Lan Su Chinese Garden

I finished a sketch that I started at the Chinese Gardens

during the free admission week. It was too cold to finish

it outside. I loved that place so much I would like to become

a member!

another of Reynolds subjects 'the Paris Theatre'

It was a really wet day for sketching but I found a convienent awning on a local resturant to hide under . This sketch is on another of those pre colored pages and I chose it because the blue stripe fit the signage on the building across Burnside....not that you can see it clearly but then it was that kind of day. I made a few attempts to sketch other locations in Reynolds' book but the wet weather sabotaged me and my pens! I gave up and met with the other sketchers at Deschutes Brewery....

Norton House

I finally finished one of the sketches that I started

during one of our "Old Town" sketchcrawls. This

is the Norton House on SW 1st and Couch. Floyds Coffee

shop is on the North side of this building.

Expeditions and Experiments

While the Portland Urban Sketchers have visited Old Town several times lately and there's plenty to sketch, the wintry weather makes it challenging to settle in and I'm getting less done over the course of the day. Quite a few outings have generated only these few outdoor drawings. Ah well, it's still fun!



We often end up drawing indoors. These are from Old Town Pizza.



The Lan Su Chinese Garden is a great sketching location, offering infinite gorgeous vistas and some shelter from wind and rain. These were drawing using new Christmas acquisitions, both of which I have recently reviewed elsewhere: the Hero M86 Chinese calligraphy pen and the Coleman Woodsman II chair.



Even with the shelter of the Chinese Garden, the cold gets to us and we always end up back at a cafe. We're lucky to have Backspace cafe, which has both a good view of the outside and an interesting interior to sketch.