sketching in the rain & Pete's visit

This week has been busy for me so I haven't had a chance to scan and post these from our local sketching groups' meet up with Pete Scully visiting from Davis CA.

It was a pretty wet day and I did attempt a few outside sketches but I was forced to be inside for some of that day. These are my attempt (or some may say my non-attempt) at sketching fellow sketchers at Floyds in the morning meet up and Old Town Pizza for lunch.

 On one of my outside excursions I did this quick sketch of the Skidmore Fountain ....always a favorite subject (another sketch was a start of a panorama of the Portland skyline seen from under the Burnside Bridge....to be shown later when completed).

It was great to meet you again Pete and share a wet Portland day with you.....and thanks for the kind remarks on your blog about our 'sweet' Portland rain.

A Soggy Saturday Sketch Crawl

Saturday's sketch crawl with the Portland Urban Sketchers turned out to be more of a sketch sit and sketch other sketchers kind of happening. That's good news for me though, I like sketching people, and with a number of willing and able subjects on hand I managed to get off a few quick ones.

 I took a break from Floyd's for a bit and wandered over to the Saturday Market and did a very very quick and very rare sketch of some kind of scenery, market stalls, and the like. I never feel comfortable drawing out in the open like that, so these quick and little sketches are all I ever end up with. At least I did something different.

It was fun to meet the intrepid urban sketcher Pete Scully and have a chance to hang with a big group of sketchers. Look forward to doing it again soon.