Scavenger Hunt from Life #142: Dec 20 - Dec 29

[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 #142: Dec 20 - Dec 29

angel
bookshelf
chisel or other tool
dog
excellence
free space
guilty pleasure
happy place
icepack or icetray
jalepeño or spicy
kitchen decoration
lumpy
match or lighter
nautical
open
poinsettia or flower
quality
red
signage
tree
unused
vacation item
watery
X-bot or toy
yard decoration
zig-zag

Have fun and have a Merry Christmas and a Happy Season.

 

[Vivien]

Jo - Thanks for the new hunt. I see several I like, especially "dog".

 

[Jo Castillo]

Hi Vivien. I tried to get things in and out. Joan and Ned especially are outback lot.

 

[Joan T]

Jo, thanks for the new list.

This was actually sketched yesterday during our surprise "snowstorm." I was going to meet friends for lunch about a 45 minute ride west of me. I always leave early so I have time before we meet to either shop at the art supply store or sketch somewhere different. As I was driving the misty rain changed to snow, so I stopped at a park near where we were supposed to meet and painted this from my new "mobile studio." The car was really covered with snow by the time I finished, but the defrosters took care of all the windows and the side mirrors so I was good to go. By the time we finished lunch there was no snow to be seen. BUT, we had a coating of snow overnight.

1 - snowpack (sub for icepack) - watercolors

 

[AiArts]

Jo: Thanks for the fun list.

Joan: What a great start of this Hunt with a beautiful snow tree scene.

I went out today to sketch the MooDeng (our world famous new baby hippo) balloon installation at the Thai central train station called Hua Lum Pong. Then later in the evening, Tone and I got invite to go to Christmas party at the 1st Presbyterian Church at Samrae. I try to sketch the church before the service started... later it was lots darker and the service started... so I stop sketching.

#1 Lumpy -- MooDeng balloon art installation at our main central train station.. Uhm I think my hippo MooDeng came out like a hyena...Oh well...lol

#2 vacation related -- the inside of the same Thai classic central train station with a few old cabooses parked permanently as historical display.

#3 Happy place -- 1st Presbyterian Church at Samrae in Bangkok ... done with pencil + wc+ white acrylic pen

 

[Vivien]

Jo, thanks for the new list.

This was actually sketched yesterday during our surprise "snowstorm." I was going to meet friends for lunch about a 45 minute ride west of me. I always leave early so I have time before we meet to either shop at the art supply store or sketch somewhere different. As I was driving the misty rain changed to snow, so I stopped at a park near where we were supposed to meet and painted this from my new "mobile studio." The car was really covered with snow by the time I finished, but the defrosters took care of all the windows and the side mirrors so I was good to go. By the time we finished lunch there was no snow to be seen. BUT, we had a coating of snow overnight.

1 - snowpack (sub for icepack) - watercolors

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Oh no snow! Then I remembered you will be going into Winter there in the Northern Hemisphere, while we are in Summer down here. Or we are trying to have Summer, but lots of rain all over NZ at this time. The forecast for Christmas Day here, doesn't look good for bbq's or beach weather either.

 

[Vivien]

Jo: Thanks for the fun list.

Joan: What a great start of this Hunt with a beautiful snow tree scene.

I went out today to sketch the MooDeng (our world famous new baby hippo) balloon installation at the Thai central train station called Hua Lum Pong. Then later in the evening, Tone and I got invite to go to Christmas party at the 1st Presbyterian Church at Samrae. I try to sketch the church before the service started... later it was lots darker and the service started... so I stop sketching.

#1 Lumpy -- MooDeng balloon art installation at our main central train station.. Uhm I think my hippo MooDeng came out like a hyena...Oh well...lol

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#2 vacation related -- the inside of the same Thai classic central train station with a few old cabooses parked permanently as historical display.

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#3 Happy place -- 1st Presbyterian Church at Samrae in Bangkok ... done with pencil + wc+ white acrylic pen

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Great sketches of the 2 buildings. I particularly like the church lit up at night. Lovely photo of you too!

 

[Joan T]

Ai, that hippo balloon definitely did not come out looking like a hyena. lol You did a great job on that and a super sketch of the inside of the central train station. Nice that they have the old time train cars around to look at. That church is lovely...looks like it needs a little of my snow for the Christmas effect. I'm assuming the party was outdoors and there was music. Sounds fun!

Vivien, I smile when I think about people in places where it is warm at this time of year. For a long time I spent many Christmas holidays with my sister and her family in San Diego. It was nice and warm! Our cold spell will keep most of us from spending much time outside.

I made the dough for raspberry pinwheel cookies last night before I went to bed, so I was ready to bake when I got up this morning. While the second tray of cookies was in the oven I sketched some of the ingredients and some of the cookies.
2 - guilty pleasure (cookies) - watercolors and ink
3 - open bag of sugar
4 - red baking mat
5 - lineage (writing on the bags)

 

[AiArts]

Vivian and Joan: Thank you.

Joan: Your Christmas cookie baking looks so fine and fun. I can smell the yummy cookies. Well done sketch of the cookie set up and lovely wood grain background.