#pdxusk

Beautiful sunny day in downtown Portland . . . #illustrateddiary #illustrated journal #visualdiary #visualjournal #gouacheillustration #gouache #gouachepainting #cityscape #cityscapepainting #urbansketchers #urbansketch #pdxusk #usk #sketchbookpage #downtownpdx #downtownportland #travelportland #pdxlife #pdxartist #pdxartists #pdxart #pdxarts #portlandartist #portlandart (at Portland, Oregon) https://www.instagram.com/p/CdoMGVcJNME/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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=

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

A walk through downtown Portland on the way to the farmers market. I started this one in acrylic ink and for some reason it just wasn’t working, so I got out my neocolor2 crayons and colored all over it. 🙂 . . . #carandache #neocolor2 #neocolor #neocolorii #sketchbook #visualdiary #visualjournaling #visualjournal #illustrateddiary #illustratedjournal #urbansketching #urbansketchers #pdxusk #downtownpdx #travelportland #pdxartist #pdxartists #pdxlife (at Portland, Oregon) https://www.instagram.com/p/CZFS9WXvHow/?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

The cherry blossoms along Portland’s riverfront are not quite blooming for today’s sketchcrawl with @pdxusk, but I brought my pink ink, so I faked it. Artistic license! This is Kakimori ink in Torori (gold) and Tototo (burgundy/pink) in a @stillmanandbirn zeta sketchbook . . . #pdxusk #usk #urbansketchers #urbansketching #pdxlife #pnwonderland #travelportland #kakimoriink #stillmanandbirn #drawyourday #sketching #travelsketching #observationaldrawing #drawfromlife #portlandoregon (at Portland Waterfront Cherry Blossoms) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp8ccykvycC/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

I am so in love with my new set of @carandache luminance colored pencils and I think I’m pretty close to working out a set of 12-ish colors that I could travel with & get by pretty well (plus maybe a few markers and some ink. And a bit of watercolor. My art bag is not getting any lighter!) Anyway, this is just a bit of construction down the street in Portland that appealed to me…something about that yellow crane and all those orange cones…oh, and this is on @stillmanandbirn zeta paper which is very smooth and lovely for colored pencil but can also handle a bit of watercolor . . . #urbansketch #urbansketchers #urbansketching #usk #pdxusk #travelsketcher #travelsketchbook #travelsketching #carandacheluminance #coloredpencilsketch #citysketching #citysketch #stillmanandbirn #sketchwalker #drawyourday (at Portland, Oregon) https://www.instagram.com/p/CjbYRXgPIbW/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

From yesterday’s sketchfest around the Pearl—Tanner Springs Park is one of my favorite places to draw around there because there’s always something interesting going on, plant-wise, which makes up for all the generic-looking newish buildings nearby. I was trying to do very minimal watercolor and draw with a chisel-tip Faber Castell calligraphy marker. I picked one up by accident and found that it’s kind of cool and weird to draw with because I don’t quite know how to use it! So it’s a little out of control and wonky. . . . #urbansketchers #pdxusk #fabercastellpittartistpen #fabercastell #pdxlife #travelsketch #travelsketchbook #travelsketching #travelsketcher #urbansketching #pearldistrict #pearldistrictpdx #downtownportland #downtownpdx #travelportland (at Tanner Springs Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/CgrvWxrrjrB/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=