Your Place to Draw: Wednesday Night Drawing Group

Monday, June 3, 2019

It's a Wednesday night at the Arts Council of Southeast Missouri on Spanish Street in downtown Cape Girardeau, and local artist Craig Thomas is directing model Sarah Keith as she positions herself at the front of the room. Four other artists are taking out their drawing materials and getting situated at desks arranged in a semi-circle facing Keith. Attendance is light tonight -- usually there are about eight artists present. Still, the artists talk easily with each other, helping Keith find an interesting pose they want to draw.

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