One last Chance to see the Sketchbook Project in Seattle-Today from 11-3!

Today is the last day of the Seattle leg of the 2014 Sketchbook Project Tour. The Mobile Library will be at the Olympic Sculpture Park pavilion from 11 am–3 pm

The Mobile Library just before opening on Friday.

A line forms right away. You can check in by smart phone if you like.

The museum has tables and chairs set up under the pavilion roof.

We met this lovely married couple and asked them to pose with their books.

Here I am on Friday, checking out my book. Weather should be great today! Photo by MK Buike

 I went back for three consecutive days to sketch this three page fold out at Jennings Park in Marysville last summer. See the location shot I took while painting it last summer, here.

Update: 9:00 pm Saturday

I get an email notification whenever my book is checked out and viewed. Quite a few this tour. Thanks so much to those who took the time to pick out my book and view it. I trust you enjoyed wandering through my sketches as much as I did making them.

There are three more stops in the tour, one in Chicago and two in Ontario. Then it's back home to the Brooklyn Art Library. 

The Sketchbook Project is a Brooklyn-based, crowd-sourced library of over 32,000 sketchbooks submitted by people of all ages and backgrounds from 135+ countries. Each year the Project takes a portion of that collection out on the road in their Mobile Library which travels with over 4,000 books to visit museums, galleries, and other great spaces across the United States and Canada. Explore the collection or contribute to it while the Sketchbook Project visits the Olympic Sculpture Park.

Speaking of Urban Figures

Speaking of urban figures, at least two of my Seattle students visited the Sketchbook Project Tour on its first day at the downtown Seattle Public Library. I got a fabulous report from Susie Rogers, who was there with Jean. She even made a sketch! These are her sketches.

Sketches by Susie Rogers

Here's an excerpt of  her report:

Hi Michele!  Jean and I went to the Sketchbook Project today. It was their first day of using a new computer system for checking out the books and they were having some trouble. It will be helpful if you bring a copy of your sketchbook's UPC code with you.

We saw lots of fun sketchbooks and I wish that we had more time to browse. They had to shut down early at three because of their location on 4th avenue. We went to the "lecture" which was held at 1pm on the 4th floor.  . . .they did give us $10 gift certificates to Daniel Smith!
Jean and I did a little sketching afterwards and a library employee came by and took a photo of me sketching the mobile library to use on their Twitter feed.  Ha!

The heat wasn't bad at all, since it's pretty shady downtown.  We got down there around 12:45 and left at 3.  There were quite a few people, but according to an Urban Sketcher that we met, their whole group is coming tomorrow after they sketch at Pike Place Market- so it might be more crowded!  The library could have brought out more tables and chairs- they just had one!  I didn't realize that the food truck was a special addition for this event.  We already ate lunch before we left.

Have fun tomorrow!

Susie

See the Sketchbook Project in Seattle with us on Friday

Remember the highly encouraging suggestion I gave during watercolor class last year about joining the Sketchbook Project 2014? :) Did you do it?

Get ready to see the results! Judy Gowdy and I plan to visit the Mobile Library Tour at the downtown Seattle Public Library, on Friday, July 11, at 1pm. The Mobile Library (and a food truck) will be parked on 4th Ave. It will be open from noon to 4pm.

Update: I just discovered that if you are planning a visit to Brooklyn Art Library or one of the Mobile Library events, you may use the Digital Library’s ‘Queue’ function to start your own list of books that you want to check out in person.

The library is running a related program from 1-2pm on the 4th floor, with materials provided by Daniel Smith. It's all three days of the tour, July 10, 11 and 12.

Tina Koyama, of Urban Sketchers Seattle, and I thought it would be fun to meet up, check out our own sketchbooks and get our pictures with them. If you plan to meet us there, please let me know!

Even if you aren't able to join us, let us know your name, city and theme of your sketchbook so that we can check it out! (You can put that information in the comments below or email them to me.) We don't want to miss anyone.

All Green

All green.......that's what you see. And then, you realize this little ranch house is tucked away in the perfect spot off the road at Kualoa ranch.

I finally had an opportunity to sketch this for my 2014 Sketchbook Project.

It's just the left side of the 7x10" composition.

This sketchbook is currently on an international tour. Head to the official tour page for even more details. 

Cafe society

Here is another page from my 2014 sketchbook project.

It's fun to combine two favorite pastimes, people watching and sketching while enjoying a break at a restaurant.

All Perked Up

All Perked Up used to be the name of this coffee stand. I remembered the cute coffee pot shape while reminiscing about those restaurants shaped like milk bottles, teepees, dinosaurs, etc.
It was a fun part of traveling during my childhood.

This coffee stand has changed hands and been repainted. The whole idea of drive through espresso has taken a turn in recent years, too, but that's another subject. :)