Small boats and William Temple House again

 This past weekend Riverswest (a group dedicated to small boat building and of which Curtis is a member) in conjunction with the Portland Wooden Boat Festival put on their annual Family Boat Build. Twelve families participated and all successfully launched their new craft on Sunday afternoon. I was there Sunday morning to sketch the boats in their final stages of construction under a big tent at Willamette Park.

 Today I returned to the William Temple House to complete the drawing that I had started on June 30th. And while I was there I couldn't resist doing another of the incredible architecture...roofs at extreme angles (a view that is exaggerated since I was looking up) and impossible junctures. The possibilities are endless...what fun!

Scavenger Hunt - Watercraft

Earlier this month on one of May's sunnier days I flitted about town sketching this, and sketching that. Sketched and painted these boats that afternoon. I don't think I had ever tried to sketch a boat before. A lot going on there. I'm just really looking forward to another nice day where I have time to chill out on the waterfront again... c'mon sunshine!!

Watercolor and ink in Moleskine watercolor sketchbook

Scavenger Hunt Item 13: Watercraft

We had a lovely solar eclipse this past Sunday. I was lucky enough to be sitting along the riverbank with my eclipse-viewing glasses, alternating between watching the sun getting nibbled away to a tiny sliver; and watching a team of dragon boats racing down the Willamette! I was so completely enchanted by the whole scene that I almost didn't want to sketch it...but the way the diffuse, eclipsey light caught the wake of the boats finally did inspire me to break out my watercolors for a quick sketch.

(I just picked up a tube of Payne's Gray paint...and I love it so much.)