Coffee Shop Stealth

We spent another Sunday afternoon at one of Portland’s umpteen coffee shops–we’ll never run out of new ones to try.  Coffee shops are a great place to sketch people because they sit mesmerized in front of their laptops for hours and hardly even move except to take a sip of coffee. This young woman was […]

EDiM #17 Musical Instrument

The cello was fun to sketch but those fingers!  I held the cello, tried to remember how to position my hand correctly, looked in the mirror, then sketched.  I always have trouble with hands and this was no exception–but the practice is good for me, right?  It’s kind of like eating my spinach. (Good thing […]

EDiM View From a Window and Leaves

This dormer window looks out into the canopy of the Hawthorne street trees in front of our house.  Hawthornes would not be my tree of choice because of their messy berries but they do attract a lot of birds and squirrels, so we have a ready source of entertainment in autumn and winter.  Apparently, Hawthornes […]

EDiM #11 & 13

I am still not caught up on the Every Day in May challenges but am on a roll now.

EDiM # 9 & 16 Organized Chaos and a Favorite Tool

This was one of the most fun EDiM challenges yet.  I have been wanting to sketch some worms for awhile now and here was my opportunity.  I must confess that I am rather fond of my worms (there I said it).  They do such an amazing job, along with the bacteria, fungi, protozoa and nematodes […]