Mysterious Natalie at Mystery Weekend

Who was the mysterious little lady in the batwing glasses?  We have the evidence....

Then who was unobtrusively sketching in the corner and who is at the other end of the knees on the sofa?

hmmm....

Mystery Weekend at Studio 106 - Day 2

This is Natalie from Stanwood, the cutest detective and most mysterious character who dropped by the studio on Sunday. And what a great little model!

Natalie sat on a stool right next to Wired Wilma.

 The whole family was there!

The Paynes

The suspicious Paynes stopped in to warm up between lies. I didn't have a CLUE how to capture all the bling they were wearing.

The real Paynes

Another beautiful and mysterious lady in the studio.

Mystery Weekend at Studio 106 - Day 1

It was snowing, icy, cold, real cold. Road conditions were bad. Sidewalk conditions were bad. But the mystery solvers were out in force searching for clues.  And the REAL women of Whidbey Island Sketchers rose to the challenge and made it down to open Studio 106 yesterday. (That would be Sherryl, Diana, Wired Wilma, Hula Fish and me.)

Hula Fish likes Phyllis' book, "Sea Stories"

Special thanks to Paul G. for bringing us hot soup!

The pink azalea is still lookin' good!

Hope to see the rest of you sissies today!

Mystery Weekend in Langley

Charming Plotsylvanian teenagers,Tonya and her brother Howey, answer questions in front of Mike's Place.

49-er Monty Green looks like he could be hiding plenty of clues in that mustache.

This is James, who just happened to sit across from us. He was not an official character in the mystery, but he looked mighty suspicious to us, so we did a quick sketch. Thanks for being such a good sport, James!

This shady-looking character came and sat down next. He looked guilty of something, so we caputured him (on paper), too. He claims to have an alibi for the crime - he was working at his nursery business, Kirk's Nursery, on Maxwelton and Highway 20. Likely story.

 

After a long day of sketching, we headed to Prima Bistro for some R&R and more sketching! Michael Sheehan entertained on the guitar with some great old rock 'n roll tunes.

It was very busy at Prima Sunday night. This is the long view of tables lined up against the wall with chef, Sieb Jurrians, working back in the kitchen. We split an appetizer called "raclette," described as roasted alpine cheese with new potatoes, cornichons and speck prosciutto. I can't begin to describe how good it was. Seriously. Order it.