Scavenger Hunt from Life #119: Jun 20 - Jun 28

[Jo Castillo]

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 welcome. We hope you can have some good times here. You can travel the world seeing the sketches of items at hand by the artists.

If you’ve participated in at least one Scavenger Hunt and have time to host one we would really appreciate it. You can sign up by posting your name on the current hosting schedule in the Art From Life forum here:

https://creativespark.art/threads/scavenger-hunt-from-life-host-sign-up-list.2481/

Here are the rules for the Hunt:

• All everyday common items on the list must be sketched from life – not imagination or photo reference.
• Each object you draw can count for only one item on the list, no matter how many shapes/parts/colors that object contains. This was agreed on by unanimous vote among the participants.
• You may place multiple objects together in a drawing or painting, and may count these objects as separate items, but no single object can count for more than one item.
• All items posted must be numbered. Count them as you go. The first item you post will be #1 regardless of its place on the list. Do them in whatever order you wish, but count them in the order in which you sketch them, from 1 to 26.
• Do as many or as few of the items as you like. You don’t have to finish the entire list to participate. The Scavenger Hunt “week” will last for 9 days, with the next hunt starting on the 9th day.
• Please tell us your size, surface, medium, and the amount of time it took you for each sketch. We love hearing about your subjects and setups. Photos of your subjects are welcome.
• Have fun!

If you have some hunt sketches completed but little time to read/comment, please post your sketches anyway. Commenting is appreciated but not required.

Scavenger Hunt from Life #119: Jun 20 - Jun 28

anvil or other tool
bread or cereal
candy or car
duck or other animal
expensive or elegant
feather or favorite
garden item
hat or shoes
iris or flower
jacket or jelly
knife or knitted
large or lovely
mannequin or toy
noodle or nettle
opera glasses or other glasses
pomegranate or other fruit
quirky or quiet
red or round
slippery or slimy
tall or table
umbrella or outerwear
vegetable
waste or trash can
xerox or 2 of something
yellow or young
zebra or free space

Challenge a grouping of three or a continuous line drawing
Have fun.

Sorry it was late.......

 

[AiArts]

Thanks JoC for the list.

 

[Robin Gillis]

Thanks for list or hosting

 

[Joan T]

Jo, thanks for the new list!

 

[NedL]

Thanks for the list!

 

[Joan T]

I did a larger group than three as a continuous line. I'm posting it as just a line and then with color added.

1 - vegetable (pepper) - ink & watercolor
2 - yellow lemon
3 - fruit (cherries)
4 - red (tomato)
5 - knife
6 - glasses

 

[AiArts]

Such a great and cheerful start piece, Joan.

 

[Jo Castillo]

Ditto what Ai said. I like your color added but the line is strong.

 

[AiArts]

#1quirky

#2 lovely cactus -- I attempt continuous lines

#3 quiet -- a forest temple

 

[Jo Castillo]

Hi everyone, happy you found the list!

Ai, your "quirky" made me really smile. It is fun! Your cactus is great, it looks like you did continuous and blind contour both. Great lines. The quiet temple is beautiful.

I sketched at the dining table. Carried Gene's vice/anvil in from the garage. It was too hot out there to sketch. In the large Canson Mixed media sketchbook with Ohuhu pens and Blick Gray markers.
Number 1 anvil - the combo vice and anvil on the big end

 

[AiArts]

Jo: Thanks so much... Great combo of the anvil.

 

[Joan T]

Ai, thanks. I like your quirky reindeer. Looks like he was in a pottery store. Your cactus continuous line looks like it was a blind contour line too! I'm not too good at those. Love the mood of the forest temple painting. Nice!!

Jo, thanks so much. That anvil is super...love the shading and the line. Smart move to bring it in from the hot garage.

This was from the farmers market this morning before it got too hot to be there.
7 - garden items - direct watercolor

 

[Jo Castillo]

Thanks Ai and Joan. Joan your garden items are so good. The stacks of flowers and tent and vehicle are great. . Cool.

 

[Jo Castillo]

I walked down to one of the benches and sketched while Gene was on his trike. Both on one page in the Canson large mixed media sketchbook so each is about 6 x 9 inches.
Number 2 free space - water so low, fire station behind the trees

Number 3 large or lovely - both large trees and lovely view. Water is low and the pines are growing in the flats. When we get rain and fill the ponds the pines will drown. Maybe they will transplant them before that happens. It will take lots of rain.

 

[AiArts]

Jo: Well done... lovely scenes in happy colors.

 

[Joan T]

Jo, gracias! I like your two lovely landscape views with the trees. I hope that the trees are moved before the ponds fill.

9 - umbrella - direct watercolor
10 - trash can

 

[Jo Castillo]

Ai, thanks.

Joan, thanks. Your scene is so descriptive. A closed umbrella, fun find.

 

[AiArts]

I made a short stroll at our mall and seeing these in one shop... I don't know the exam name of this collectible dolls.

#4 mannequin or toys

 

[Jo Castillo]

Ai, cute collectables. I don't know the names either.

 

[jmfletch]

Joan, nice line work with pen put color adds so much. Garden items is interesting, framed in my truck and customer. Clever umbrella find.

Ai, quirky is perfect pick. For me only thing worse than continuous line is blind contour. Oh and non dominant hand. Forest temple is so calm and relaxing in your painting. The actual depot must be serene. The collectible dolls are so well done.

Jo, great idea and well done. Stole the idea. Thanks. Both watercolors look good. Bottom one seems to pop a bit more. Probably the darker foreground items.

#1 anvil. Stole Jo’s idea but mine is not portable so sketched quickly in hot garage. Came inside and cleaned lines up a bit and gave it a foundation. H graphite in A5ish sketchbook. (Usually sketch with either H or 2H than use softer leads to clean up and shade.)

Keep sketching
Fletch