Last of 2015 Sketches

I had several opportunities to sketch this week, which was a great way to end the year.  Here's to many more sketches in the new year with all of you in our sketching community!  Btw, we welcome visiting sketchers as well, so if you travel to Portland in 2016 be sure and join us if you can.

Four windows across from a downtown coffee shop, each with its own story to tell.

One of those charming craftsman style doors at Timberline Lodge.

John's sketch of the architecture at Timberline Lodge.

John's sketch of the fascinating 'transformer' cornices on the Hotel Governor, now newly named the Sentinel Hotel after these robotic figures

Another sketching day in a different coffee shop presented a view of this glorious tree...I can't get enough of Portland's mature Elms.

PSU Sketchcrawl

These is something about a nice comfy bench that enhances the view in front of it, in my opinion anyway.  We found a bench and this was the view.

I did the drawing in ink but ran out of time so added the watercolor later.

Someone I know pretty well sat beside me & did this sketch--pretty ambitious, John!

I did this sketch at a Plein Air event at Tryon Creek the weekend before.  Everything had a velvety coat of moss.