Sketching at the canals

Hello! This is Nancy, the other teacher adviser for the AV urban sketcher club. I am actually an English teacher who saw this group of sketching students last fall and wanted to learn how to sketch myself! It's been fun growing alongside my students and learning from the fabulous Ms. Lowe, art teacher extraordinaire. :) This is a sketch from the Venice canals. You can see two of our other sketchers working on their craft (that's Jose DB in the corner!)

Just a lazy afternoon at home.

Hi, it's Julia here! Last week, the Urban Sketchers went to the Venice Canals which have some of the most unique and diverse homes along with idyllic scenery.  This house had a style that interested me and I was happy with what I got out of it! I'm excited to continue to get better and I hope you'll enjoy seeing my improvement. :)

Animo Urban Sketchers at the Venice Canals

Just a short walk from our high school are the famous Venice, CA canals.  We took advantage of the extra light before Daylight Savings in November and enjoyed an hour or so out in our neighborhood. 

                                          drawing people at the Talking Stick Lounge

                                           Model in a classroom

ANimo Urban Sketchers 2012/13

First Thursday sketch off campus.  @Abbott Kinney.   It was a great day on Abbott Kinney!  After a short walk from school and some last minute instructions the students moved off to draw on location.  Student upload day is scheduled and coming soon. 

We also chose our officers with Gabi Sarni (12th grade) as Club President and Cloe Nomic (10th) as club VP!

We have an amazing group this year!

Graduation.

On our last outing before school ended I had the students practice an exercise that I learned at the USK Symposium in Lisbon last year.  We rotated through each others sketchbooks every couple of minutes.  This is my sketchbook as completed by Carla, Cloe, Gabriel, Tyler, Jose, and others. 

It was with great pride and honor that I watched as Animo Urban Sketchers first President graduated on June 7th.  Carla will be attending college and continuing to sketch.  I'm sure she'll guest artist with the AVCHS USK group when back in town during breaks. I am looking forward to her future participation at a Symposium.