#drawyourday

Sunday morning sketch at @pittockmansion. This is one of those places that people bring their out-of-town guests for the fabulous views of Portland and maybe the historic house tour. The recurring theme is that no one is prepared for how much trail-walking their Portland host has planned! Portlanders are like, “and if we take the Wildwood Trail from here, then in three miles…” and their guests are all, “MILES????” In fact, this is the last somewhat cool day before the heat wave hits, so now’s the time! . . . #pdxlife #pdxlocal #pnwonderland #pittockmansion #urbansketchers #urbansketching #urbansketch #usk #pdxusk #travelsketch #travelsketching #drawyourday #pdxartist #pdxartists #travelportland #traveloregon (at Pittock Mansion) https://www.instagram.com/p/CgZ455Ivl66/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Walking along the beach near Bodega Bay in northern CA. . . . #neocolors #neocolor2 #neocolorii #waxpastels #waxpastel #californiacoast #californiacoastline #seascapepainting #beachscape #travelsketch #drawyourday #dailydrawing #dailydrawings (at Portland, Oregon) https://www.instagram.com/p/CWGnzpXP4pz/?utm_medium=tumblr

A sketch from a road trip in September—we stopped at a brewpub in The Dalles and strolled along the old industrial part of the river. There is so much to draw just within an hour of Portland! The riverfront is endlessly interesting to me. . . . #thedalles #columbiagorge #travelportland #traveloregon #pdxartist #pdxartists #travelsketch #urbansketchers #urbansketching #pdxusk #watercolorsketching #drawyourday #drawyourlife #pnwonderland #pnwartist #pnwartists (at Portland, Oregon) https://www.instagram.com/p/CW35LURv1OX/?utm_medium=tumblr

First sunny day in ages and it felt so good to get out and sketch some little thumbnails along the river. . . . #pdxusk #urbansketchers #urbansketch #urbansketching #urbansketcher #usk #portlandoregon #travelportland #pdxlife #pdxartist #pdxartists #drawyourday #drawyourlife #thumbnailsketch #arttoolkit #etchrsketchbook #dailysketch #illustratedjournal #downtownpdx (at Tom McCall Waterfront Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/CYhbhZ-rdOv/?utm_medium=tumblr

First spread of a panorama I’m going to do from my upstairs window, inspired by David Hockney’s scroll paintings of the changing seasons in Normandy. I have a nearly 180 degree view up here, and at this rate I’ll just fill one concertina sketchbook going from start to finish…then a second one going back again? I decided to start it when the leaves were off the trees and it was snowing…so this is day one! . . . #concertinasketchbook #accordionsketchbook #concertinabook #moleskinesketchbook #moleskinejapanesealbum #panoramapainting #panoramasketchbook #pdxlife #pdxartist #pdxartists #pnwartist #pnwartists #hockneyinspired #inspiredbyhockney #sketchbookpage #sketchbookpages #urbansketching #drawyourday (at Portland, Oregon) https://www.instagram.com/p/CX95f3SJwch/?utm_medium=tumblr

April 25, 2023 - lyrics, piano, chess board, memories, zentangle, bee

My friend @debraprinzing of @slowflowerssociety has been reprising her 52 weeks of seasonal bouquets from her book Slow Flowers. They are beautiful and they remind us to think about a local, seasonal aesthetic for fresh flowers! Anyway they are also fun to draw. I’ve been playing around with some colored inks. Do you have a favorite—ink or flowers? The inks are: Kakimori Tototo (magenta) Kakimori Totori (gold/orange) De Atrametis Document Brown (brown, obv) And then regular black India ink. . . . #inkandwash #kakimoriink #drawyourday #floralfriday #slowflowers #drawingflowers #floralart #botanicalart #botanicalillustration #botanicalartist #theydrawandgarden #modernflorals #floralillustration #inkdrawing #inktober #floralartist (at Portland, Oregon) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpDyt6SSZqI/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Blew off work this afternoon. Reason? Sunshine. Tried out some new inks & drew on some pages that were a bit TOO pre-painted, but why let them go to waste? . . . #urbansketchers #urbansketching #usk #urbansketch #drawyourday #prepaintedpages #portlandoregon #pdxartist #sketchbook #sketchbookart #stillmanandbirn #deatramentis #inkdrawing #inkandwash #lineandwash #inkandwatercolor #dailysketch #dailysketchbook #portlandlife #artistslife #observationaldrawing (at Portland, Oregon) https://www.instagram.com/p/Codgo9Ovjm_/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=