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 at home. My goal at future sketchcrawls is to take more of a ‘quick sketch’ approach.
It was a very fun day and the participants were most enjoyable to sketch with! Several of us sketched the same building, and a fellow sketchcrawler told me that it is the Dekum Building.
This blog is about my journey as a botanical artist--what I am learning, what inspires me and what I am currently drawing or painting. My desire is to continually hone my skills to better express my wonder and gratitude for the beauty of the creation around me in the Pacific Northwest (USA).
Lovely sketch, I really like the colour composition! Those sketchcrawls seem like a lot of fun (although I must admit I haven´t entirely figured out what it means yet :D)
Thanks for you comment on my blog. Yes, the flower pot was the one I felt the most “at home”. Like your sketches too.
Looks gorgeous! I am so impatient with those straight lines when it comes to drawing buildings -_- This one just looks great and makes people wonder where that is and just want to go there.
I love the top building sketch!!!!! One of these days I’ll have to go on a sketchcrawl too. Sounds like you had a great time.
-Krista
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Thanks–we did have a great time. Alex, those lines can get tedious but I’ve seen your architectural-type drawings and you know how to nail them..