It was just before Christmas we had Year-end sketch session at Marunouchi, Tokyo with Paul Wang from Singapore. You might have red the report (by Momoko-san's post), it was such a fun time especially in the morning most of members got together in the terrace of Shin- Marunouchi building to capture Tokyo Station, there participants were able to see Paul in action since they shared a table. Unfortunately I had class to teach in the morning so I missed most of morning session.. But in the afternoon, I was privileged to sat next Paul to capture Marunouchi Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum scenery, then I was able to observe Paul's carefully applied watercolor strokes so close. Throw down is next fun thing, but seeing directly in action is the best! How influential to sketch together! I enjoy including him in my sketch. It was almost twilight then, we called it a day.

年末のバタバタですっかり更新が遅れてしまいましたが、12月の月例会とその翌週に急遽行った丸の内スケッチ会のレポートです。合わせて、USk Japan運営メンバーからこの一年を振り返っての挨拶も載せているので、ぜひ最後までお読みください:) Sorry for this late posting (December is a busy month for the Japanese), but here is my report on December’s monthly meet-up and the special sketch outing at Marunouchi we had a week later. Also, there are greetings from the organizing members to wrap up this year at the end of the post. Hope you enjoy reading. All the photos in the post were by Kumi, Naoko, Casey, Tetsu, Shin, Lavinia, or me. I don't know which is whose anymore because there are too many photos. 12月、今年最後の月例会は、いつもの街中を散策するスケッチ会ではなく、こちら四谷ひろばにて交流会を行いました。 As our last monthly meet-up of 2019, we had a special exchange meeting at Yotsuya Hiroba. 四谷ひろばは廃校になった小学校を利用したコミュニティスペースで、見ての通り小学校の施設がそのまま残った、味わいのある場所。以前よりUSkJと交流のあるデッサングループ、四谷デッサン会さんの協力により、今回この四谷ひろばでの交流会が実現しました。あらためて四谷デッサン会さんへ感謝申し上げます。 Yotsuya Hiroba is a community space renovated from an abolished elementary school and retains th...