Paris Sketches

The day we arrived in Paris it was cloudy and gray, but we didn't mind.

Usually, the weather was sunny and crisp so we did a lot of walking...once taking a 3 minute break for me to sketch a quick view of Notre Dame.

We visited Sacre Coeur and found a quiet spot where I could draw.

After sketching in Luxembourg Gardens, I needed to go to an art store for some Winsor red.

I joined the very welcoming Paris sketchers for a sketch in a bookstore...

where I also sketched a couple of other sketchers...

It was sunny and busy in the Marais and many people were out enjoying the weather...

This isn't a very good sketch of the Rodin Garden, but it reminds me of the very well-dressed little toddler who tried to take my purse, presumably to complete her ensemble...

On another sunny afternoon, I did a quick sketch at the garden of the Palais Royale. Nearby,  we saw ads for a Le Corbusier exhibit.

In the courtyard, a class of art/architecture students were practicing perspective. I decided to join in for a quick sketch.

I finally got to see a closeup of the sculptures in the fountain at Place Igor Stravinsky, behind the Pompidou.

When I got home, I make a map of the places we visited in Paris.

It was a fabulous trip. I don't think I could ever get tired of visiting Paris and sketching its many wonders.

Practice

Coffee Drinkers

                                                           Bowls and Shadows

My Own Private NaNoDrawMo

A friend and I decided to try to do a drawing for each day in November, but we won't be posting them to the NaNoDrawMo site. Here's what I have so far (not counting the Japanese Gardens and Leaves that I already posted this month).

Young woman working in Caffe Destino

Ghost Ships at the Portland Art Museum

Museum guard, sketchers, visitors and ship parts

Warm up sketch on Ladd's Addition Sketch Crawl with the Portland Urban Sketchers

View of Ladd's Addition from window at Palio
(drawn one Saturday and watercolored the next)

Another view out the window of Palio

Miscellaneous sketches, Palio

Drawn in the dim light of Jimmy Mak's
 Mel Brown Septet playing

 I never quite know what these sketches look like until I look at them the next day in the light.

I've been practicing perspective. It's kind of like doing sit-ups.

When I see these larger, I can usually spot some of the flaws.

I tippy living room scene.

We put together some shelves. I decided to practice perspective before we put them both against the wall. We were better at  assembling them than it looks like in the sketch; the low one wasn't really that warped.

This isn't the first time I've drawn this wooden basket and it won't be the last. Maybe I'll get it right someday.

I drew these by freezing frames on t.v. It sure would be useful to freeze frame real life. I think it's time for a figure or face drawing class.

That's it for now. I think I'm going to make 30 sketches for November!