Scavenger Hunt #177: 04 - 16 December 2025

[Jo Castillo]

Ai, mmmm, the rock cliffs are amazing in your sketch and in the photo. I never imagined that sort of topography in your world.

Joan your trip to the Met gives us sketches full of adventure. You are brave to paint with wc in the darkened rooms. Whoot!

 

[jmfletch]

Ai - Poor Santa. Hope he plumped back up. Had sam3 thoughts as Joan. Seems it should b3 in a neighborhood of classic houses. Love you cropped out the intruding modern buildings. Again join Joan plus Jo in admiring your rocky cliffs.

Jo - the place where real trees were a treasure was Hawaii. Pine trees are not native to any of the islands. in late November/early December, the first ship load of trees arriving was a major event. Do not remember the price but they were very expensive. Love the glasses!

Joan - Got cards done early this year but Rl took over and I did not get them in the mail till the 10th. You regularly paint people well but painting statures you capture proportions but also nail the texture.

Keep sketching and listening
Fletch

 

[AiArts]

Thanks you all for kind words...just walk around the shore lines and reunite with my dear friends ...no sketching...

 

[Joan T]

Ai, thanks.

Jo, I was just hoping the guards wouldn't notice me painting. lol

Fletch, thanks so much. I've started the cards...still a bit left to do yet. I would have helped if my new printer cooperated so that it would print my message inside...no luck with that. lol

 

[Pine Cone]

1 - “your favorite pen” - my Pentel Clic Eraser Pen

— iPad Pro and Apple pencil
— Procreate app
— freehand

— My Re-Learning to Draw Program - review Phase 2 (single objects or small scenes)

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This Pentel Clic Eraser makes my new sketching situation (often from my mobile studio) so much easier !!! It’s so easy to use in cramped spaces, and has the same kind of quality that my Pentel rectangular erasers have always given me.

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Full disclosure: My actual Clic Eraser has a two-stage grip. I was using that aspect to decorate it with colors related to Santa and the Christmas decorations of my youth.

However, because of several different horrifying tragedies within what seems like just moments of one another, I’ve completely removed the decorated grip layers from my iPad sketch, out of respect for the many people around the world who have lost their lives in the last few days, and for their families and friends.

Therefore, you should know that the real Pentel Clic Eraser has a very nice grip, which makes it easy to use no matter where you are. But there wasn’t time to redo it in my sketch without my imaginary decorations, as this event will end soon

May you each be blessed this holiday season

 

[AiArts]

I reunite with my dear friends. It was a great day, yesterday. Here is early morning today... directwatercolor...

#10 lamppost-->lamp-->light -->sunrise at Chumpon beach, front of our bungalow.

I adjusted with a few more dark strokes for more real rock cliff. Oops, I hope I did not mess it up.

 

[Joan T]

Pine Cone, I like your digital sketch of the Pentil Click Eraser. Hoping that your holiday season is blessed too.

Ai, I love the wonderful sky and darks and glow!

I still had so many items to do that I decided to do a group of them in one shot with a continuous line. Here it is with and without watercolor.
11 - mug
12 - scissors
13 - folded kitchen towel
14 - spoon
15 - eyeglasses
16 - spice bottle

 

[jmfletch]

Pine Cone - I like your stylized Pentel Clic. Hoping you also have a blessed season.

Ai - Great dramatic skies!

Joan - Doing that composting continuous line has to be evidence of some kind of mental issue LOL Amazing. Love seeing the sketch that seeing the life that color adds.

#4 palm frond. This started out to be the top of the pineapple palm in our front yard with multiple fronds. Rl intruded so tonight colorized the graphite as single frond in graphite looked like a bunch of random scratches.

Keep sketching and listening
Fletch

 

[Jo Castillo]

Fletch, yep bet the trees were super expensive in Hawaii. Everything is there. Lots of freight costs, eh? Your palm frond made me chuckle. It looks good to me. Do they grow more than one pineapple? I know nothing!!

Pine Cone, I love your pen. I will look for one of those . Stay warm and healthy through the season.

Ai, mmm, love the dramatic sky and shore mountains. Wishing you the best of your holidays.

