March 2022 Edmonds Sketchers - Here comes the Sun! Join us next month April 2nd at ARTspot 1:30
Hazel Miller Plaza, across the street from the Louvre coffee shop on 5th Ave, Edmonds
February 2022 Sketchers
Although a few brave souls sketched out-of-doors this month, most enjoyed the indoor space at Graphite again this month. The Graphite mascot Greta, proved to be a popular subject.
January 2022 welcomed Sketchers to the new Graphite Art Center.
Not yet open to the public, Sketchers were treated to a tour of the new Graphite Arts Center at 2nd and Main. Indoor sketching was a treat during this cold winter month. Favorite subjects were ceramic sculptures by Julie Perrine and Mike O’Day
Sunday Afternoon, October 10 Noon-1:30 is Scarecrow Sketchers!
Meet at ARTspot at noon.
2. scarecrow hunt & Sketch
3. meet back at ARTspot for refreshments
4. 10% off for Sketchers today at ARTspot!!
Every year the Edmonds Historical Museum features a lively scarecrow making contest. Downtown Edmonds is crawling with creative inventive scarecrows. I thought it would be fun to meet at ARTspot, and set out to find a scarecrow or two. Great textures and opportunity to do some INKtober sketches!
Click here to check out the fabulous Inktober kits at ARTspot.
If you can’t make “Sketchers” on the 10th, we have two free inking and drawing demos on 9/25 and 10/2
Join us for a Sunset Sketch
Remember to bring your own art supplies. Stop by ARTspot if you need a new sketchbook. We have lots of wonderful pens to try. Have you tried brush pens….. OMG so fun to draw with.
Sketchers August 12, 2021
The next outing is August 12 at the "Uptown" Evening Market, Thursday, August 12. 5:30 - 7pm, located at 236th St between 84th Ave and Hwy 99 (behind the Safeway) Free parking in Edmonds Lutheran church. This is the new once per month evening farmers market. Let's meet at the entryway at 5:30. Look for Tracy and the Edmonds Sketchers sign.
Bring your own sketch book and drawing items. Non-instructional. Sketchers is free, and open to anyone interested in sketching, whether experienced or beginner.
Discovering Hidden Gems All Around Us
ARTspot Edmonds Sketchers found artists gathering at the Kruckeberg Garden in Shoreline. What a gem, literally it was glowing like an emerald.
Kruckeberg, a four-acre public garden contains a unique blend of Pacific Northwest native plants and unusual exotics in a verdant wooded setting. There are more than 2,000 species there, which include native and exotic conifers, hardwoods, rhododendrons, magnolias, ferns and groundcovers. Several trees are the largest or most rare in the state. Birdwatchers have identified more than 40 bird species while visiting the Garden.
My friend Julie walks through Yost Park most days and discovers something to inspire her each time. I enjoy walking to work along 4th Avenue in Edmonds. The rockery gardens, unique houses and even the signs and do-dads in people's yards catch my eye. Hidden gems are all around us.
The Sketchers group is a wonderful addition to my art life and continues to develop my eye and desire to more skillfully capture images in my sketchbook.
The next outing is August 12 at the "Uptown" Evening Market, Thursday, August 12. 5:30 - 7pm, located at 236th St between 84th Ave and Hwy 99 (behind the Safeway) Free parking in Edmonds Lutheran church. This is the new once per month evening farmers market. Let's meet at the entryway at 5:30. Look for Tracy and the Edmonds Sketchers sign.
Bring your own sketch book and drawing items. Non-instructional. Sketchers is free, and open to anyone interested in sketching, whether experienced or beginner.
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9x12 Sketch using Micron Sepia PN Pen on Grumbacher Mixed Media Paper with Windsor Newton Travel Set Watercolors. 7/11/21 Tracy Felix
Save the dates: September 10 & October 10
Friday Evening, September 10
7-8:30 PM
Sunset Challenge!
Meet at Edmonds Bracket’s Landing NORTH (AKA the “Scuba Beach or Underwater Park”) immediately north of the Edmonds Ferry dock, at the foot of Main Street. There are some benches next to parking lot. Look for Tracy and the Edmonds Sketchers sign.
We can spread out along beach and lookout to sketch the sunset. May be a great opportunity to add some color to your sketch!
Bring your own sketch book and drawing items. Non-instructional. Sketchers is free, and open to anyone interested in sketching, whether experienced or beginner.
Anyone interested, we can meet afterwards for a refreshment at Demitri’s one block up on Main Street.
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Sunday Afternoon, October 10
Noon - 1:30
Sketching Scarecrows
Meet at ARTspot, 408 Main Street
We will disperse around Downtown Edmonds to search out and sketch the super clever scarecrows, complements of the Edmonds Historical Society Annual ScareCrow Contest . Businesses and homes in this area have become the go-to place to seek out scarecrows. Regroup at ARTspot for refreshments and a 10% shopping discount for Sketchers on this day!
