Fredericksburg Sketches

A visual Celebration of our community

By Paula Raudenbush

Hyperion

301 William St

Allman’s

This month's sketch is actually from a photo because if I had sketched from real life I would have been run over. As it was I dodged traffic to get the photo. Established in 1954, Allman's has been serving barbeque to generations of locals and visitors. I stopped in for a sandwich the other day and realized I'd never sketched it so here 'tis.

There's always a question of what to put in and what to leave out of a sketch and with this one I added some people but left them unpainted. I left out some of the buildings to the left of the restaurant but added the white tent and building behind on the right. I left this side fairly vague because the restaurant is the focus.

Stop in for a pile of minced or a sandwich with slaw. It's part of our history. Cheers! And happy Spring!

Paula Raudenbush is an admin for the Fredericksburg Chapter of the Urban Sketchers and maintains a studio in Libertytown Arts Workshop.

Our mission at B101 5 is to be part of the community whether it's supporting a run or a school festival, we love to send our B-Crew team members and Buzzy out to help bring the FUN! We are very fortunate to be involved in some of the biggest community events like The Great Train Race, The Marine Corps Historic Half, Sunshine Baseball League's Opening Day, and Stafford County's Via Colori, to name a few. We have amazing people on our B-crew and we'd like to take a moment and let you get to know them.

Amy

Bogardus

Hello, I'm Amy. I was a military brat and have lived all over the US, but never abroad. Learning new things as well as being outside are two passions of mine. I have had many jobs over the years and am currently working as a pharmacy technician. One of my favorite things to do at the B is to help host Trapper's Trivia