Sketch Day

I've recently joined a group of painters who get together once a week to paint, draw, sketch, and generally have fun with art. This week we enjoyed a full day sketching workshop at the nearby community hall.
The instructor supplied different papers, inks, coloured markers, oil pastels, soft pastels, charcoal, conte crayon, paint, brushes, just about everything needed to make a mess!
He also provided a whole table full of sketch subjects, assorted vegetables, pottery, small model figures, shoes, hats...

We painted with brushes, and then our fingers. My fingernails are still black!

We covered the walls with newspaper and painted to music, interpreting what we heard onto the paper with paints and coloured markers. On the chair is a black marker taped to a stick, ready to start the next masterpiece. The marker was then swapped with a brush. Definitely fun!
 
At one point, we went outside to sketch trees, and locked ourselves out of the hall, so had to wait until someone with a spare access card came to rescue us. Meanwhile it was a lovely sunny day, so an extra half hour in the sunshine was very welcome.
I really enjoyed trying the different papers, and getting to play with the variety of art supplies that were available. And everyone had a different interpretation of the subject matter. What a fun day, but a lot of hard work!