Drop Dead Sketchy July 2025

 

This past Wednesday was the July meet-up for the sketch group, Drop Dead Sketchy at the Detroit Shipping Company. Nothing special from me, I tell ya. I ended up doing some doodles of people milling about the tent area. I think that the guy with the baseball hat saw me sketching him and moved behind one of his friends. Oddly enough, that was one of the better sketches that I did. Oh well, fun was had!

Drop Dead Sketchy June 2025

 

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This past Wednesday was the June meet-up for the Drop Dead Sketchy sketch group at the Detroit Shipping Company. I worked a little on a book illustration and did this quick sketch of my buddies kid, Charlie. It doesn't really look like her... I was kind of focused on the hair. A fellow artist who I haven't in about twenty years showed up, so that was a pleasant surprise. 

We meet up once a month and if interested, you can follow Drop Dead Sketchy here and here. 

Drop Dead Sketchy May 2025

 

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colored pencil in sketchbook

Last night, we had our second meet-up for the Drop Dead Sketchy sketch group at the Detroit Shipping Company. It was a rainy night, perfect for sketching and enjoying the company of fellow artists. It was a slightly different crowd from the first one, but a good one. I do like that about these sketch groups... one never knows who will show up. Above is a sketch that I did of our founder and organizer, Kelly!

A view out of the front window proof of the said rain!

                                        A snapshot of a few of the attendees having a good time.

Drop Dead Sketchy April 2025

 Last night was the first sketch night for the Drop Dead Sketchy group held at the Detroit Shipping Company. There was a good turnout and all had a good time.

My first attempt at the sketching stuff was working out some designs for some book illustrations involving children and bugs. Then, an attempt at capturing some fellow arteests, Jay Fosgitt and Jim Anderson.

And an awful attempt some guy named Steve. 

Above, a pic from after we moved to a different area with better lighting. With Steve, jay and Jim, who is judging my sketchbook...

This was a good venue for our event to be held... A variety of food, a bar, plenty of seating and art all over.