Jan. 21 2017 Portland Women's March

Despite the crowds and rain I did get a few sketches in today. I don't usually put people in my sketches but for this I psyched myself with a look through Gabi's People in Motion Urban Sketchers book. And the event was all about the people!
It paid off for the most part....although I feel some of the sketches are incomplete.

pre colored with watercolor- ink

non waterproof ink

pre colored with watercolor- ink

Pre colored with watercolor- ink

Pre colored paper with watercolor- ink

Line to Color Workshop

I had a great time at the workshop last weekend with Frank Ching and Gail Wong.  They were able to put complex concepts into simple, understandable terms and I gained some useful sketching tips...now to try to put them into practice!

Frank Wong commenting on sketches from workshop.

Here are my sketches from Sunday, the last day of the workshop.  It was fun to have the PDX Urban Sketchers join us for the afternoon sketching session!

A Terrific Sketchcrawl on the Waterfront

We couldn't have had a more perfect day for sketching in Portland today. It was great to have the large turnout today, too. I hope that the newcomers will keep returning because it was fun to see the variety of sketches and get to talk to some of the sketchers. I also hope that folks will post their work, because we all love to look at pictures.

In order to get the ball rolling, here are a couple of my sketches from today. (Ink on the first one, watercolor then ink on the next.)

I've been in a sketching slump lately and although I haven't climbed out of it, I at least didn't rip any pages out of my book today. The sunshine, the view, and the enthusiasm of my fellow sketchers must all have helped!