We headed out to Cathedral Park for our regular Sunday afternoon sketching/reading session yesterday (I sketch, he reads). Lucky us, there was a jazz festival going on at the park that day! We sat at a distance from the concert to get away from the hustle and bustle of the crowd but could still hear […]
An Evening at Peninsula Park
July 13, 2010 by · 14 Comments
We spent a lovely evening yesterday at a park just a mile or so from our house. We sat in our lawn chairs as families strolled by on their way to a picnic, to wade in the pond, or just out for a walk. For most of the time, a group of drummers played in […]
Back Again
July 11, 2010 by · 10 Comments
I managed to get in a few sketches in my tiny moleskine (3.5″ x 5.5″) on the drive up and back from a conference we attended in Seattle. It felt good to be sketching again after my long hiatus. I have been very busy with work in the last months, but have felt stymied in […]
Coffee Shop Stealth
June 7, 2010 by · 3 Comments
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 […]
World Wide Sketchcrawl
May 17, 2010 by · 5 Comments
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 […]
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).