tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-315369452024-03-14T10:30:02.574-04:00+ SKETCH SOCIETY +A social sketching clubJohn Beattyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00499178745743256614noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31536945.post-45582106125823453842008-10-21T16:49:00.002-04:002008-10-21T16:51:20.093-04:00No October Meeting<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ0MLHzDTeETrtMXK-zv1WI5YPRc_UQyOs0If0Y6AQZ1N7PawGa2R_BK917_ET1AodHHBANsM9U7y5-hLY86FGgl9EVyOsilINLvAR3Lzqx6VPY5YDywRK8uvdyCNH-fa6qB54lQ/s1600-h/z101108sketchsociety.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ0MLHzDTeETrtMXK-zv1WI5YPRc_UQyOs0If0Y6AQZ1N7PawGa2R_BK917_ET1AodHHBANsM9U7y5-hLY86FGgl9EVyOsilINLvAR3Lzqx6VPY5YDywRK8uvdyCNH-fa6qB54lQ/s400/z101108sketchsociety.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259712200072045026" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: arial;">Hey All! Unfortunately there won't be a Sketch Society meeting this month. Watch this site for the date of the next meeting... and we hope to see you there!</span><br /></div>Craig Zablohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10350991808928451673noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31536945.post-92126511575668933312008-09-23T18:15:00.000-04:002008-09-23T18:16:21.182-04:00Sketch Society @ Earlier Time<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwM4nDbv11rzILslBz1sCRS0PFkQObmpolA6IySZ1riXRTEphIUa8ZPI8vzEfSK1y_i5JyIZ3T6ht4n2BoBgpx_WKnzCOK4NyYh2Z6rd9w_ZvGf54a2A7pV2pXRwv_qTgs7DqBIQ/s1600-h/z092308sketch_society.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwM4nDbv11rzILslBz1sCRS0PFkQObmpolA6IySZ1riXRTEphIUa8ZPI8vzEfSK1y_i5JyIZ3T6ht4n2BoBgpx_WKnzCOK4NyYh2Z6rd9w_ZvGf54a2A7pV2pXRwv_qTgs7DqBIQ/s400/z092308sketch_society.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249344079411468194" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">This Saturday</span>, <span style="font-weight: bold;">September 27th</span>, is the next meeting of <a style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" href="http://sketchsociety.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sketch Society</span></a>. The festivities will once again be held at </span><a style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=java+junction+of&near=Holly+Hill,+FL&fb=1&view=text&latlng=29253647,-81045790,9599899119967998257" target="_blank">Java Junction Donut and Coffee.</a><span style="font-family: arial;"> This month we're <span style="font-weight: bold;">meeting earlier</span> in the day. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Big John Beatty</span> and I plan to arrive by <span style="font-weight: bold;">9am... </span>and hope to see you there!<br /><br /></span>Craig Zablohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10350991808928451673noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31536945.post-85077969305735342082008-08-31T17:36:00.004-04:002008-08-31T18:04:31.545-04:00August Sketch Society Meeting<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWLdzgJxtUamoczt_u80qQWQkfKlU3yN0rFZ_Wo3cwZUZ1c-n7LVU4CBV_xc4P0uYHj_aX01cXN4PAu1zUPUSKgcGwddT-MS1ToP76OZ7W_-QcySskZp3iC2blzeBlNLEok9otmQ/s1600-h/batman_001.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWLdzgJxtUamoczt_u80qQWQkfKlU3yN0rFZ_Wo3cwZUZ1c-n7LVU4CBV_xc4P0uYHj_aX01cXN4PAu1zUPUSKgcGwddT-MS1ToP76OZ7W_-QcySskZp3iC2blzeBlNLEok9otmQ/s400/batman_001.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240799333617922338" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The <span style="font-weight: bold;">August Sketch Society meeting</span> was held yesterday at our local <span style="font-weight: bold;">Java Junction</span>. We knew that <span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://robsmithjr.com/blog/">Rob</a> </span>wouldn't be able to make it, since he was off on a <span style="font-weight: bold;">Swamp Walk</span>. Seems like most of the other members were busy as well. I'm sure it wasn't the light rain that kept everyone away.<br /> </span></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2asncYJsZ0sJpxZpeFJ9_xMkV0bA6n2SPM6B9-0ipWoSxnpogxg_ugOP856QlpWU59PHKcKENl4J1xfeq9l3Q0eSDgD90Dp_lFoWC0dn7z-0ZMSOmOBo2VZ27GnPcNkuPqP_wZg/s1600-h/hannie.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2asncYJsZ0sJpxZpeFJ9_xMkV0bA6n2SPM6B9-0ipWoSxnpogxg_ugOP856QlpWU59PHKcKENl4J1xfeq9l3Q0eSDgD90Dp_lFoWC0dn7z-0ZMSOmOBo2VZ27GnPcNkuPqP_wZg/s400/hannie.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240799067928071186" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Mark Dail, <a href="http://www.johnbeatty.blogspot.com/">John Beatty</a></span> and <a href="http://zablozone.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">I</span></a> were the only ones who made the get-together, but it was still a fun couple of hours as well laughed, discussed movies, comics, politics and more. