N. Mississippi

We had good weather (OK, it could have been a touch warmer) and a fine bunch of sketchers turned out, including a fair scattering of new people.  It was great sketching with you all, and seeing what everyone did.

Hawthorne Asylum Throwdown

We had a lovely summer evening sketching the scene at the Hawthorne Asylum Food Cart pod. Thanks for coming and stay tuned for the next SE Sketch.

September 19 Sketchcrawl - N. Mississippi

sketch by Amy Stewart

It's been a few years since we did N. Mississippi, and it feels like time to got there again.

The #4 bus runs along Mississippi. In a pinch, you can also take the Yellow MAX to Overlook and cross over I5 on the Failing St pedestrian bridge.

There are coffee shops all up and down the street, with, presumably, restrooms.  There's also a public restroom at the nearby food cart pod, at Mississippi and Skidmore.

• 10 AM: Coffee and introductions in front of Broder Nord, 3765 N Mississippi Ave
• Noon: Throwdown at courtyard next to Broder Nord (in front of The Meadow)
• 12:30-ish: Optional lunch at the food carts at Mississippi and Skidmore

Sept 14 SE Sketch

Join us for the next SE Sketch on Sept 14 from 5-7 pm at the Hawthorne Asylum Food Cart Pod on 10th Ave and Madison. The Asylum is a very lively spot with lots of food trucks, interesting objects to draw, tons of seating, and plenty of opportunities to practice drawing people. There's bike parking at the pod and a bus stop one block away at 12th and Madison. See you there.

September 8 (Tuesday!): NW Quimby Lucky Lab Drink & Draw

We decided to still have the September drink and draw in NW, but slipped it a day, to avoid Labor Day.

Sept 8, 5-7pm.

Lucky Labrador Beer Hall, 1945 NW Quimby

Rainbow Road Sketch throwdown

From Maria:

We had a perfect summer evening for sketching people, buildings, and the happening scene at the Rainbow Road Plaza on Ankeny Street. 

Riverplace

 It was a great day for sketching.  Granted, it was overcast and a little subdued, but that meant we weren't baking in the sun.  While some of us did the nearby architecture and some of us trooped off to do the nearest crow sculpture, it seemed that most of us did the river.  With half turning left to do the Hawthorne Bridge, and the rest turning right to do the Marquam.

SE Sketch August 17

Join us for the next SE Sketch at the Ankeny Rainbow Road Plaza on Monday, August 17, from 5 to 7 pm. The rainbow plaza is always fun and a great place to sketch people, buildings, and food. Good food options available. Right on the bike lane with plenty of bike parking. Multiple buses stop nearby. The plaza is a pedestrian zone located at 2720 SE Ankeny Street. 

Farewell to Lloyd Center

It was crazy, it was a party.  Actually, it was a wake.  People writing remembrances on the wall, and confiding them to strangers.  A man singing opera on the spiral staircase, another perched on a wall in the food court, pecking out poems on an old-fashioned typewriter.  The few stores still open were having deep sales, trying to get rid of their inventory.  And I have no idea where the line for carmel corn ended.  The rink was filled with skaters, some in costume and some with soap bubble guns.  The mall walkers were dancing through.  And everyone else walked aimlessly around, drinking in their very last visit to this mall.