Greenlake Brick

We can thank the gods of autumn for staving off the rains this weekend. After postponing our Monthly outing due to last week's great storm that wasn't, today Greenlake was ablaze in gold as the autumn sunshine lent us it 's golden glow. The blue skies completed the color wheel making everything even more vivid. The summer umbrellas at Greenlake Grill were mostly folded, only one remained open to lend shade to adventurous diners. 

The Great Hall at Green lake sits on the corner of Maple Leaf and Woodlawn. I couldn't find much history but it now serves as a venue for meetings and weddings. I first spotted it last summer when my brother gave me a walking tour of the campus of Billings Middle School which is just across the street. These trees lost their leaves early, making it look more like the middle of winter.  

Greenlake Library

Tina had suggested the Carnagie library in Greenlake and that was my chosen subject during our sketch outing today.   Frank C. was sketching in front of me so I put him in the sketch.



The historic branch is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and has been named a landmark building by Seattle's Landmarks Preservation Board. It was designed by W. Marbury Somervell and Joseph S. Coté and opened in July 1910.

And, well, that was a first!  While I was sketching, a bird pooped on my sketch board!  I was sitting under a tree, though.  Fortunately, it missed me, my sketch and my palette.  But, ugh! "Atmospheric" indeed.

It was such a nice, sunny day that we shared our sketches on the plaza of PCC.  Then had our group photo in the sun.



There seem to be one or two sketchers missing from the group photo. 

A few more photos here:  https://redharp.smugmug.com/SketchOutings/2016-1023-Greenlake-Village/