Chicken Scratch Sketch

'Backyard Chickens'  6 x 6  (Ink on Paper)

Dumpsters @ the Lucky Lab

An afternoon of sketching with some of the Portland Plein Air Group.

Gate House

I was with a group of ten women today at the Franciscan Villa in Bridal Veil.  I have come to think of it more as a retreat  than an annual paint out as it is presented.  This gives me a bit of breathing room as far as coming home with a finished painting - I didn't get a finished painting today, not even!   Things seemed to be going along and then...eh.  All I have to show is a little sketch of the Gate House steps from the morning and a disappointed goat because I forgot to bring carrots.

pygmy goat

 

Lynda Drawn with Pencil

Thank you all for the help with ellipses; I was practicing just drawing them without templates or tracing and became increasingly frustrated but the link from Jeanette to Mike Sibley's was really quite helpful.  In the meantime, I hadn't picked up a pencil to draw a portrait for a while - It was a nice little break. It's the weekend and the sun just came out!

Sunday Bikes and Movies

More than 31,000 bikers, peddlers skippers and walkers showed up for Portland Sunday Parkways last weekend. 8miles of city streets were blocked off to cars in North Portland linking up Peninsula, Arbor Lodge, Kenton, and McCoy Parks. It was warm and sunny off and on. We envied the kids wading in the fountain surrounded by roses of every color and fragrance. Later in the afternoon a large outdoor movie screen was the backdrop for a friendly three piece musical group with North Portland roots. Finally it was dusk; the fountain behind the gazebo subsided and the movie started. It was a perfect summer day.

Above; Pitt Pen sketch of Gazebo at Peninsula Park  5.5 x 7 inches
Watercolor...Shaded Path at Peninsula Park....5 x 5.5 inches

Black and White Mask Studies

Sometimes you feel like using color, sometimes not. I used a 'General's Sketch and Wash' pencil; #588. These masks lent themselves as the perfect subject matter for a sketch and then washed over with a wet brush to blend. (Or not blend)

Just Desserts

A couple times a month I get together with a couple painting/sketching buddies and we just paint whatever - It just depends on if we are at an outdoor cafe or meet over at Carolyn's after the breakfast meeting.  She had a box of Christmas candy, untouched!  ~Mouth watering!!  First, you paint it, then you eat it!  Thanks for stopping by and if you would like to see what my friends did, look here!       

(Just Desserts; Watercolor and Ink; 4 x 6)

Just A Sketch

Just something in my head....

Have a good wekend.

Head Practice

From left to right, Elegant Writer and watercolor, Pencil-Watercolor + Ballpoint pen, and the last was a dip pen in Higgins brown ink + watercolor.  The Elegant writer was mentioned a few months ago on Myrna Wacknov's Creative Journey  here. I've picked up a couple different brands of recycled paper sketch pads and just want you to know they have to short of fibers for mixed water media - They just don't hold up-better for drawing and one hit wash .