Yesterday afternoon, I arranged for the Colchester Sketchers to
sketchcrawl at the bottom of the High Street. Tucked down a lane is the
Coffee Cube café, which is where we arranged to meet. After a week
that saw sleet and rain, we were amazed to have a blue sky and
sunshine, so half of us sat outside to sketch the castle.
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| First sketch underway. |
Being the organiser, I spent more time talking than sketching at the
meeting point, but did manage to spend half an hour on my sketch of the
castle. Luckily, as the sun disappeared behind the clouds, it was time
to move on.
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| My first sketch |
Our second location was Hollytrees Museum, which is a museum of domestic
life and childhood. Several of us were attracted by the Alice in
Wonderland temporary exhibition.
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| The Queeen's croquet game. |
Our final location was the new Tiptree Tearoom at the Minories Gallery. I
think we were all so interested in each others sketches and having some
tea, that nobody sketched there. I plan to return another day as the
choice of teas and cakes demand a proper "sketch" visit.
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| Colchester Sketchers (minus Johnny) show off their sketches. |
