Portland Sketch Group Blog

Sketches, just like before

2009-11-30T13:41:00.001-08:00

Hey all, this poor blog seems a little sad lately. So, not sure why I haven't continued to do this, but its definitely time for me to post some more of my own sketches as of the last month or two...

Fools Ball

2009-08-21T00:20:00.000-07:00

Just a quick football illustration from this evening.

Lunch Doodles

2009-08-13T19:40:00.000-07:00

Used Google Images to find some random faces to draw during lunch today.

Sketch Book

2009-08-03T22:31:00.000-07:00

Recent doodle from my sketch book.

Bus Ride to Work

2009-07-28T22:42:00.001-07:00

The Max has now been replaced by the Trax. I decided to take the bus to work yesterday morning. Instead of the 45 minutes of traffic I usually get deal with I got two hours of bus and train... with a dash of drawing. To be honest, 2 hours of crappy mass transit with a little drawing is more fulfilling than 45 minutes of stop and go.

Drawing Time April 11th @ Noon

2009-04-11T00:30:00.000-07:00

Been a long time. I will be drawing people at the Cedar Hills Mall food court in Beaverton. I will observe, draw, and report. Come if you wish, bring a sketch book and a pencil.

Color Practice

2009-02-19T13:20:00.000-08:00

Hey guys. I posted this on my other blog but thought I would toss it on here as well to keep the sketch group blog alive! Looks like we may have some fresh blood coming into the group to help invigorate our meets (maybe they will actually happen now)

Anyways, did this yesterday to practice coloring in Photoshop. The original was a really small doodle on the corner of some paper.

Current project

2009-01-16T17:02:00.000-08:00

Hey guys, long time :(
I'm now in corvallis looking for work. Might have an illustration job *pray hard*
A current personal project i'm working on i'd like to share with you is a music video i'm doing, from the song "One Girl Army" by Five Iron Frenzy.
Heres some character sheets an stuff :0

-Dan

my latests sketches

2008-12-20T15:53:00.001-08:00

sketching - makes the time fly

2008-11-29T13:10:00.000-08:00

So, these are sketches from the past 2-3 weeks.
Mostly people on the train as I ride to work...

2 takes

2008-11-15T23:58:00.000-08:00

A couple diff takes on my wife as a caricature...

OBAMA WIP

2008-10-25T19:52:00.000-07:00

Started my tones on Obama. He should be all painted on Monday, and then I can move on to McCain.

recent sketching

2008-10-25T17:33:00.000-07:00

Hi Sketch Club folks!

We haven't seen much activity with the club lately but I'm still sketching on my own (like most of you I'm sure.)

Anyway, here's some of my latest stuff...

More Political Sketches

2008-10-24T21:04:00.001-07:00

There are a couple of quick sketches that I will use as a base for my McCain and Obama Paintings. Hopefully the will look pretty 'deace after I get them all painted up. It is almost election time! Are you in good hands?

2008-10-19T23:39:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone, thought i would atleast post something.
Little abstract paint in photoshop.

-Dan

Debate Sketches

2008-10-04T21:26:00.000-07:00

Hey all. Sorry I have been M.I.A lately. I am looking to get things started with a bang with sketch group this week and will be sending out an email to all the members.

I have been doing plenty of sketches, but have not been pro-active in scanning them in to post. Here is a sketch I did during the VP debate on Thursday and it's digitally painted version.

Camp Sketching

2008-08-18T15:04:00.000-07:00

I went camping this weekend and missed the sketch group. I was glad to hear that Jeremy and Dan picked up the torch and kept the group alive.

I was able to do a little bit of sketching despite being eaten alive by mosquitoes. Also made an art card, a little campfire fairy.

tanning, pens, and copic markers

2008-08-16T14:41:00.000-07:00

Nice sketches Gary. love the monkey and that third page of faces especially.

It was hot today, but got some good sketching done i think.
I took my Copic brush tip markers today (grey scale) and used those, think i'll be doing that from now on.
Found a cool little beach/docking area down on the water front, lady was sun tanning there and was kind enough to let me sketch her, good times.

-Dan

sketchbook stuff

2008-08-16T11:30:00.000-07:00

Toned Paper

2008-08-09T21:52:00.000-07:00

So I was really digging drawing with the toned paper. While I am out drawing each week I find myself drawing a lot of people, and not a lot of environments. Well, today I really had a lot of fun changing my pace a little bit. Looking forward to many more of these. I have been wanting to improve my environmental abilities. These quick little sketches were great practice. Good times.

beautiful day for sketching

2008-08-09T14:55:00.000-07:00

wow this was a really fun day, i feel like i got some fun sketching done. Starting to let go and capture on paper what i remember the person looking like, and capturing their personality, instead of constantly trying to record what they look like line for line.
had alot of fun today.

