THREE TEAPOTS OUTSIDE FREELAND, WA. . . .

. . . and INSIDE the Senior Thrift Store. Or Island Thrift. Or whatever it is called now. At any rate, the place is wonderfully restored since their fire in the attic, and the upstairs is full of new little cubby rooms and nooks and crannies filled with kitschy stuff. So, last Friday afternoon with the Whidbey Island Sketchers, found these colorful ceramic teapots on a shelf in the "tea room" and hauled them out to the furniture section where I set them up as a still life arrangement on a table, sat in a comfortable chair, and sketched the day away. And listened to the birds and water sounds coming from a nearby electronic "painting". And to a random guy who sat down at the old upright piano and proceeded to play jazz, and ragtime, and classical and rock, all from memory. It was a terrific visit to a favorite sketching venue.
Oh, and BTW, couldn't resist buying some neat old rectangular white plates donated by China City . . .

COFFEE POT? NO. T-E-A-P-O-T-S!

Our Every Day in May Challenge for today was to draw a coffee pot. Since I don't really drink brewed coffee, the only coffee pot I have is old and stone ugly. But my teapots are spectacular. I have a lovely collection of teapots. Here are just three - a Chinese Yxing clay pot, a hand-thrown, Japanese stoneware pot that was a gift from one of my ex-students, and a bright red pot-bellied pot from the Star Store in Langley. I didn't have any Camellia Sinensis (tea) leaves, but I did have Camellia leaves from the garden, so they had to stand in.
EDM #8 - Draw a Coffee Pot