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Mark</span> brought the latest issue of <span style="font-weight: bold;">Rough Stuff</span>. It's a really cool magazine. <a href="http://www.bobmcleod.com/roughstuff.htm"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Here's a link</span></a> to it. Anyway, we got to talking about how the title could be misconstrued -- then that led to the idea of a talk show/pod cast: <span style="font-weight: bold;">Rough Stuff with Bob McLeod</span>. After than it was all over. Something as silly as saying <span style="font-weight: bold;">"Rough Stuff with ---"</span> and we were all laughing like we were back in middle school. </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Of course while all the nonsense talk was going on, <span style="font-weight: bold;">Mark</span> and <span style="font-weight: bold;">Beatty</span> were sketching away. I would have been live blogging, but the connection was down.<br /></span></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifZyeP-bE76nHsLxTW9Ya-_vmFBVYDIRkV1UxxUm6Y5NdqsCBldv-Re1bYlEP7utRhjY5AvMe6IiWYCkQKXTbRxXnnCadfN9OU-NKBJL00uqhXIDox2Uo-rTmQpEysdAmhRaeOkQ/s1600-h/0808Mark_Beatty.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifZyeP-bE76nHsLxTW9Ya-_vmFBVYDIRkV1UxxUm6Y5NdqsCBldv-Re1bYlEP7utRhjY5AvMe6IiWYCkQKXTbRxXnnCadfN9OU-NKBJL00uqhXIDox2Uo-rTmQpEysdAmhRaeOkQ/s400/0808Mark_Beatty.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240798977634870322" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Big Beatty</span> worked on the <span style="font-weight: bold;">Batman</span> comission that is pictured at the top of the page. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Mark</span> was inspired by a photo of <span style="font-weight: bold;">Rachael Welch</span> in <span style="font-weight: bold;">"Hannie Caulder"</span> and finished the piece above. I took the photo o</span>f <span style="font-weight: bold;">Mark</span> and <span style="font-weight: bold;">Beatty</span> lookin' all content after a nice sub sandwich lunch and a lot of laughs. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Our next <span style="font-weight: bold;">Sketch Society</span> meeting is scheduled for <span style="font-weight: bold;">September 27th</span>. Until then, it's... <span style="font-weight: bold;">"Rough Stuff with Bob McLeod." </span> If that made you smile, you'd fit right in at one of our get-togethers. If you didn't smile, then I guess you just had to have been there.<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /></span></span></div>Craig Zablohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10350991808928451673noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31536945.post-31124401744017255132008-08-28T16:28:00.002-04:002008-08-28T16:34:29.394-04:00Sketch Society Saturday!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgic82e5TBungdd6_P3FBy5PimdeVc_BwxgSeI_f-5V33jBB17HIb22wBU8qxa6Dg7IRqpNyfD_-3dOXlz-cNFOX75IEoCH1MMp_lZjFLkmEILtgccAKb8okrPJpNd14td_s_0mVA/s1600-h/z042308sketch_society.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgic82e5TBungdd6_P3FBy5PimdeVc_BwxgSeI_f-5V33jBB17HIb22wBU8qxa6Dg7IRqpNyfD_-3dOXlz-cNFOX75IEoCH1MMp_lZjFLkmEILtgccAKb8okrPJpNd14td_s_0mVA/s400/z042308sketch_society.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239668698899704482" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Saturday</span> is the next meeting of <a style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" href="http://sketchsociety.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sketch Society</span></a>. The festivities will be at </span><a style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=java+junction+of&near=Holly+Hill,+FL&fb=1&view=text&latlng=29253647,-81045790,9599899119967998257" target="_blank"><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Java Junction Donut and Coffee</span>.</a><span style="font-family:arial;"> <span style="font-weight: bold;">I plan to arrive</span> between <span style="font-weight: bold;">12:30 and 1. </span><a style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/00499178745743256614"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Big John Beatty</span></a> plans to be there a bit earlier. So come and join us!<br /><br /></span>Craig Zablohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10350991808928451673noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31536945.post-31851127571997029072008-08-20T07:01:00.008-04:002008-08-20T07:50:37.178-04:00A Picture is Worth...<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw7zDf81YtN5Bqxz4yx3BYba6RjYGelrw0QUUf8l8tLd6YZ3jA6xw4_fR2KshyphenhyphenKGzO3oqXaa6sQoK0o_aXS33nLE_P94sBBrPFU_x8axOkTNp5Yy8MfhpcYUPJU8Dhl-ce0blzGg/s1600-h/100_0969.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw7zDf81YtN5Bqxz4yx3BYba6RjYGelrw0QUUf8l8tLd6YZ3jA6xw4_fR2KshyphenhyphenKGzO3oqXaa6sQoK0o_aXS33nLE_P94sBBrPFU_x8axOkTNp5Yy8MfhpcYUPJU8Dhl-ce0blzGg/s400/100_0969.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236557999755309986" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Hey Gang! Since <span style="font-weight: bold;">John</span> spoke about my photos in his previous post, I thought I'd share a few. We held our first <span style="font-weight: bold;">Sketch Society</span> get-together two years ago!