White Eagle Saloon, N Russell & N Mississippi

Vicky and I were starting our sketches of the White Eagle Saloon when a car parked and blocked our view....some poor planning on our part but we kind of felt that he could have chosen another parking spot one car back. Oh well! This drawing was well enough along to feel OK about it in this state. I then added a map of the site...I have been wanting to do something with maps for some time. It didn't exactly turn out as I'd hoped but the idea is still gelling and so there will be other opportunities.


I loved the area around N Russell and think it has lots of potential so I will be going back there to explore some more. All told a 'good day'.

White Eagle, Alanna's perspective

Twelve portland sketchers descended upon the White Eagle Hotel and Cafe to do some urban sketching at 10am on a Saturday in September.

It is so much fun to see this group grow in numbers and in energy! I'm pleased that we are all not only enjoying each other's company while sketching, but also starting to talk about other common interests, such as books. I love it!

Here's to many more awesome sketching sessions (aka sketchcrawls) with some amazing people.

And speacial thanks to the folks at White Eagle for not only serving all 12 of us an amazing lunch, but also for their enthusiasm for our sketches!

White Eagle

Here's my (crookedly cropped) sketch of the White Eagle from Saturday. The shadows and perspective are off, but I like the power lines. Now I want to go back and try it all again.

I did a sketch/journal type thing too, that's on my blog (Draw2C) if you're interested.

It was a fun to be out with all you sketchers!

My Miss-Spent Youth

Lunch at the The White Eagle

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Kalina was admiring the single malts in the cabinet with leaded glass doors.

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White Eagle

Here is our group hard at work on Saturday Morning, sketching the White Eagle Saloon and Hotel. From left to right are (I think) Anne, Jennifer, Kalina, Jason, Vicky, Janene and Louise. I apologize if I got that wrong and sorry Jason kind of got smeared by the photostiching. Also present, but not pictured were Alanna and Carrie.


Here are the two sketches I did.




After doing the first one I wandered down to Interstate Ave to sketch this chimney thing. Not sure what it's for.

White Eagle Saloon

White Eagle Saloon, originally uploaded by jswalkky.

This old tavern, built in 1905, is in the industrial part of town and has quite a checkered past.  It is two blocks from a huge rail yard, and used to be frequented by very tough characters indeed but is now owned by McMenamins and has been beautifully restored.  We spent a fun morning sketching the building, then headed inside to pass around our sketch books and get a bite to eat. Portland, OR, USA