Joan, your collection of items is so perfect. Both in line and in color. I didn't get out my Christmas cups this year, so thanks for sharing yours!!

 

[Jo Castillo]

Thanks Fletch for this Hunt. Always good to see everyone! We appreciate you being here.

New Hunt is up, but you have another day here!

https://creativespark.art/threads/scavenger-hunt-from-life-178-dec-16-dec-28.8557/

 

[AiArts]

Fletch: Great job with palm frond..Thanks so much for hosting !!!

Pinecone: Thanks. Lovely happy pink pen.

Joan: Thanks..Great quick continuous line sketches.

All: Thanks a bunch.

 

[Joan T]

Fletch, you may be correct about some "mental issue." I just can't stop myself sometimes. I like your palm frond...makes me think of warmth which we're not experiencing up here lately. Will see if I can squeeze in one more sketch today. I'm heading up to Westchester to deliver the house portrait, so I won't have a lot of sketch time. Thanks for hosting.

Jo, thanks. We only have a set of 2 Christmas cups, plates, and bowls that match. I keep them within a one-step climb on the top shelf of the kitchen cabinet. Will go and print out your new list.

Ai, as always thanks so much.

 

[jmfletch]

Jo, pineapples grow from a plant. I use to grow them but got to where most were partially eaten befor3 I could harvest and now the few plants I still have are potted and do not grow fruit. Pineapple Palm is a nickname for a Canary Island Date Palm. They often resemble Pineapples.
Here is a baby from a greenhouse ad and you see how it got named.

Ours. This is 40 years old and in need of care

Fletch

 

[Pine Cone]

2 - “sidewalk crack pattern”

— iPad Pro and Apple pencil
— Procreate app
— free[zing ]hand

— My Re-Learning to Draw Program - Phase 3 (bits of buildings and structures)

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Wow, this was so much fun !!!

Trying to sketch a sidewalk crack made me hyper aware of the differences in depth and darkness in this innocent little crack. Parts were deep and ragged, but thinned out at random to delicate lacy lines. I didn’t portray these differences well enough but will have another try sometime I hope

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Full disclosure:

Background from memory.

Sketched this last night, but the sun had gone down. There was enough light to sketch but my hands were freezing. So I sketched the crack itself and made sure of the little shadows etc., but added color and background today.

Also, did NOT erase the virtual pencil, but went *over* it with v.pen today, maintaining all the differences in depth, etc., as best I could.

 

[Jo Castillo]

Hi Ai, thanks.

Joan, don't fall getting your Christmas dishes! I will probably get a new cup from Joanna. She goes to all the Empty Bowl projects for food pantries and buys auction items!

Fletch, thanks again for the Hunt. The Pineapple palm you have is quite large. I saw plants in Hawaii but that was in the sixties and I forgot anything I knew. Ha.

Wow, Pine Cone. Exquisite crack. It looks so real but artsy at the same time. love it. Keep warm.

It was my day out so I sketched a bit. When I went for lunch I ordered a puffy taco, guacamole and a Margarita. They brought salsa and chips with the drink. I immediately tasted it and hit something as I set it down and dumped the whole thing in the chips, salsa and all over the table and floor! Somehow I didn't get any on me. I was moved to another table so I could continue with "new drink and food". Jeepers. At least it was the first drink so I wasn't inebriated. Ha.

Number 3 mailbox - on the way home in the small Canson travel sketchbook with the Ohuhu .3 pen
Number 4 car side view mirror, Number 5 parked bicycle - in the Ohuhu Mix Media sketchbook with Ohuhu .2 pen and watercolor
Number 6 potted plant on the back of a booth, Number 7 mug in dramatic lighting, sub the glass and salsa In the Ohuhu Mix Media sketchbook with Ohuhu .2 pen and watercolor

 

[Pine Cone]

Ai, JennieJo, Fletch, Joan and JoC, — Thanks so much for your well wishes, and art inspiration

Fletch — Thanks so much for hosting this healing event
Fantastic graphite spoon….. not sure what you feel was wrong??? Was it the texture of the paper??? For me, it looks amazing, and I’ve been coming back to study it, and to learn from your intricate, multi-level shading and reflections….. zowie and your shears and special pen look perfect to me I’m with JoC who said your work “makes the ordinary look extraordinary.”
Your palm frond is lovely, not random….. you don’t give yourself enough credit for what you do…… Thanks also for both photos, your tree is amazing

