Canvas Art Bar

Stopped in at the Canvas this past Monday. Enjoyed drawing the model. Came away with one sketch I think is worth posting. Hoping to get out to more of these live model sessions. They seem to be very helpful and I enjoy them quite a bit.

more 'walking in Reynolds footsteps'

I got a late start this day. Started a sketch of the Everett Hotel - but I wasn't feeling it. So after meeting up with the other Urban Sketchers to get some food, I went back to tackle it again from a different angle. The darker colors on the paper seemed to be appropriate to the darkish and damp sketching day in Portland.

Following Reynolds 'Old Town' sketches

These are two hotels that Reynolds sketched for his book. I copied out the adresses and set out intending to sketch them too if they still existed.
It was a pretty cold day in Portland so I decided to put the color on the paper before I ventured out to sketch (in the warm space at Stumptown Cafe)...this is closer to Tia's actual technique (putting down random color and then choosing which paper to work on when on site) than I have used before and I am pretty pleased with the results. Maybe it was just beginners luck but the color and shapes seemed to work out fine. In this sketch I positioned my view to accommodate the darker color brown I had already set down on paper.

This corner also is home to the Sisters of the Road Cafe.

Skidmore Fountain

I used Tia's color technique on this drawing with a little modification....I set up the subject and then put the color down on the paper where I think it will be in the final drawing. Then while waiting for it to dry I do a small sketch of it to get warmed up. The color doesn't fall into place most of the time but I like the result.