July 24, 2024

Photos from Sketcher Fest

Enjoy a peek into our weekend in Edmonds!

By The Art Toolkit Team

customizing a palette

Between Sketch Walks and and a busy Sketchbook Fair & Art Market, we managed to snap some photos of last weekend’s fantastic event. We were overwhelmed by your positivity and excitement for sketching together and browsing the selection of Art Toolkits, palettes, and other supplies we brought across the water to share with you all. Thank you to the dozens of volunteers, artists, and organizations who made Sketcher Fest a success!

a green palette leans against the glass of a ship's porthole
A palette in the porthole!
a boat dock and downtown city from the perspective of the ocean.
Docking in Edmonds.

Saturday Sketch Walks

A person stands in the sun with an easel, speaking to a group of seated people in the shade.
Maria presents to a group of sketchers.
two people demonstrate sketching in a park, one sketching at an easel and another standing on one leg with their hands over their head.
Maria and Che Lopez demonstrate gestural sketching.
A group of people in sunhats holding sketchbooks smile at the camera with bright blue sky behind them.
Sketch Walk participants in downtown Edmonds.
A group of people in sunhats holding sketchbooks smile at the camera with bright blue sky behind them.
We had two big groups!

Sunday Sketchbook Fair & Art Market

A view of a market table of sketching supplies in wooden boxes and little bags.
Palettes and pans to browse.
A view of a market table of sketching supplies in wooden boxes and palette trays of demo supplies.
Our table included a demo station for playing with pans!
brushes in a jar with sketchbooks on display behind it.
Demo Rosemary & Co travel brushes.
A tray of little metal pans with display cases blurry in the foreground
Event attendees had the option to build their own palette.
a beach with a ferry dock and people wandering the beach
The hazy, sunny view through the window.

Familiar Faces

It was so fun to run into so many artist friends like Brenda Swenson, Suhita Shirodkar, and Sketcher Fest Palette collaborator Che Lopez!

A person wearing an apron in the foreground with bagged palettes in the background reading Sketcher Fest Edmonds.
Maria chats with artist Brenda Swenson.
A group photo of three people, smiling wearing lanyards.
Brenda Swenson, Suhita Shirodkar, and Maria Coryell-Martin.
A table full of cups of pens and display racks of books with people lined up.
A view of our table of supplies!
two people embrace and smile, holding up a palette and bag
Maria and Che Lopez, reunited at Sketcher Fest!

Our Team

This gallery wouldn’t be complete without a group photo with the team who brought Art Toolkit to Edmonds!

a group photo of three people wearing aprons and standing behind a rack of sketchbooks
Content Coordinator Nakaia, Founder and Manager Maria, and Outreach Coordinator Cole represent Art Toolkit.
An artist sites on a rock, dipping a paintbrush in a Pocket Palette.

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