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Scavenger Hunt from Life #173: Oct 17 - Oct 29 - NedL Scavenger Hunt from Life #174: Oct 29 - Nov 10 - Jo Castillo Scavenger Hunt from Life #175: Nov 10 - Nov 22- Robin Gillis Scavenger Hunt from Life #176: Nov 22 - Dec 4 - AiArts (Ai) Scavenger Hunt from Life #177: Dec 4 - Dec 16 - jmfletch...

Thanks for the new list Jo!

Wow, I looked away and lots more here! I've been busy making some old fashioned photographs... going out tomorrow to try another one. I was shocked to see the last time I made one was in November 2017. I've printed a few of them since then, but haven't made any new ones. So far only a...

Jade -- those bats are cute! In Idaho about ten years ago a bat smashed into the side of my head while I was in my boat fishing ( it hurt my ear! ) and last year one landed on the back of my shirt while I was standing on the shore fishing. Those weren't so cute! Ai -- I like the colorful...

Ai -- I think there might be some vacation rentals over at the coast. We are blessed with a beautiful coast here. I like the busy students, and how they are in blue and the proctor is in blank ink. Joan -- those are nice. I like the sky in both, and the dark green/blue water in the second...

Fletch -- :) that made me laugh. I thought there was a special "technical" term for it. Ai -- nice smooth lines in the pencil sketches! Stopped after my walk today and sat in the nice sunshine for this. #1 Natural a photo:

Strange... I really thought I commented already! Jade -- I like those cute cats that fit the theme! Joan -- it's so fun seeing Venice through your art. They are all wonderful. The fish market caught my eye too, and that spiral tower on the building is wild. I like how the white and black...

Pine Cone and Jo -- yay on the leaves!

Joan -- I'm with Fletch.. the people fit so naturally and make it feel real. Love the doorway. I always like to see "before and after" with your continuous line sketches, and it's amazing what the color can do. Ai -- I like the beads too! Fletch -- wow I like your drawings without lines...

Welcome to the Scavenger Hunts from Life. The Hunts were started in 2006 by Jamie Williams Grossman as a way to practice with prompts. Artists have come and gone while forming some lasting friendships. We hope you will join in and tune up your sketching skills. All levels and techniques are...

Pine Cone, I like your goose, the hatching on the wings is great, nice smooth lines. Ai -- the bread "studio" is fun, that's a neat idea. Your sketches are great and lively! You've reminded me I need to feed my sourdough starter that has been waiting 4 months... Robin -- that jacket is...

Ai -- thank you! I didn't realize it was 9x11, that makes a difference! The only two travel brushes I have are size 6 and size 2, and mostly I only use the 6. It sounds like Francis Theo uses water brushes like I've been doing. I found that touching the tips together makes any middle tone...

Ai -- it's really neat to see what the color did for that! I like the "draw what you see"! Fletch -- On the West side of Bainbridge Island there are a couple of places where there are interesting patterns in the sandstone/clay bank along the shore. I think they might be a kind of fossilized...

Home and happy to walk at the beaches here! My water brush with ink in it didn't behave the way I'm used to, so there's not as much texture as intended. Maybe I need to clean it or maybe I should replace the ink, not sure what happened. Ink kind of separated in the clouds too. I think I'll...

Joan -- the Venice scene with people and docked gondolas is great and the canal scene is just fantastic. Like Fletch, I was drawn to the wonderful reflections in the water, and overall it has a great sense of light. I hope you are having some good food there too! Ai -- the 'red uncle" is...