Recent content by Joan T

Jo, thanks! Glad you got out with your friend. Social time is so important! I'm glad you got to sketch too with the new sketchpad. I didn't realize they had special ones for markers since I don't use them much. I love that you sketched the firetruck. I look at every firehouse when I'm passing...

Ai, I do a lot of my sketching with my sketchbook in my lap, so I can usually work no matter how small the area is. Looks like you had enough space. Pine Cone, I'm so glad you heard the news! It is a relief to know there were members who were willing to take over. I can't imagine going thru and...

Thanks for your comments Ai & Robin. Vivien, thanks for letting us know Creative Spark will continue. Yay!! My thanks to those who stepped in to rescue us! Ai, I saw the photo of you and Tone at the bakery and I was waiting for a sketch. I think it would be hard to sketch there with all the...

Thank you TK, Paint Boss for stepping in to take over Creative Spark. I know this community is so important to so many of us. Thanks also to the team that helps keep the site running. Ayin & Hannah, I'm sorry you are stepping away, but thanks for starting this to begin with. Hopefully you will...

Hi, Ai! I went out this afternoon and sat in the eating area in one of the newer specialty grocery stores that opened here recently called Uncle Giuseppe's Marketplace. They are fairly expensive so I don't do a lot of shopping there, but they have a tremendous amount of merchandise, and a lot...

Ai, thanks so much. We had sketchers all over the floor. I went out for a bit today. I sketched a tree down by the bay. There was a section of snow underneath that had already melted. 6 - underneath - watercolors and Neocolors

Ned, great sketch of those extremely tall trees! Hope your fishing trip was fun. Jo, thanks so much. I met the NYC Urban Sketchers at Sotheby's (the auction house) yesterday. Normally there is a lot on display for upcoming auctions but only one floor was open since installations were being...

Ai, lovely capture of the yellow flowers cascading over the wall! I've only seen bougainvillea like that, so it is nice to see other flowers like that too.Thanks for your comment. I have sketches to post, but I'm too lazy to go take photos of them. I'll do that in the morning.

Ai, it must be pretty to have them bloom so often and last for so long. Parts of the bay are still frozen, especially around the docks. 2 - icy - graphite 3 - landscape - watercolors and touches of ink

Ai, thanks. Do those yellow trees bloom all year? You made them look s pretty! Nice!! You find such great flowers with for me are so nice to see since we are surrounded by snow. Jo, lol I can't fathom snow any more either. Glad to see you sketched outdoors. Nice textures in the sketch of the...

Ai, thanks for hosting this hunt!

Robin, what a great angel candle holder!! How special. I wonder why you couldn't get back into Wet Canvas and we didn't. That's strange. I'm hoping we won't have to go anywhere! I'm glad you found a group of artists to get together every week. Contact with other artists is so important. Where do...

Jo, I hope your find time to squeeze in some sketching. Ai, nice to see some flowers in bloom this morning. Nice job on the direct watercolors.

Ai, thanks so much. Jo, many thanks for your comments. Glad to hear you are feeling OK. Hope the monitor shows things are normal when you see the doctor on Friday.

Ned, safe travels. See you in the next hunt which I'm hosting. Fletch, thanks. I'm having fun with the snowy landscapes. This one was a biggie and they haven't cleared a lot of places out yet, so parking isn't the easiest. Hoping tomorrow works out better. You know that sketch counts...even if...