Hello everyone!
I had a great time at Manito Art Festival and it was so lovely to see all of you!
Before I get back to my London trip-here’s two cool shows here in town that include a painting of mine. First the 2nd Inland Northwest Juried Landscape Art Exhibition at the Jundt Art Gallery which runs until mid July.
“Jack Rabbit At Maryhill” is hanging in the glass fronted entryway of the Jundt Museum-last on the left side.
“Boating Bounty” is at the Spokane Art School for their Faculty and Student Show which runs until the 28th!
Our one jaunt out of London proper on this trip was a driving tour of the Cotswolds-a very picturesque section of countryside. The above sketch was done sitting in the large van we traveled in, just working in my lap.
We visited multiple towns, but never had more than 1.5 hours in each one so I did small sketches of elements that I thought were characteristic-rivers with swans, wisteria vines on honey colored limestone buildings, and fields edged with hedges and stone fences. The stone wall were dry stacked and had an interesting “cock & hen cap” meant to keep chickens from escaping.
I loved all the Queen Anne’s Lace blooming along the roads and among the stone fences. We got to the van about 10 minutes early so I managed to get this drawn out and then painted it later. A theme on this trip-getting things down in pencil and then running out of time and having to paint them later back at the flat (thank goodness they provided two tables!).
The GIANT Natural History Museum was in walking distance of our flat along with the Victoria and Albert. I did this drawing while sitting on the steps of row houses on the opposite side of the street.
St. Paul’s Cathedral Dome, sketched from a plaza after we stopped for lunch from nearby food carts.
A nearby church and one of the interior apses in St. Paul’s Cathedral. At the bottom is a person playing an organ with a black iron gate behind it and glass mosaics of Jesus on the cross. This was drawn, but not painted in the church.
This pub had interesting little private booth nooks with gorgeous stain glass which was a nice change from the usual endless wood paneling of traditional British pubs.
These drawings were both sketched while standing up, waiting in line-first to go for a ride on the Uber Boat (we went right under the Tower Bridge) and below-small elements from the incredibly elaborate front of Westminster Abbey.
I had a lot of fun wandering the local grocery stores (Sainsbury mostly) and looking for unique items. My friend Devin suggested this a Tunnock’s Tea Cakes are apparently what get put on your pillow if you stay in a hotel in Scotland. Milk chocolates with marshmallow insides-far too sweet for me, but I brought them home to my husband who promptly ate them all.
Part three of the London trip to come!