Enjoying a Feeling of Freedom - June 19 at Edmonds City Park
Edmonds Sketchers met at City Park on June 19. We lucked out again with another beautiful spring day. It appeared that everyone at Edmonds City Park was enjoying a feeling of freedom. It was only fitting, as this day was also Junteenth, often observed as a celebration of African-American culture, a commemoration of the Emancipation Proclamation, and this year for the first time as a national holiday.
We felt free to be outside without our masks as well. While America is still in mourning of so many lives lost to the Covid 19 pandemic, it is also important to appreciate our good fortune to be able to enjoy each other's company and our good health. I set my sights on the symbol of our collective freedom and began sketching the beautiful flag flying overhead.
Amidst the sounds of birthday parties and family gatherings, nearly 20 artists captured images of a sunny day in the park. Thank you to everyone who turned out.
I'd love to invite anyone who is interested in sketching with us at our next meet-up: July 11th at Kruckeberg Gardens in Shoreline. Noon-1:30. Free, but bring your own art supplies. All are welcome.
Sketch in sepia brush tip Micron pen and watercolor pencils. Tracy Felix 2021
Pep talk for sketching
Mark your calendars for June 19, July 11 & August 12
For ALL Sketchers Events:
Look for Tracy and the Edmonds Sketchers sign.
Stop by ARTspot to pick up some great outdoor sketching or painting supplies.
Bring your own art supplies to sketch…. and a folding chair may be handy too.
All are welcome. Bring a friend!
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Saturday, June 19
Noon - 1:30
Meet at Edmonds City Park
Use entrance by 3rd Ave S and Pine Street. Park in the gravel parking lot. Look for us near the southern-most gazebo at Edmonds City Park. The neat thing about this meet-up is the Paint-by-Postcard Summer Watercolor Challenge artists will be there too. I will bring watercolor postcards to share in case you would like to make a few of those!
Bring a sack lunch/picnic if you would like to stay and picnic with other artists.
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Sunday, July 11
Noon - 1:30
Looking for a spot we can meet on the north end of Edmonds… any ideas?
Would love to find a place with an overlook or pretty garden, preferably both. If anyone has a location like this to share or recommend, let me know!! Respond in comments…
Will update this post when we find a place.
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Thursday, August 12
5:30 - 7pm
"Uptown" Evening Market, on 236th St between 84th Ave and Hwy 99 (behind the Safeway)
Free parking in Edmonds Lutheran church.
This is the new once per month evening farmers market. The market is 4-9, let's meet at entryway to market at 5:30. Look for Tracy and the Edmonds Sketchers sign.
Stop by ARTspot to pick up some great outdoor sketching or painting supplies. Bring your own art supplies to sketch…. and a folding chair may be handy too.
All are welcome. Bring a friend!
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Here is a flyer you can download and print. Share info with your other art groups. I also have Facebook event posts on ARTspot FaceBook page for each meet-up. If you are FaceBook-y please share.
Go forth and Make Art. Tracy
A Spring in Our Step - Edmonds Beacon, May 2021
Last Saturday was one of those spring days that goes back-and-forth between a bit of liquid sunshine and the golden kind. This month, Edmonds Sketchers met at the center of Edmonds, where 5th and Main intersect with a frothy fountain.
Everybody was out for a walk, a bit of breakfast, or some fresh flowers at the Saturday market.
Our sketching group blended in to the scene even while capturing it in our sketch books. Several artists have shown up for each event, while new people arrive each time to see what’s up.
It seems that coming out to draw in a group, even if it is an unofficial association at best, feeds our artistic souls. It felt really good to be surrounded by people celebrating spring, a beautiful place to regain our sense of community, and most of all, a feeling of hope and renewal in the fresh air.
Our next sketching event will be at Edmonds City Park, Saturday, June 17, noon to 1:30. More information and photos of our sketches can be found at www.ArtspotEdmonds.com. All are welcome. Free. No registration required.
Step by Step of my Sketch using Faber Castell Big Brush Pen in Warm Grey, Zebra PM-701 and black Kuratake permanent illustration pen. OMG I love these pens. Love... Pen nerd speaking.
I got all line work done on site, and added color later at my studio. I decided to try out the new Faber Castell Watercolor Markers we recently got in at ARTspot. The idea is to lay down color then “melt” them by applying water with brush.
Wish I would have stopped at second to last stage, because the colors muted down as I added more pigment and water. Cie la vie - that is why we continue to draw and gain more experience. Especially when trying new art supplies!
Celebrating Earth Day in the sun and fresh air cheered us all.
Plein Air sketch 8x5” Ink and Watercolor by Delores Haugland 4/22/2021
Earth Day seemed an appropriate day to meet for our second Sketching Edmonds event. The Edmonds Marina was a perfect setting. I was so pleased to see Delores Haugland join in. As we set up to focus in on a similar area of the pier with boats all around, I couldn't help but admire her confidence and style in drawing the scene.
I've admired her paintings for years, and often see her work showing across the street from ARTspot at Gallery North. This gallery has maintained a presence in Edmonds since 1961, showing work of local artists' paintings as well as sculpture, pottery, woodwork, glass and jewelry. Delores was a featured artist there during April.
