Rainy Day at the Ballard Farmers' Market

Wasn't too sure how this day would work out, but we had one of our largest groups.  Probably around 18 people showed up for sketching at the Farmer's Market.  We even had a visitor from Washington D.C.

The weather challenged our ability to sketch.  It was Urban Splashing Northwest style.  You didn't need to pre-splash your water color paper, the rain did it for you!  Despite the challenge it was a great day and the sun finally showed up at the end of our session.

Sketching at St. James Cathedral

Today Nan Ching and I took our Arch 415 class to St. James Cathedral. It was a great day for sketching! This is a beautiful place to draw and paint...makes you feel like you are in Italy. There are so many options for perspective views here. You can spend hours here and find more views that would be great to sketch.

This is a water color I did while I was there today. The color is much more vibrant than this scan shows. Is it my scanner? Any suggestions on settings to get the best color?

Gail