Our last get-together at the Lucky Lab worked pretty well, so we're going to try it as a regular first Monday of the month thing. We'll meet 5-7pm on Monday, May 4th, at 1945 NW Quimby St. Probably in the outdoor section, so dogs can come too. No need to RSVP, just show up and find us.
Sketch Portland with us this summer!
Join us for the 10th anniversary edition of Urban Sketching Workshops in Portland— on-location drawing series. These workshops are a chance to develop your drawing skills, meet fellow sketchers, and see your city with fresh eyes. To celebrate the 10th year of teaching Urban sketching in Portland we are going all out–offering 10 workshops celebrating the most iconic Portland’s locations and events–from Portland bridges to its gorgeous parks, river spots, festivals, and markets.
Special discount for participants, age 30 and under: Only $25 per workshop with code 30UNDER
Note that the entrance to the food carts is on NE 35th Place. Parking is mostly going to be neighborhood street parking, and there are good public transit options.
Farmhouse Carts, 2415 SE 35th Pl, Portland, OR 97214
Lindy Rutherford of Cloud Country Blueberry Farm has very graciously invited us to come sketch at her farm! She has five acres, a couple horses, a classic red barn, and other things to sketch.
We've organized two dates this summer. The June date is before blueberry season starts, so there won't be a lot of other people there, and the July date is during blueberry season, so you could also do the u-pick berry thing while you're there!
Details:
Thursday June 11 11:00 AM
Thursday July 23 11:00 AM
For both events, we'll plan on doing a throwdown around 1 (maybe followed by a picnic?) but Lindy says you can stay and sketch longer if you want to.
Cloud Country Blueberry FarmJoin us at Lucky Labrador Beer Hall at 1945 NW Quimby St for a casual drink & draw on Monday, April 6 from 5-7 PM. They don't take reservations, so seating is first-come, first-serve. We're hoping to grab a long table in the middle of this cavernous space so we can all draw the building, the food, and each other.
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The earlier start time is a bit of an experiment: Lucky Lab does fill up with groups of people playing games or doing their many interesting hobbies together. We hope that starting a bit earlier will let us get a table together, but we'll see how it goes.
No need to RSVP for this one, but we hope to see you there!
We hit it at peak this year, and with not a drop of rain! (Okay, so it was pretty cold in the morning.)
Let's try for cherry blossoms on the waterfront again. Perhaps we'll catch them in full bloom this year. Weather permitting, we'll meet at the Japanese American Historical Plaza at the foot of NW Couch at Naito Parkway. (If it's raining, under the awnings at the Oregon State University Building, directly across Naito)
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| sketch by George Schweser |
For coffee and food, there's Floyd's Old Town Coffee, The Society Hotel at NW Davis & 3rd, and the Saturday Market.
It was fun to see everyone this morning for our first ever weekday outing. It was sunny, but still pretty chilly to start out with, so some of us stayed inside the library, where it was warm, while others did outdoors scenes.
We had about a dozen people show up. Which makes organizing these extra sketch outings pretty low-stress, for any of you who'd like more sketching opportunities in your own neighborhood.
It appears that there's a great desire for sketching opportunities on weekdays. So let's try one this Friday and see how it goes.
I was going to do one at a park, but I'm having trouble believing that it's actually going to stop raining this week. So, how bout we meet at the new NW branch of the county library from 10am to noon-ish on Friday, February 27. (Edited to fix the date.)
The address is 2030 NW Pettygrove Street.
If it actually is dry, there's a plaza across the street with views of old and new architecture. There's street parking, and the NS streetcar and the 24, 77 and 15 buses all pass within a few blocks. There are restrooms inside the library, and coffee shops at 21st and Lovejoy, 21st and Quimby, and 23rd and Pettygrove.
