White Haired, Blue Eyed Beauty

Wednesday Night Life Drawing - I absolutely

loved this model! She could hold a pose (even the t-shirt over her head) for 20 minutes without moving, which is always helpful. Far more importantly, she held a grace and a body confidence that takes some of the fear out of getting older. To a woman in her 40's (me), aware that time will continue to march on from here, that's a reassuring thing to see. She was sensual and fun, and let's face it - gorgeous! And she had a good tattoo collection, which I just didn't capture in our 20 minute

poses.

Look who we ran into at the Bangkok Airport! He was on our flight Bangkok to Tokyo. I didn't bother him, but chose to stalk him from afar (like, three rows away) instead. I always thought he was a great actor, but now that I know he plays a Martin I'll be a true blue long term fan.

Sunday Sketch Date ("What's Cookin'?)

My Cookbook Shelf

Met up with Diana, Mary-Ellen and Miss Lily for a Sketch Date today. We started at Smith and Co., but ended up back at our place before the sketchbooks even came out. We had a great afternoon, in spite of Yogi wanting to be up in everyone's lap (he's 75 pounds now) and eat our pencils. I didn't get a shot of Diana's drawing before she left, but here's mine, Lily's and M.E.'s.

Miss Lily's sketch

Mary-Ellen's sketch

November Sketch Crawl

Went out on the last sketch crawl in Penticton. There were 6 of us, and we met up at the Penticton Art Gallery. The first sketch happened there, and then the chill set in and we headed to Fibonacci's to do a little inside sketch crawling. Twas lovely, and nice to spend some time with other people doing something creative. I haven't drawn a thing since, and this was months ago! Hmmm, time to get out and practice what I preach. I'm meeting up with Diana and Mary-Ellen this aft, probably at the Cannery, for a little sketch/drink coffee session.

Below are the sketches from my fellow November Crawlers:

A&EWeekend

Seeing the world around you

STEVE KIDD

Western News Staff

Watercolour sketching

might just be easier

than you think

Thanks Steve Kidd for the article in this Friday's paper. To read the article go to http://www.bclocalnews.com/okanagan_similkameen/pentictonwesternnews/entertainment/81602862.html

I have to confess I've been so absorbed in work over the past several weeks that I haven't been sketching ONCE! Time to take my own advice.

I spent a chunk of the day at Coles Book Store in Cherry Lane Mall signing copies of my book. It was great. I sold a some books, met some great people, and got a little sketching done to boot! If you missed it, I’m there again tomorrow, and at Mosaic Books in Kelowna in early December.

As I’m sitting in Coles Book Store, our Grand Re-Opening of our Chatters Salon is happening next door. We’ve been giving free cuts all day to raise money for a new CT Scan at the hospital here in town. There was a huge line up by the time we opened the doors at nine, and it’s been building ever since. The wait is a couple/few hours, and people are waiting. The stylists have been handling it like champions; quick pace but still doing great work. Lots of happy people (with great new hair!) are walking out of here today. The stylists are coming out into the mall common to catch a quick break. We have 8 chairs at this salon, and 10 stylists today, and they’re in constant motion. Go team! We ended up pulling in over $1,000 in donations.

Day 2 of the WSBJ Workshop at the PAG

Today was the 2nd half of my workshop at the Penticton Art Gallery. We went over the successes and challenges of their sketchbook experiences of the week, and then we set loose in and around the gallery. The current exhibit in the main gallery was perfect for sketching - very textural 3 dimensional work in a variety of materials. Between this and the Japanese garden behind the gallery, there was no shortage of complex subject matter! I really enjoyed this whole workshop experience. The group was fun and very keen. Some really great sketches have emerged already, and I think there’s some real interest to keep some kind of sketch group going. Stay tuned!