Morning Snow

We had a bit of snow overnight and it looked so pretty this morning. I knew that once the sun came out it would melt fairly quickly. I had an early appointment but I rushed out as quickly as I could to find a spot along the road in Medford that still had some snow. By the time I finished this most of the snow was gone. This was done in a Strathmore toned beige sketchbook.

One Week 100 People Challenge 2018 - Sketch Group & the DMV

This morning the South Bay Art Association Sketch Group met. I did a portrait of Dino, but then did a few quick sketches including Dino, Liz, and Sally. These are sketches $18-21.

#OneWeek100People2018

Next I headed to a spot I had gone for the last 100 people challenge, the Department of Motor Vehicles in Medford. It was so crowded that I ended up standing against the wall while I did this page of sketches #22-32. You can see other people were standing too. Maybe it was so crowded today because of the weather forecast for tomorrow.

I saw two people get up so I scurried over to take a seat. Sketches #33-48 were done from one of the benches. You would think with all the people that were around me someone would notice I was sketching...apparently not. lol

The weather forecast is for a snowstorm tomorrow so I'm not sure if I will be able get out to sketch people. That made me decide to stay a bit longer and keep sketching. The poor people sitting there were there for a long time and the people around me weren't changing quickly, so I moved to another seat to get a different view. I completed sketches #49-65 there. I'm more than halfway done!!!

Tree Lot #1

I've been looking for tree lots to sketch and found this one in Medford. For those who don't know that round instrument of torture is something they pull the Christmas tree through and it puts a netting around the tree sort of scrunching the branches together to make it easier to take the tree home.

I am presently visiting family in Maine for Christmas. We drove up today ahead of the expected storm which should arrive tomorrow. Hopefully it won't be too bad and I'll get to do some snow sketches. 

Garden Center

This was sketched before Christmas during one of the many searches I did for Christmas trees visible from the car. Once again I wasn't successful in finding trees. Where do people get them? lol I needed to add more color to this before I posted it, and finally got to finish it today. This was done at Sandy's Garden Center in Medford.