What would Choochokam be without food

An attempt at drawing 'Puddle People'

Choochokam 2012 Artists and Models

I had fun drawing the models and the artists today at Choochokam.

Chris Adams, who can hold a pose for an hour and half with no breaks, no complaints

Artist Cheryl King, on break at Mo's

Faye drawing a model

sketching at the festival

Sketches from Choochokam

Sketched a little at Choochokam, among all the OUTSTANDING painters from Whidbey Island Fine Arts Studio.  Daunting. 

Here are young Romeo and Juliet, arranged on a chaise. 

Choochokam

Sketches from the Langley Artists Connect booth at Choochokam.

Brooke from 12th Night

Stripes & Sunflowers

Christina from Oliver

Sara and Megan from Oliver

Sketching Choochokam

Mega and Sara, dressed in 19th century costumes, looked the part of the period. They sat quietly several minutes at a time while sketchers and artists painted them. The sun was behind them creating soft shadows on the front of their bodies.



Ten-year-old McKenna was a great model -- colorfully dressed against the yellow chair and sitting in the shadow of the blue screen behind her.

Sketchers at Choochokam 2011

Kris sketching Henry Stinson
painting a model at Choockokam 2010

Join us in Langley this weekend at the 37th annual Choochokam Music and Arts Festival where we'll be sketching costumed characters from WICA (Whidbey Island Center for the Arts) and South Whidbey Childrens' Theater productions. What fun! Look for the sketchers (along with many other artists-in-action) at one of the Fine Art Demonstration tents, Saturday and Sunday, 10 am to 5 pm.

Life's a Poodle at Choochokam

Away from the crowds and behind the Life's a Poodle booth at Choochokam (aka the 2nd annual Choochokam /Poodletini Party), the music was mellow and the garden cool. Life's a Poodle raises awareness about kids with learning differences. Their logo hat caught my attention as a manageable thing to sketch.

Julie's Choochokam - First Street

Julie Pittis has been sketching with us for more than a month and has finally let us post one of  her sketches! This is her sketch of First Street during Choochokam on Saturday. She did a beautiful job of capturing a lot of information. I love the people and all the little details - like the street lamp and the dog and the Dog House in the distance. More of Julie's sketches coming soon!

Choochokam

I spent my time drooling over a red motorbike and the setting sun on GHL.  Sunday, I went to Useless Bay coffee and sketched the artists playing music and the dancers.  There are two more sketches on my blog.  Pat Brookes

Choochokam Catch-Up

Posting the few drawings I did at Choochokam. I sketched people watching the artists work and Henry Stinson painting portraits. Also a couple of his models.

This ferry scene is unrelated to Choochokam. I just like it.

Getting Loose at Choochokam

My Choochokam sketches are all pretty rough and loose. Here's some of the Saturday action at the Whidbey Island Fine Art Studio "Artists in Action" booth.  To protect the innocent, I have withheld the names of my unsuspecting victims.

The beer garden:

The band warms up for the Saturday night street dance.

These two teenage girls were colorful and adorable as they watched the dance. My favorite sketch of the day.

At 9 pm, the sun was long gone and it was getting chilly and breezy. This Michael Jordan fan watched the dance from the sidelines in his basketball jersey and shivered.

More people watching the street dance. Biker Bob is in this sketch twice. He actually wanted to buy the sketch. I'm going to give it to him.