Sketches from King Market

 My first sketch of the day at the market

it turned in to a drizzly day, and pretty cool but I managed to keep my pen moving on paper and stay mostly dry

this little girl stopped by to draw with us and later her mom brought us a crepe to share!

an unfinished sketch, it seems

maybe because I started trying to sketch umbrellas

but unfortunately, the umbrellas were attached to moving people

I sketched the gal at the Master Gardener booth who I ran into later that night at a solstice gathering.

hooded sweatshirts were all the rage at the market

despite the rain, the market was well attended

which was good for people watching and attempting to sketch them

Sketching on Trimet

 I love riding the bus for all the sketching opportunities!

and not just riding the bus, but waiting for the bus, too!

rainy day at the King Farmer's Market

I intended to practice drawing people during the market...this neighboring booth of Master Gardeners was kind enough to stand still for this sketch!

King Farmers Market

We had a nice booth set up today at the King Farmers Market

 and were able to advertise our group as well as the upcoming symposium

we met our newest group member

and we tried to sketch despite all the rain.

a few kids and one adult stopped to sketch with us.

one of my sketches

Next SketchCrawl: King Farmer's Market, June 20

Here's the flyer for our next sketchcrawl! Please feel free to distribute. Right-click on image and select "save link as..." to download PDF.

I had fun working across two pages in my sketchbook for a sort of 'panoramic' view of the Portland skyline.




A great day for the worldwide sketchcrawl!

World-wide Sketchcrawl

Our Portland sketchcrawl group had a beautiful sunny day for the Worldwide Sketchcrawl on Saturday.  We had twelve people participating--the most ever!  I sat with several others on the pedestrian/bike path on the Morrison bridge and did this sketch of downtown.  I started getting a serious sunburn and could only stay for part of the day anyway, so after getting a start on my sketch, I took a photo and finished it later.  My goal at future sketchcrawls is to take more of a 'quick sketch' approach but I did have fun with the interesting facades of these historic buildings surrounded by modern 'boxes'.

In the photo, Kalina, Alanna and Deb are sketching away.  It was a very fun day and the participants were most enjoyable to sketch with!

Worldwide SketchCrawl - Sketching my commute

I love the view from the new bike/pedestrian path on the Morrison Bridge, especially since I get to enjoy it every day while walking to work. All those days, I have to keep going instead of stopping to draw, so it was a relief to finally get this chance to stop and record the view.



The Waterfront, of course, is full of great views for sketching - this is the view looking down from the bridge.

After our first meet-up, I sketched the meet-up location - Morningstar Cafe at SW 3rd & Washington - from the parking lot across the street. There are so many lovely buildings in downtown Portland, and I only managed to get started on the bottom of these ones!

Worldwide Sketchcrawl, Portland style!

 This was the biggest group of sketchcrawlers in Portland since I've been organizing it! We had 11 folks join us. We kind of had a 12th, but I think she was having a frustrating kind of day and didn't end up joining us.

We had some new folks join us including Portland's own Bill Sharp!

It's nice to have such a big group. Every body shares their favorite tools of the trade.

and we enjoy talking about sketching.

we also get to meet new folks, which is always nice.

But mostly, we sketch. Here are mine:

My bagel and Deb sketching on the Morrison Bridge, looking west.

this one I actually did after the group dispersed. I went down to the south waterfront and sketched the Sellwood bridge off in the distance.

I put my feet up and decided to sketch what I saw. On the Morrison bridge:

[oh blogger, why are you turning my images forcing people to tilt their heads?]

more morrison bridge views..

It was a great sunshiny day here in  Portland and I had a fun day of sketching. Gearing up for the big Urban Sketchers Symposium in July. Before that, though, the group is planning to sketch at King's Farmers Market on June 20. Come and join in on the fun!

Skidmore Fountain in Old Town

Just a few clouds yesterday, no showers - headed downtown and did  a little watercolor sketch of the Skidmore fountain. Named after one of the early residents of Portland, Fountain in his name is where early Portland residents watered their horses prior to the turn of the century.  Fountain is located just a block from the waterfront next to the West side of the Burnside bridge.