Scavenger Hunt from Life #183: Feb 14 - Feb 26

[AiArts]

Scavenger Hunt from Life #183: Feb 14 - Feb 26

Happy Valentine's you all.

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/page-10

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 12 days, with the next hunt starting on the 12th 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 #183: Feb 14 - Feb 26

art tool you love (s)
building
car
desk/table
egg
funky thing (s)
glass
horse
indoor
jar
kettle
lemon or lime
money
nature
outdoor
people/person
quilt
refrigerator
structure
sweet
truck
van
fruit (s)
freespace#1
freespace#2

 

[Joan T]

Ai, thanks for the new list.

 

[Jo Castillo]

Ai, thanks for the list

 

[Joan T]

The NYC Urban Sketchers met at the Metropolitan Museum of Art today.
1 - glass windows - colored pencils
2 - outdoor view

3 - person/people

4 - funky thing from the 15th - 17th century- colored pencils

 

[AiArts]

Joan: Wow... excellent start of this Hunt. Love the glass giant windows with bear exhibits... nice statue with people around and the funky wooden statue.

 

[Joan T]

Ai, thanks. I bought a set of Prismacolor Premium colored pencils to use. This winter we've been to museums a lot and they require dry media. I decided to find something new (to me) to use. As always, many of the guards look the other way and you can use pretty much whatever you want. This is the room where you and I sketched together. Yesterday it was the focus of lots of the sketchers.

 

[joe1It]

hi,
Ai, thanks for list,
Joan, wonderful wonderful art

 

[NedL]

Ai -- thanks for the list
Joan -- wow on the colored pencil sketches!

 

[Joan T]

Joe, thanks. Good to see you stop in. How are things with you?

Ned, many thanks. I have to get used to using them. All day I wanted to be working in watercolors, but I was trying to be good about following the rules.

I told a ride down to the beach in Sayville. The bay is slowly thawing out so I guess I missed seeing the ice boats out there.

5 - nature - watercolors and ink