Day 16: Sketchcrawl with the Urban Sketchers

It was easy to get in today's sketch, since the Urban Sketchers were out this morning sketching in Goose Hollow. While I was gathering my courage for going out in the cold and rainy outdoors, I sketched this window view from upstairs at Fehenbacher Hof.

At lunch, I tried to get a few quick portraits of some of my fellow sketchers. The odd cropping was necessary to remove a poorly placed ear. It would  be much appreciated if my subjects all wore their hair or hats over their ears.

Urban Sketching

Today Portland's Urban Sketchers sketched in the Goose Hollow neighborhood. We met at The Hof, which is a "symbiotic companion" to the Goose Hollow Inn. It was a very friendly place with excellent hosts and tasty food. There were lots of interesting decorative objects (old toasters, egg beaters, and more) that will be fun to draw sometime when the weather isn't as nice at it was today. Today, there seemed to be lots of neighborhood regulars, as well as a mayoral candidate meeting upstairs.

A block away, I sat outside of a little park and drew this Victorian...

and later I drew this florist shop that is full of autumnal offerings. I'm not happy with the crosshatching that I did, but there's no going back when you use ink.

It was a beautiful day to be out sketching and it was fun to be with the group. I'll definitely be going back to this neighborhood, and the Hof again.