JennieJo — Happy belated anniversary
I’ve been trying to imagine how you achieve that glow you do with some of the cups. All the cups are fun and beautiful, and lovely in unique ways !!! Because of your amazing Cup #3, I had to check out Zentangle, and discovered that I’ve played with that type of design, but didn’t realize it had a name, or how far it could go. Your work is beautifully done, all of it, with peaceful and lovely colors and shapes, and details that intrigue ️

Joan — I agree about libraries - they’re amazing places, and the people I’ve met there love their jobs, and love all their guests Yours sounds beautiful, with many fun events to enjoy
Wowow, your house commission is exceptional - they will treasure it as an heirloom forever
Beautifully feminine bridal shop, with delicate details that give it the perfect ambiance and your festive lamppost is superb - has the town seen your work??? They could put this on posters or brochures and flyers for holiday events….. wonderful painting
Love the composition of the tree, and the textures of bark, and nature all around 🪾 and the greenhouse has stolen my heart, all snuggled in there Also love your sketches from the Met, and am grateful you were able to capture these brave sketches in difficult circumstances And like Fletch, your continuous-line still life is mind-boggling to me, before and after color….. How on earth do you do it???

JoC — You and your dh make a great team The gift tags are incredible, each a memorable gift in its own right….. and seeing your dh painting them is beautiful
Your plant is amazing. I see your botanical sketches, and lose all hope lol, because they are so well done, leaves from every angle, lovely shading above and below, and I study their poignant beauty, and feel both grateful and overwhelmed at the same time, wondering if I can ever sketch a plant like that Oh my, and your glasses sketch is perfection in every way About the Pentel Clic Eraser pen, they are available all over, and the refills are easy to find as well !!! Easy as pie to use and to refill
Oh my, just now seeing your new post, and it has filled me with such joy and remembrances, little slices of life, sketched with a tenderness that marks all your work, and colors and black-and-whites that fill my soul….. thank you for these most gentle and peaceful healing sketches…..

Ai — Wonderful sketch of your piano, and the side of the truck….. You give so much expression to even your most complex sketches….. well rendered and inspiring
And the gorgeous paintings of the Gaysorn Amarin Mall and the golden sunset at Chumpon Beach floored me
All your travel sketches are lovely with your great sense of color making them vibrant images to remember your journey with

Robin — Fun cafe sketches, with lovely colors and perspective Love your pink glasses and intricate spoon, both so beautifully sketched and shaded

 

[AiArts]

Jo: thanks...nice that you got to go out...lovely mailboxes and side view mirror

Pinecone: thanks. Great job doing sidewalk crack

 

[Joan T]

Fletch, I like the pineapple palms...so different from what we have here.

Jo, I'll be careful. I kept the step ladder in the living room. I'll need it to put my big bow on the top of the tree. Then I need it to wrangle all those covers and plastic containers in my cabinet that keep falling down on me. lol You really did a few sketches while you were out. The added color really perks them up. I always love to see mailboxes like that in a row. It always reminds me of being out along a country road. Sorry about the spill, but luckily you didn't get it all over you...looks like you have a full glass.

Pine Cone, thanks so much for your extensive comments on all my sketches. I think the continuous line sketches are sort of a meditation for me. I do them really slowly, looking for how the items are connected and cross each other. Sometimes it is so hard NOT to pick up the pen. I have quite a bit of my work in one of the small shops in the town I sketch in most often. It is nice that people can see them and purchase them too if they want.

Sorry I didn't get more done for this hunt. Yesterday I delivered the house commission to my friend so she would have it to give her son and daughter-in-law. That took a huge chunk of time out of my day. Most of the rest of the day was spent getting more of my cards done. See you in the next hunt.

 

[jmfletch]

Jo - WOW you made good use of your time out. Hope they were as much fun as they appear,

Pine Cone - there are not enough superlatives for your rendering of a sidewalk crack! The use of line quality is excellent.

Keep sketching and learning
Fletch