Readers might assume that the little Drawing Group of 3 is no more, but it is this reporter who is to blame for not representing our work for these many months! Through Covid, and through crazy Pacific NW winter weather, we have persevered and met whenever the 3 of us were all available. Here is proof that our pens and pencils are still at work (and our friendship is stronger than ever):
We settled in at a throw-back style café in the Greenwood district of Seattle, ordered our lattés and mocha, and shared the news of our week with each other. Then, I plucked this lantern from the back of our booth and proposed that we all draw it. We dove in, sipping our confidence-building beverages before putting pen and pencil to paper. Above, a trompe-l'oeil journal entry was added to the pencil drawing done on-site.
Because we were drawing the lantern from 3 seats around a square table, our perspectives were different. It's always fun to compare the challenges we encounter as we begin to record what we are viewing. Above, this drawing started as a pencil sketch and was later inked in.
My lantern is the bottom one, all sketchy because often (not always) I like to start right in with ink. We have talked about adding color to our lanterns but for now they shall stand as they are, mementos of two hours spent sipping, sharing, and studying an old relic.
Jocelyn Curry 
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