Salmon Springs Crawl

We had a good turnout on Saturday despite the chilly weather.  A lot of people were walking in the area, so we had ample people-sketching opportunities, although understandably no one ventured into the fountain for a dip!  I couldn't decide whether to focus on the bridge, the fountain or the street light so got a bit of all of them in this sketch.  Besides, just a slice of the complex Hawthorne Bridge seems less daunting!  I sketched the other half at a sketchcawl a few years ago, so do I get credit for the whole thing? 

Salmon Street Springs Fountain

It was a busy Saturday, so I only popped by the Urban Sketchers meetup for about an hour. But it was delightful meeting new people as well as seeing old friends! And I managed to fill up a page before I headed out to tackle the rest of the weekend. * ¡Que sábado más ocupado! Sólo pasé una hora en la reunión de Urban Sketchers, pero fue un gran placer conocer a gente nueva y ver a los amigos ya conocidos. También logré llenar una página con dibujitos antes de correr a mis otros quehaceres para el fin de semana.

Salmon Springs Sketchcrawl

We had a chilly morning sketching at Salmon Springs yesterday. Some sketchers left earlier, but this was our remaining group by noon. It was fun to have two new sketchers show up yesterday in addition to the always welcome familiar faces.

 Here are the group sketches, including Carrie's watercolor in progress...

 and here are mine...

A few of us stayed and had a picnic lunch and eventually we were down to two. This was my last sketch, when some intrepid children were beginning to go in the water.

It was fun getting together with the Portland sketchers. Many of us are already looking forward to the next sketchcrawl.