It has been my hope to share some of the "plein air" sketches that are created by other artists in the group. This pen sketch with watercolor is a great example of the delightful scenes all around us in our beautiful neck of the woods. Celebrating Earth Day in the sun and fresh air cheered us all.
I would like to invite any interested artists to our next "Sketching Edmonds" event Saturday May 22, Noon-1:30. We will meet near the fountain at 5th and Main, and spread out to enjoy capturing views of the Saturday Garden Market, or historic buildings in the immediate area. All are welcome. The monthly event is free, open to all. It is non-directed. Artists should bring their own art supplies and dress appropriately for the weather.
The sun warmed our faces and the wind stayed at our backs.
I'd like to think we all have a touch of Irish, even if in spirit. The hardworking, layman's witty philosophy and love of the green applies to us artists, too. A dozen hearty souls joined me on March 17 at City Park to brave the elements and sketch outdoors. It was ARTspot's first "All-Are-Welcome" Sketching Edmonds event.
We found plenty of green, lit by spring sunshine and animated by a cool breeze. Many expressed appreciation for an excuse to be outside in the company of other artists.
My eye was intrigued by the braided bark of this large fir tree. The roots twisted to secure this hearty specimen into the moss-covered soil.
I love the symbolism of trees. They connect the earth to the sky and illustrate so clearly the cycle of the seasons. Capturing a tree's uniqueness can be as tricky as a portrait. We are all the better for trying.
Join me for our next ARTspot Sketching Event on April 22 to celebrate Earth Day. —Tracy Felix
My drawing is 7x10” using black ink pen Uniball Signo 207 with Faber Castell Polychromos color pencil on Grumbacher Mixed Media Journal 140 lb
March Sketch Edmonds in the Edmonds Beacon:
https://www.edmondsbeacon.com/story/2021/04/01/a-and-e/a-touch-of-the-green-sketching-edmonds/24761.html
ARTspot Edmonds Sketchers - April Meet-Up
Thursday, April 22, 2021 at 12 NOON – 1:30 PM PDT
Draw in celebration of Earth Day!
All Are Welcome to join fellow artists who enjoy getting outside to sketch our beautiful NW location.
300 Admiral Way, Edmonds, WA 98020-7214, United States
Find Arnies Restaurant, at the very west end of Dayton Street. Park on street, or in parking lot (read signs to make wise parking choices) or Waterfront Center next door has parking too. We will meet on back side of Arnies. It is close to ferry, pier and scenic views all around.
Bring: Your own supplies and a portable chair. A sunhat and bottle of water are nice too. Dress for weather and/or wind next to beach.
Stop by ARTspot if you need supplies. A new sketchbook and pen can inspire!
Free activity. Bring a friend.
This session is non-directed (no instruction provided).
1st outing of 2021 at Edmonds City Park
St. Patrick’s Day gave us lots of green and we were sun kissed too. Had a dozen hearty souls turn out for this free all-are-welcome drawing event. Check out some of the drawings in progress, as well as custom travel sets created by attendees. Those always capture my interest. Artists are so clever. Love you all for coming out to sketch! - Tracy
Having a place to publish sure gets you going!
Thank you to Brian Soergel at the Edmonds Beacon for inviting me to sketch for a their new column called “Sketching Edmonds.” This drawing was produced with Tombow Markers in two shades of grey + black. The color was added with Faber Castell Albrecht Durer watercolor pencils on Canson XL mixed media sketchbook paper. All supplies available at ARTspot.
Sketch by Tracy Felix
Join Tracy Felix for ARTspot Sketchers Noon: March 17 (2021)
Yup! It's Saint Patrick's Day so let's get out and find some green.
Free meet-up at the southern-most gazebo at Edmonds City Park.
Use entrance by 3rd Ave S and Pine Street. Park in the gravel parking lot.
Bring your own art supplies to sketch…. and a folding chair may be handy too.
Stop by ARTspot to pick up some great outdoor sketching or painting supplies.
All are welcome.
Front page of the Edmonds Beacon!
1st Sketch for the Edmonds Beacon
I grabbed a sunbreak this week and enjoyed a walk on our beachfront near the ferry dock. “Beach Launch” by Robert Cooke is one of my favorite Edmonds sculptures and struck me as a great subject for an outdoor sketch. I've often stopped here, but taking the time to draw made me notice the captain of the ship has a hammer in his hand, as he has just assembled the mast. Little brother is wearing scuba fins and is probably annoying his sister. It struck me that she doesn't seem to be enjoying the sailing adventure as much as her brothers.
As I was sketching, a little tyke ran ahead of his mom to play on the sculpture. Decked out in a floppy sun hat and rubber boots, he fit right in to the scene. I wish I could have drawn fast enough to add him in!
This sketch will be featured in the Edmonds Beacon February 2nd, 2021 Issue.
Supplies used: Grumbacher 9x12 Mixed Media paper with in-and-out pages, Black Pitt Pen - Fine. Windsor Newton Cotman sketching series watercolors. We carry these quality supplies at ARTspot.
Tracy Felix January 28, 2021
Drawing “The Launch.” Property of the Artist. Use with permission only.
