsYHQ/s2048/022121_34%25C2%25B0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="566" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-u3NgBNrMj_Y/YXWqIZ0F8NI/AAAAAAAAEec/XsABvJA9vOocOpmQPUaeQFoZ0oNjJQ83gCNcBGAsYHQ/w566-h566/022121_34%25C2%25B0.jpg" width="566" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: right;">Sketch by Barbara Weeks</td></tr></tbody></table></blockquote><h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-large;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Can you believe the winter months and indoor sketching are nearly here?!</span></span></h1><div><span style="font-size: xx-large;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">We are planning a new indoor sketching format so we can be considerate of our members’ health and tolerance levels. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><b>Here’s what it will look like:</b></span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Winter indoor sketching months are November - March</span></span></li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">A FB event with a meetup location will be posted around the 1st of the month</span></span></li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Sketchers can either sketch at the announced location any time until 3rd Sunday or gather at the location on a 3rd Sunday at 12 noon to sketch</span></span></li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Throwdown will be virtual on<a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/364551963587216"> our FB group</a> on the 3rd Sunday of the month</span></span></li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Share your sketches and photos at a virtual throwdown on FB on the 3rd Sunday</span></span></li></ul><p></p><p></p><p></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">There will be no host for these gatherings, please take photos and share them!</span></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">If you want to sketch a similar location, you can participate with this sketch as well. If you want to share a different location sketch - please do!</span></p><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">Happy Sketching!<br /> </span></div><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p>BARBARA WEEKShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15123095711319056949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7572536330890979599.post-20006130525256427272021-10-14T11:30:00.004-05:002021-10-14T12:46:40.463-05:00T&T Thursday<p> </p><h1></h1><h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5kJE5Nr97jU/YWhHrDpG90I/AAAAAAAAEdY/21wuIy6s0UUGLofsbwuqOauBbWPyWsfewCNcBGAsYHQ/s3139/102216_ChicagoHalloween.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1002" data-original-width="3139" height="224" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5kJE5Nr97jU/YWhHrDpG90I/AAAAAAAAEdY/21wuIy6s0UUGLofsbwuqOauBbWPyWsfewCNcBGAsYHQ/w700-h224/102216_ChicagoHalloween.jpg" width="700" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Halloween Fun in Chicago 2016</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></h1><h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Urban Sketching Haiku</span></h1><h1><div style="font-weight: normal;"></div></h1><h2><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">By Barbara Weeks</span></h2><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><span><br /></span>We often talk of about the many values in keeping a sketchbook. There are many, but what about the sheer fun of keeping a sketchbook? There’s a lot to gain from that, too!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">The Japanese poetry form, haiku focuses on moments in the environment and connects them to the human condition. They are concise, using only the number of syllables that can be said in one breath. They are expressive, capturing those fleeting moments for us to appreciate. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">Sounds like Urban Sketching to me!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cp8FWxIZ8I8/YWhPgC2wmnI/AAAAAAAAEeA/OxzscPQ0WZg8hirv8uJKITWUzoKbeAqcACNcBGAsYHQ/s2048/USPS.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1633" data-original-width="2048" height="519" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cp8FWxIZ8I8/YWhPgC2wmnI/AAAAAAAAEeA/OxzscPQ0WZg8hirv8uJKITWUzoKbeAqcACNcBGAsYHQ/w650-h519/USPS.jpg" width="650" /></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br />Many of us Urban Sketchers carry a small sketchbook with us wherever we go. We capture fleeting moments of our days – waiting in line, catching a quick cup of coffee, on the train or bus. We draw our connection with the world around us.There is a need to be fast and concise! Yes, but not perfect.</span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">How?</span></h2>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><b>1. Think Small</b> - It can no bigger than the size of a credit card or smaller.</span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QbvMQaCjQpU/YWhJlgae8uI/AAAAAAAAEdg/-hcBx9cNvrAqhiknvEexwKCrx7ZQDAf9ACNcBGAsYHQ/s1025/OWAD_12_Palace%2Bof%2BFine%2BArts.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="867" data-original-width="1025" height="524" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QbvMQaCjQpU/YWhJlgae8uI/AAAAAAAAEdg/-hcBx9cNvrAqhiknvEexwKCrx7ZQDAf9ACNcBGAsYHQ/w618-h524/OWAD_12_Palace%2Bof%2BFine%2BArts.jpg" width="618" /></span></a></div><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><span>This sketch is about 2.25” x 2” sketch of the view from Starbucks in the Presidio </span><span>in San Francisco. It’s the Palace of Fine Arts. </span><span>I scribbled a few lines while I waited in line and </span>threw on the color when I got back to my car. <span>Pencil and watercolor, </span><span>total time 3 minutes!</span></span></div><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: xx-large;"><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><b>2. Keep It Simple</b> - avoid details and the need for perfection. (The need for perfection can rob us of the fun and spontainaity of sketching) <br />Think simple shapes and values.<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LjRUVcuGUSs/YWhMVBs-8mI/AAAAAAAAEd4/XIL3izm_lBEpHa9_0HzO2cEwcN6ED8YgACNcBGAsYHQ/s2048/071715_turnpike.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1541" data-original-width="2048" height="489" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LjRUVcuGUSs/YWhMVBs-8mI/AAAAAAAAEd4/XIL3izm_lBEpHa9_0HzO2cEwcN6ED8YgACNcBGAsYHQ/w649-h489/071715_turnpike.jpg" width="649" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">Sketches done on a road trip to Mystic, Connecticut. (Another benefit, sketching in the car also keeps me from “backseat driving”!)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><b>3. Focus </b>- what catches your attention?</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 11px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uhgHbiXQyME/YWhLrud90WI/AAAAAAAAEdw/nzgyRku6JGc4ePHD14x_Sd3rXVwju9BXQCNcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Allergist_OakPark.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1633" data-original-width="2048" height="516" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uhgHbiXQyME/YWhLrud90WI/AAAAAAAAEdw/nzgyRku6JGc4ePHD14x_Sd3rXVwju9BXQCNcBGAsYHQ/w648-h516/Allergist_OakPark.jpg" width="648" /></a></div><p></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 11px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">These sketches were done while waiting for my granddaughter at the allergist. I love to people watch!</span></p><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /><b>What are the benefits of speed sketching?</b><br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Improved drawing skills</li><li>Focus</li><li>Increased spontaneity and freshness in your sketches</li><li>Rapid planning of ideas for larger sketches or future paintings</li><li>Great for fast travel sketching especially when traveling with non-sketchers.</li><li>They’re fun</li></ul></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZwcdzNnoW8U/YWhQa3ePBEI/AAAAAAAAEeI/bQFZo-jXLmwtNwuRdjbnzblzB98w-RlhQCNcBGAsYHQ/s1521/CasaBatilloBarcelona.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1125" data-original-width="1521" height="438" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZwcdzNnoW8U/YWhQa3ePBEI/AAAAAAAAEeI/bQFZo-jXLmwtNwuRdjbnzblzB98w-RlhQCNcBGAsYHQ/w592-h438/CasaBatilloBarcelona.jpg" width="592" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><b>Poetry of speed sketching</b> –Capturing quick moments of the day and recording a response to them. </span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">I call them Tone Poems. </span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-family: helvetica; font-size: 24.000001907348633px; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">Want to keep up to date by email? Fill in your email address in the place provided in the upper right corner under the banner. We look forward to hearing from you.</span></b></div></div><div><b><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div>BARBARA WEEKShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15123095711319056949noreply@blogger.com0