2008-08-06T17:24:00.001-07:00

oh man, how was that? i wanted to go but was out of town. Nice sketches too, i saw the platform down there, figured those vehicles were going for a dunk.

- Dan

Flugtag - Portland Aug 2 2008

2008-08-02T16:09:00.000-07:00

So, I hit up the Red Bull FlugTag and got some sketching in :)

More sketches

2008-07-25T13:21:00.000-07:00

Hi guys, here's some more location sketches. One set is from Union Station, the other from the Portland Art Museum. Drawing on location is so fun! Next week is the zooo. Then it's off to NW 23rd and other Portland spots. Come on out if you get a chance!

-L

2008-07-24T18:57:00.000-07:00

Finally getting these up here.
Great turn out, nice suprise having the sand in the city there, gave us lots to sketch. Some lady who was part of the event came by and gave us all stickers for sketching, it was cool.

See you all this saturday!

Way nice sketches Lee, i need to work way harder

location sketching

2008-07-22T16:09:00.000-07:00

hey guys, here's a few sketches from last week. Feel free to show up if you get a chance. Here's a link that show's the locations:

http://web.mac.com/leewhite3/Location_Drawing/Week_1.html

Sand in the City

2008-07-19T21:17:00.000-07:00

Sand sculpting was in full effect today. Made for some fun drawing. I spent my time drawing the crowd and what not... Went home and added some tone/color :)

Sand Castles

2008-07-19T17:03:00.000-07:00

It was nice to see so many people at the sketch group today! Pioneer Courthouse Square was packed this due to a sand sculpting competition that was going on. Looking forward to next weeks meet.

Let's get sketching!

2008-07-11T11:40:00.001-07:00

Let's get this sketch group back on track already!!!

I will be at Pioneer Courthouse Square tomorrow morning at 11am with sketch book in hand.

If you care about drawing even just a little bit, you will be there!

2008-07-09T21:28:00.001-07:00

heres a little tid bit for all yall. I've been carring a little moleskin sketch book around in my pocket lately, need to use it more.

- D

2008-06-23T22:29:00.001-07:00

good to see your still around Gary, i really like those top two pages, nice work.

- D

sketchin yo

2008-06-21T16:31:00.000-07:00

I haven't posted here for a while but I'm still sketchin'!

2008-06-08T00:45:00.000-07:00

Nice picture Lee, i haven't been able to be around for saturdays at all lately.
I'm going to be gathering the drawings from the Zoo Trip over the break and see about getting them displayed somewhere in the commons.

- D

edgar allen poe

2008-05-30T13:47:00.000-07:00

Hey guys, I noticed no one is posting here so I thought I would. Here's a quick portrait of edgar allen poe. Hope you like it...

SKIDMORE FOUNTAIN!

2008-05-02T20:56:00.001-07:00

Be there! 11 am! May 3rd!

Tomorrow

2008-04-25T22:10:00.000-07:00

Hey all. I will be sketching downtown at the Pioneer Courthouse Square, on the stairs. I will be the one with the sketch book, sketching. If it is raining I will be in front of the GAP store in the mall, on the benches. This all starts at 11 am. After a half hour or so I will be moving about. Hope to see some sketchers out there!

Zoo Trip

2008-04-25T19:57:00.000-07:00

Hello all and visitors, there is a Sketch Group Zoo Trip pending, MAX and zoo tickets will be paid by the Art Institute of Portland (this event is only open to students of the Art institute, who are interested in sketching).

This trip is scheduled for the 14th of May, that is a Wednesday, this will be an all day event so if you can't make it till later, or have to leave a little earlier that is fine!

There are only 30 slots available and i know that alteast 15 or so of them are already filled!
If you are interested please contact either Gabrial Olsen, or myself (Daniel Burgess) at:

gabeolson@gmail.com (gabe o.)

dpbsculpture@gmail.com (daniel b.)

And let it be known you want to go.
Please, only people who are really interested in sketching and not a free ride to the zoo, a week after we have gone we hope to have a display of all the sketches from the trip installed on a wall of the school, either a hallway or perhaps the student commons.

This means we will be asking everyone who attends to send digital copies of the work they did during this trip to me, (daniel burgess) to be displayed, everything will be included, don't be shy!

People are welcomed and encouraged to work more on a piece after the trip, take it to photo shop, give it color, anything, we will put it all up there as long as it was from the zoo trip.

For the display I am thinking of a giraffe sillouet made of yarn (make it look like it was sketched) and all of the spots would be the drawings that people have done, lots of space to fill so come ready to sketch!

-Daniel Burgess

2008-04-19T12:39:00.000-07:00

Man that wind was cold out there. Went to Pioneer Square but that was dead, so i went to the water front, which was fun, not many people ther either, but the boats were fun to draw and there were loads of people out on skull boats and team rowing gigs, i'l have to go down there again on a nicer day.

