Sketching Around Town

This week, I checked out the dragon boats on the Willamette River...

and the Festival of Flowers at Pioneer Courthouse Square ...

At the PSU Farmers Market, I got a free shopping bag and a gorgeous bouquet of flowers from my favorite market family, the Vangs. Some of their daughters were my students and it's always a pleasure to see them at the market...

I had just enough time to get some of these shadows before the parking meter expired.

Tanner Springs Park is full of wild flowers and tall grasses right now...

and maybe that's why my eyes are so itchy tonight!

Festival of Flowers. etc.

I walked through Pioneer Courthouse Square today and saw the display of flowers. I wasn't sure if it was finished, because I couldn't tell what the design was until I saw the sign, Tattoo Portland...

and then it became clearer...

There were tables and chairs set up in the design, so I sat and drew this sketch between rain showers.

Here are a couple of miscellaneous sketches from May.

(There seem to be quite a few blog appearances of the blue checked tablecloth this month.)

The strawberries are scrumptious this year and the lettuces are gigantic because of all the rain.