It’s Not Hoarding If It’s Books

This slogan on a t-shirt at today’s Hawaiʻi Book & Music Festival certainly captured the mood at the book swap tent – we could not resist browsing either, before launching our sketch activities. Festival attendees, countless canopies, and the giant trees were all popular subjects, but no match to the stoic police officer who was featured prominently in at least five sketchpads. Voices had to be raised a little at show-and-tell against the backdrop of performances at the Singer-Songwriter Competition, one of many events that vied for the visitors’ attention. The interest was mutual though: one of the local musicians even traded a CD of his music for Huong’s sketch!

As always, don’t forget to check out our sketches on Flickr and upload your own!

Make sure to stay tuned for our next event in June!

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Event this Afternoon!

Posted: May 6, 2018 | Author: Sebastian | Filed under: USkO | Tags: event announcement | Leave a comment

See you at the Hawaiʻi Book and Music Festival at 2 p.m. today! Look for our bright orange, beacon-like shirts. :)

Next Event!

Posted: April 29, 2018 | Author: Sebastian | Filed under: USkO | Tags: event announcement | Leave a comment

: 05/06/2018

Art-itectural Sketching

Posted: April 21, 2018 | Author: Sebastian | Filed under: USkO | Tags: AIA, architecture, architecture month, Fort Street Mall | Leave a comment

For the third year in a row, USk Oʻahu joined forces today with Honolulu’s AIA chapter to celebrate Architecture Month. After a friendly welcome by Mayumi (and little Mari), sketchers radiated from the AIA Honolulu Center for Architecture. Buildings along Fort Street Mall (including the popular C. Brewer building) were documented along with urban scenes, including the delivery of a fresh batch of biki bikes. The diversity of motivations and media invited lively discussion at our show-and-tell session, as well as browsing of sketch books in search of scenes captured last year from the same vantage point. Adding to the architectural theme of the event, Purnima treated us to an insightful overview of the history and architectural provenance of buildings in the area, before we wrapped up the morning with a raffle of sketching paraphernalia.

As always, don’t forget to check out our sketches on Flickr and upload your own!

See you at our next event on May 6!

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Artitecture Month!

Posted: April 14, 2018 | Author: Sebastian | Filed under: USkO | Tags: AIA, architecture month | Leave a comment

Don’t miss it – it’s artitecture month again!

: 04/21/2018

An Evening at the Capitol

Posted: April 12, 2018 | Author: Sebastian | Filed under: USkO | Tags: Art at the Capitol, state capitol | Leave a comment

Last Friday evening, I visited the Hawaiʻi state capitol building to see the artwork on display in its hallways and the legislators’ offices. It was the tenth year of the Art at the Capitol event.

Flags were flown at half-staff, as recently retired U.S. Senator Daniel Akaka had died earlier that day.

Art at the Capitol

Posted: April 2, 2018 | Author: Sebastian | Filed under: USkO | Tags: Art at the Capitol | Leave a comment

FYI: This Friday evening (April 6) is the 10th annual Art at the Capitol event!
For more information visit the following link: https://www.facebook.com/artatthecapitolhawaii/

Enjoy the local artwork on display, meet state legislators, and show your support for the arts in Hawaiʻi!

Akahele ʻike kaʻaahi

Posted: April 1, 2018 | Author: Sebastian | Filed under: USkO | Tags: Hawaiian Railway Society, locomotives, railroad, trains | Leave a comment

Our afternoon at the Hawaiian Railway Society in Kapolei started as forecasted: with lots of rain. Abundant shelter was provided though by the Society’s spacious workshop, which houses historic locomotives, cars, engines, and assorted parts of ongoing or future restoration projects. Steve, the operations manager, opened our event with an overview of the train yard and workshop, including historical background, before inviting us to explore and sketch to our hearts’ content. Sticking to script (i.e., weather forecast), the skies cleared at 2 p.m., well in time for our show-and-tell gathering among the old railway cars. Several of us could not resist the urge to learn more and boarded the 3 p.m. train to Kahe Point, complete with narration by the Society’s knowledgeable volunteers. Which is where we learned the Hawaiian words that originally adorned the signs at railroad crossings and feature as the title of this post: Watch out for the fire wagon!

As always, don’t forget to check out our sketches on Flickr and upload your own!

See you at our next event on April 21!

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