Much of my sketching is still happening during the daily commute or various other stolen moments.
Recently, Vicky and I both managed to drop by Sunnyside Piazza during the street repainting, though we missed each other. It was a challenging scene, with a lot of fast motion, standers-by blocking the view, complex shapes of vegetation and houses all around.
I attended Wonder Northwest, a "pop culture subculture" convention. Most of my sketching happened at the "Engineering Trek in the Park" panel discussion. The Trek in the Park folks enjoyed the live sketches I did at their awesome event last year, so I was particularly happy to sketch them again!
A few of us met up to visit Wilhelm's Portland Memorial Funeral Home during their annual open house. We started off at Staccato Gelato in Sellwood, and I sketched the view down Bybee...
Alanna, Pascale, and I continued on to Wilhelm's. There was a sizable crowd already, mostly waiting to visit the Rae Room. The funeral home itself turned out to be a remarkable labyrinth of several buildings and outdoor areas all connected below with weaving, meandering corridors. There is a large fountain inside, alcoves with lovely stained glass, an outdoor pond with a stone bridge, the largest outdoor hand-painted mural in the nation, a great view of Oaks Bottom and Oaks Park, and corridor upon corridor of memorial boxes and urns.
It was a great place to visit and I'd love to go again! Next year, sketchers.
I love how you managed to capture the color and the gestures of the street painting event--what a challenge that must have been. And hey, you've gotten the rose item knocked off of the scavenger hunt list with your funeral home visit...that looks like a food cart in one of the street painting sketches too. Lovely work!
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