Vista Buddhist Temple

We met at the Vista Buddhist Temple for Hanamatsuri which is the flower festival celebrating the birth of Buddha.

Group Sketches

Front Row: Trixxie, Lydia, Kathy, Ida Mae
Back Row: Jose, Jennifer, John, Tamara and Patti
Not shown: Rachel and Carol

Japanese Classical Dancers

John

Jennifer and Jose

Ida Mae

Patti

Taiko Drummers
Vista Buddhist Temple Shokenji Taiko and Junior Taiko

Mission San Diego de Alcala

Lydia, Patrick, Alicia, Dominique, Doris, Kathy, Joanne, David
Kathleen, Nick, Al, Carol, Rachel, Nick
The meetup at the Mission San Diego de Alcala was touch and go due to the rain forecast. About 10 minutes after we arrived there was a very short downpour but enough to send us scurrying under the walkway shelter. We had a nice group and finished some great sketches. This mission was the first of the 21 missions and is know as the Mother of Missions.

Thank you Rachel for this photo of our sketches.

San Diego Zoo

8 Urban Sketchers met at the zoo on Friday morning to draw people, animals and plants. We had many new artists join us from the San Diego Urban Sketchers Meetup Group. In attendance:

Laurel, Kim, Kathryn, John, David, Bill, Lydia, Trixxie, and Doris

 

our sketches

 

a one minute video of our morning

 

Lionel from Australia

Many of you will remember our visitor Lionel King from Australia who visited, and sketched with the San Diego Urban Sketchers in March. He traveled from San Diego to Paris before returning to Australia.  He made a guest blog post on the Paris UrbanSketchers blog describing his  adventures and also posted his sketches.

Click or paste the link to see his post.  http://paris.urbansketchers.org/2014/04/une-visite-de-dessiner-paris-et-san.html

Oceanside Pier, Oceanside, California

The San Diego Urban Sketchers met at the Oceanside Pier yesterday. Now in its sixth incarnation (built in 1987), the pier is a popular fishing spot. Surfing is also very popular on both the North and South sides of the pier. These are our sketches:

 John

 

Veronica

 Lydia

Jose

 Jennifer

Patti

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Our video of the morning in Oceanside.