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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...

Greetings from Crescent City California. Robin -- always fun to see your sketches with different colored inks. Joan -- The colors on the doorway above the canal are great. Ai -- :) I just give up if the thing I'm trying to sketch leaves. The tourist boat is fun. I like both the flowers but...

Fletch thanks for the great list. I'll probably be late joining this one. Busy cleaning up and packing for the drive home, and smoking a nice salmon I caught on Friday. Then I'll be driving for a few days. Maybe I can sneak in a sketch somewhere along the way home. Jade -- those are cute...

Robin -- hi! your sketch made me smile. :) I love the sketchbook inside the sketch... wanted to see an even smaller version inside that one! Pine Cone -- nice moon! I can almost feel what it's like when the clouds are like that! Joan -- love the colors and the reflections of them in the...

Ai -- thanks! The river view is fun, and your colors make it seem bright and pleasant! I like the student concentrating at his desk... very intent on his work! Joan -- that really captures the feel of being on a trans-Atlantic flight. Haha just looking at it makes me think it's going to be a...

Pine Cone -- neat different kinds of sunflowers! I used to plant lots of different kinds but I'm not home in the summer these days. Ai -- Neat boats, The perspective on the family eating is great. Jo -- We were typing at the same time. That backhoe/tractor is bigger than I thought at first...

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Ai -- That giant swing is neat! I think I've seen pictures of it before, have you sketched it before? Wouldn't catch me on that thing though! Agree with Joan, I like your sketch better than the real thing. Nice texture on the tree sketch and I like the feel of the plants at its base. Joan...