Suzanneiam

Join us on Monday, August 18, 2014 from 7-9 p.m.                                                                     for our 2nd annual sketch-out in Gold Medal Park!

Think of this event as a preparation for sketching at the Fair or as a safe way to start the fun and excitement of sketching on location rather than from your dining room table. To accomplish this task, we will be sketching in the park right across the street from MCBA, which has great river views, buildings, park stuff like trees and flowers, as well as a wide selection of walkers and bikers to draw.

We will meet in the park at 7p.m. to save time on traveling across the street as a group.  As you can see from the map at the right, the park is very close to MCBA.  There is parking available on the street near the park along 2nd Street or you may park in the lot at MCBA and walk across the street.

What to bring:
A sketchbook or loose sheets on a backer board or drawing board to draw on.  I recommend one that is a reasonable size to easily carry, we will be outside and on the move.
Your favorite drawing supplies.  This could be the pen you are most comfortable with or this can be a tool or material that you want to try and use while sketching on the go for the first time.  Seeing as we are all sketchers you may grab some tips from a fellow sketcher on how to make it work while drawing out and about.

Nervous?  Never done this before?  Don’t think your skills are up to the task of drawing in public? BALONEY!

This is the ideal opportunity to give this sketch in public thing a try, whether it’s the first time or the thousandth time, I promise we will have a great time and you will learn something about sketching on the go.  The best part about an event like this is that you can go off on your own and fins something to draw or you can buddy up with other sketchers and not feel so weird if this is your first time.  The second best part is that we get to see everyone’s work at the end.

As always this event is free and open to all adult journal keepers of every experience level.
I am looking forward to seeing you all there!

In the event that the weather is uncooperative for an outdoor event, we will meet upstairs in Open Book room 203 rather than in our usual location in MCBA due to construction/remodeling.  Our rain-out plan will still be to sketch we will just be using technology through a session with Pixelovely or by doing a sketch scavenger hunt inside.