urban and wilderness sketching

I had a lot of fun sketching in Cathedral Park this month. When we passed around sketchbooks, I realized that I had fussed over my drawings and they didn't have much vitality  (except for the last one that I was rushing to do in the last ten minutes before lunch).

So, when I was hiking in Jefferson Park Wilderness this week,  I tried especially to be loose and not try to get all the details right. I was really happy with the way these turned out, and before sketching with all of you, I never would have attempted either of these views. Thank you for all the inspiration!

I have a few more sketches from the Mt Jefferson trip on my blog.