Seoul Hot Pot

Not too many days will be left to do some outdoor sketching in Cleveland. This is a restaurant on Payne Ave in Cleveland's Asiatown. It's called Seoul Hot Pot, and although I've never been there, I hear a lot of good things about it. I will go at some point. There are just so many good restaurants around here to get to.

Still Life

This was a still life that I had set up for the watercolor class that I teach on Monday nights. I thought I'd change up a bit and do a still life in the sketch book.

Sketching with Friends

Mary, a photo by Maroonic on Flickr.

Pat and I sketch together at lunch some days, and sometimes Sophie joins us. We don't always sketch the same things even though we might be looking in the same direction. When we do, the results are interesting!

This statue might look similar in both sketches but our style and background varies. I often do a simpler sketch and with light color and when I look at Pat's I want to go back add lines and details and color. Sometimes I do and sometimes I leave it as it is!

Grasselli Library

 

 

One advantage to working on a college campus is that there is always something close by to sketch. The library has an outdoor reading garden and this little statue is tucked away in a hidden corner. Conveniently, there's a bench hidden back there too.

 

When the weather forces one to sketch indoors, the library is filled with stacks of books that probably make for more interesting sketching than reading.

Rockefeller Greenhouse

No this isn't the Rockefeller Greenhouse. I was up there but got called home to help out with a family logistical emergency. So here is a sketch I did up at Gardenview Horticultural Garden in Strongsville earlier that week.

Momocho Mod Mexican Restaurant

I have been to Momocho several times, and the food is always great. I highly recommend that you get a plank of guacamole with their fresh chips. I also recommend the smoked trout and the pepita crusted trout (I'm a sucker for seafood when I go out to eat). In fact, I suggest the guacamole with blue crab as well.

Sketch Crawl Saturday October 1st

Come join us as we sketch at Cleveland's Rockefeller Park Greenhouse.  The forecast for Saturday is rain so we can sketch both indoors and outdoors if the sun is shinning,  we will meet at 10am.  Hope to see you there!!!