Sketching with the Portland Urban Sketchers

The Portland Urban Sketchers met at the Canvas this week. The model wore an unusual dress of recycled orange cording material. Most of the time, I chose to ignore the dress.

By the end of the evening she was getting tired, but not this tired.

      And here's a previous sketch from the Canvas, when that model wore a very tiny nurse costume.

You never know what the Monday night model will wear at the Canvas, but it's always a fun (and cheap) place to sketch, eat, drink and meet others who like to paint or sketch.

Sketching with the Portland Urban Sketchers

In January, the Portland Urban Sketchers had several sketching events in Old Town. It was pretty cold for outdoor sketching, so these were done through windows.

Pizza delivery bike drawn from  window inside Old Town Pizza

NW 4th and Davis, drawn from inside the car

On another day, we started at the Lovejoy Bakery, which was packed with people getting their pastries and coffees...and some who were sketching.

                   

A group of us went to the Canvas where we sketched a model and eachother.

The model was dressed as an aerobics instructor.

The Canvas: Model in a Feather Hat

This week at the Canvas, there was one model who wore an enormous black feather hat.

The tables at the Canvas have little armatures, which make for good warm-ups.

With this, I decided to ignore the hat color.
(Maybe the model will look like this when she's much older.)

A pencil sketch of the model.

This pose was tricky for me to make interesting.

This Week's Sketches

Several Portland Urban Sketchers sketched the White Eagle, a place that is now owned by the McMenamin brothers. It's a lot different than it was in the 70's when we danced on the peanut shells that littered the floor. I think the shadows and the perspective are questionable, but I like the power lines.

These were quick sketches of things inside the saloon. I didn't finish this while I was there, so I decided to fill up the empty space with text.

I had a delightful time sketching, eating, and chatting and laughing with friends at Pambiche.

These sketches were done at The Canvas, a terrific art bistro in NW Portland where you can sketch, drink, and eat in the company of other artistically-inclined people. There were two different models.

This was done in Louise's dining room. Matisse would have had a good time here.