Artist in Residence!

(photo credit: RLide 2013)

Good news! Mark will be Artist in Residence this coming winter season at Big Cypress National Preserve (http://www.nps.gov/bicy/index.htm)!

38th World Wide Sketchcrawl!

WORLD WIDE SKETCHCRAWL #38!

The Tallahassee sketchcrawl members meet at the Tallahassee Museum www.tallahasseemuseum.org for sketching frequently. This is a big park-like environment featuring spacious natural habitats for varieties of mostly local wild animals. Many of these wonderful animals have been rescued or are in need of special/medical care provided by expert staff and volunteers. The museum grounds also feature many original historic buildings moved here from other locations including the Princess Murat's home, a church and schoolhouse. Miles of trails punctuated by sculptures take you through natural wetlands . A farm with beautiful domesticated animals is maintained by staff and volunteers. Specialists in costume demonstrate the old ways of life and share their deep historical knowledge. All year we enjoy the various exhibits and activities of the museum galleries, whose professional curators Linda Deaton and Sarah Wagoner have honored us with two exhibits. Thank you, Museum staff!

Most sketchcrawlers made 4 to 8 drawings. They were all so good it was hard to choose one each for this blog. Check for more images as they are added or go to www.sketchcrawl.com and see what people around the world were sketching on the same date we were!

 (photo by Sara Chang) Left to Right: Tim, Bob, Dede, Roger, Mary, Amy, Mark, Bill, Maria, Barbara, Melinda, Joyce; (not pictured here=Susan and Sara)

 Mary Sterner Lawson

Joyce Raichelson

Joyce Raichelson

 Mary Sterner Lawson

 Mary Sterner Lawson

 Mary Sterner Lawson

 Mary Sterner Lawson

                                                                  Amy Koontz Knippel

                                                                       Barbara Psimas

                                                                          Bill Otersen

                                                                          Bob Copper

                                                                       Maria Balingit

                                                                        Mark Fletcher

                                                                      Melinda Copper

                                                                  Mary Sterner Lawson

                                                                     Susan Swihart

                                                                    Roger Messimer

                                                                         Tim White

Mark Fletcher (I added this one today to say thanks to Manfred in Austria  for the refillable brush-pen he gave me: I used it today, and actually, almost everyday!)

                                                         Bill Otersen (photo by Sara Chang)

                                                     Dede Harter  (photo by Sara Chang)

                                                     Maria Balingit  (photo by Sara Chang)

                                                    Susan Swihart  (photo by Sara Chang)

Upcoming 2013 Exhibits!

January 11--31, 2013
Faculty Show
FAMU Foster-Tanner Art Gallery
http://www.famuart.com/fostertannergallery.htm

January-February 2013
Nomads Art Gallery, Tallahassee
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Nomads-Art-Gallery-Tallahassee/351407264927435

February 3--March 10, 2013
Sketchcrawling @ the Museum II
Phipps Gallery
Tallahassee Museum of History and Natural Science
http://www.tallahasseemuseum.org/

February 24--April 7, 2013
Poetry of Trees
Doris Ulmann Galleries
Berea College, KY
http://www.berea.edu/art/doris-ulmann-galleries/

May 2013
Generations
FSU Museum of Fine Arts
http://www.mofa.fsu.edu/

September 6--28, 2013
Salon of Six
LeMoyne Center for the Visual Arts
http://www.lemoyne.org/

World Wide Sketchcrawl number 37 October 13, 2012

Here are some results of our World Wide Sketchcrawl number 37. We had a great crawl at the Tallahassee Museum! Thanks to the museum for giving our local group free admission. The Sacred Harp singers provided the wonderful background music and "Halloween Howl" was the museum decoration theme this month (hence the pirate skeletons in our group photo).

Arrgh Mates! Shiver me pencil!

Tim White

Tim White

Barbara Psimas

Barbara Psimas

Barbara Psimas

Jennifer Clinard

Mary Sterner Lawson

Laurie McCort

Laurie McCort

Roger Messimer

 

Mark Fletcher

Mark Fletcher

 

John Bevis

Jeff Zenick

Dede and Mark

Sketch Captain Bones and Jeff

Cyber-Dave Fletcher of Vancouver's great drawing

Cyber Dave Fletcher of Vancouver, Canada and moderator of Worldwide Sketchcrawl dedicated this great drawing to us! Check out the Vancouver sketchcrawls (shortcut below) and Dave's other cool artwork on his blogs.
http://www.sketchcrawl.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=62&t=8182
http://cyberdave1.blogspot.com/
http://davidbfletcher.blogspot.com/
Thanks for all your help and encouragement our artistic endeavors, Dave!

Vienna, Austria Sketchcrawl #36 July 14 2012

Thanks again to Vienna friends Manfred, Gabi, Fanda and John for taking us to the amazing Schonbrunn Palace for Sketchcrawl!
 Much obliged to "M9fred" (here in a classic Sketchcrawl pose)--thank you

for helping us with so many things, but here are our sketchcrawl results Manfred photographed and posted  in case you missed them on the Worldwide site:

Mark Fletcher

Mark Fletcher

Fanda

Fanda

Gabi

John

Manfred

                                          Photo of Wien Sketchgroup 36

All great individuals! Thanks again, Vienna friends for your help and kindness.
For context of these drawings, please click on M9Fred's great photos on the Vienna RESULTS page:
http://www.sketchcrawl.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=62&t=8162