</span></span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivVYLi9hpUiKW5yD5vMm1ktmBkrSpZbvvtbcbJNyI84X4aGTvsG_y4Mu0vHDY5a0wpHQv70E-gknE51AfjHbg3V-paaTphxUpyx3j3-9qrfEtUo_sgmMcJUvwvI6uYKfsXqK92/s1600/z042608sketch2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivVYLi9hpUiKW5yD5vMm1ktmBkrSpZbvvtbcbJNyI84X4aGTvsG_y4Mu0vHDY5a0wpHQv70E-gknE51AfjHbg3V-paaTphxUpyx3j3-9qrfEtUo_sgmMcJUvwvI6uYKfsXqK92/s1600/z042608sketch2.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Back then it was a sporadic event, but because it was so much fun and everyone wanted to do it more often, we decided to meet monthly last year. </span></span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4379/3235/400/100_0667-copy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4379/3235/400/100_0667-copy.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-family:arial;">We chose that the <span style="font-weight: bold;">last Saturday of the month</span> as the date for our informal gatherings. Most folks roll in between 12:30 and 1 and the party usually breaks up around 4 or 5pm. </span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></span></div><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4379/3235/1600/z081306rob_cadrecorn.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4379/3235/1600/z081306rob_cadrecorn.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-family:arial;">The group selected the </span><a style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-family: arial;" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=java+junction+of&near=Holly+Hill,+FL&fb=1&view=text&latlng=29253647,-81045790,9599899119967998257"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Java Junction in Holly Hill</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> as the meeting spot. The food is good, inexpensive and the place enjoys having us. Nearly everyone that shows up has lunch [the sandwiches are really good] or purchases a snack, so it's a great deal all the way around. We have a location with room to spread out, wireless internet and it doesn't cost a thing.</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4379/3235/1600/z081306whiting.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4379/3235/1600/z081306whiting.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Because we're a loose-knit group, there's no membership, <span style="font-weight: bold;">no dues</span>, no one calls the meeting to order and <span style="font-weight: bold;">no rules about what you draw</span>. You <span style="font-weight: bold;">show up when you want</span> [most folks attend regularly] and <span style="font-weight: bold;">draw / sketch / paint what you want</span>.</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4379/3235/1600/z081306cadre_leg.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4379/3235/1600/z081306cadre_leg.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">We've had "meetings" where members were working on everything from <span style="font-weight: bold;">Marvel Sketch Cards</span> to <span style="font-weight: bold;">political cartoons</span> to <span style="font-weight: bold;">figure studies</span> for art class to whatever came to mind. The members of the group range from <span style="font-weight: bold;">professional artists</span> with years of experience to <span style="font-weight: bold;">high school and college students</span> just discovering their talents. </span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4379/3235/1600/z081306beatty_group.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4379/3235/1600/z081306beatty_group.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">So, if you're at all interested -- our next meeting will be <span style="font-weight: bold;">August 30th</span>. You'll hear more about it here -- and we hope to see you there!</span><br /></div>Craig Zablohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10350991808928451673noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31536945.post-27089888156623429642008-08-19T10:41:00.004-04:002008-08-20T08:29:24.221-04:00August "Sketch Society"<div align="justify">Hey Gang-<br /><br />Looks like we are a 'go' for this month. As usual, we will meet on the last Saturday of the month.<br /><br />This will be August 30th.<br /><br />I'll be there probably around 11:30-12:30 depending on what I need to do before I can slip out to the Java Junction and get started.<br /><br />I've added our Pal, <a href="http://www.zablozone.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Craig Zablo </a>to become a moderator here also, so he's on board for posting and doing follow up reports of the meets and the people who showed up...and maybe some who didn't?<br /><br />Craig also likes to take photos of the meets to pepper his reports with images, so he'll be posting up you, me, and anyone else he can get shots of. He's light on his feet so if you're camera shy, beware his ninja paparazzi style.<br /><br />Anyway...hopefully we can continue and grow to a good core group.<br /><br />I have plans of putting in some other meets, maybe evening time, later...but for now...let's do this!<br /><br />Thx-<br />-JB</div>John Beattyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00499178745743256614noreply@blogger.com0