2008-04-18T20:31:00.000-07:00

Hey all, Gabe won't be making it tomorrow, but i'll be out there. I'm thinking a return to Pioneer Square if its sunny, if not then i'll be at the Old Pharmacy Cafe on 21st and Glisan

-D

2008-04-15T21:10:00.000-07:00

woo hey, finally got off my lazy bum and got these up. It was a beautiful day, almost too warm, i didn't really get in the groove today, but it was fun, i enjoyed drawing the Camino

Man, I miss meeting up with ya'll

2008-04-12T20:14:00.000-07:00

These are my last weeks sketches while riding the train to Hillsboro and back, my daily commute.

Drawing Houses

2008-04-12T19:07:00.000-07:00

Had a good time at the sketch group this morning. Dan showed up at Couch park and we drew for a bit before walking around a bit, finally we decided to draw some the nearby Victorian era houses. I am still trying to get used to drawing while standing up, or walking. Next time I think I will bring along my little camping chair to sit on. Really enjoyed the quick house sketches, and think I will do more of them.

Next week I am thinking of meeting down at the waterfront, there are all sorts of things to draw there; bridges, people, rivers, skyline, and Saturday market. I'm also in the process of planning a trip to the zoo courtesy of the Art Institute. I will let you know as those plans progress.

Couch Park.

2008-04-11T21:13:00.000-07:00

Looking like some sunshine tomorrow. I am excited for some warm drawing. We will meet at couch park on SW 19th and Glisan, and go from there.

another

2008-04-08T13:12:00.000-07:00

Thanks Daniel, here's another (about 80% done). Only 7 more days to go on these!

2008-04-08T00:20:00.000-07:00

Way to go Nutella! Are you ready for the big time Gabe?

Lee those illustrations look amazing, very nice.

I should be able to make it this Saturday for sketch group...i hope :P

GET BACK TO SKETCHING!

2008-04-04T09:36:00.000-07:00

If it is raining tomorrow the group will be meeting at the Old Pharmacy Cafe on 21st and Glisan. If the weather is nice and sunny then it is Couch park on 18th and Glisan. 11:00am.

Below are some Nutella repackages I did a couple of days ago. I don't usually do such a cartoony style, but it was fun. My sister called me up and told me her class at college was doing a marketing campaign for Nutella where they needed to market it more for children. I was told they wanted a squirrel, and the turn around time was one day. For payment, I am to receive a few bottles of Nutella in the mail. I have officially hit the big time!

almost done!

2008-03-29T07:24:00.000-07:00

Hi guys, just wanted to check in and see how things were going. I'm about 3 weeks away from being done with the bitch of a schedule I have had since christmas. A total of 65 paintings needed to be completed between Jan. 6th and April 17th. I have about 16 more to go and it's going pretty well. I must say I haven't had this kind of a work crunch since I was in school (about 5 years ago). It's been tough to say the least.

I've uploaded a few of the images here. Four are from a children's book called "the library ghost" and the other is a novel cover. Both of these jobs are for Penguin Putnam. They have been interesting and I'm changing up my technique some. I've never relied on line before, so I thought I'd give that a go on these projects.

Hope you are all doing well.and really hope I can join you on some of the sketch trips this term!

Finals week, not for me :)

2008-03-15T21:01:00.000-07:00

So, most of the sketch clubbers have finals to worry about and I feel bad for ya. I on the other hand, I'm just pluggin along. Here are my sketches from this week...

a couple pages from my latest sketching

2008-03-11T09:29:00.000-07:00

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SKETCH!

2008-03-07T21:38:00.001-08:00

Saturday March 8th
11:00am
Couch Park on 18th and Glisan if it is Sunny
Pharmacy Cafe on 21st and Glsian if it is raining.

I will be there. Will you?
I like to draw. Do you?

Nice to be back

2008-03-01T20:21:00.000-08:00

It was nice to kick back and draw without an express purpose. I scribbled some buildings and some people walking by. I have been so busy working in 3d and trying to come up with a concept for dominance war it was nice just to draw just to draw. I'm looking forward to next week! Good job Dan and Gary!

2008-03-01T12:48:00.000-08:00

Hey, good day today, it was raining off and on so we met at the Starbuck but sat outside under the awening, worked out pretty good. I think next week if the day is nice Gabe and i were talking about going to the park on 18th? and Glisan, the dog park there. If its bad weather we were going to hit up the Old Pharmacy Cafe on 21st and Glisan.

btw Gary those sketches look great, love the use of color for the highlights

some figure drawing

2008-03-01T11:50:00.000-08:00

Still not making it out for the sketch sessions, hopefully I'll be able to again soon. For now, here is some figure stuff

Tomorrow's meet

2008-02-29T23:04:00.000-08:00

I've talked to a few of you at school. But to let you all know. If it rains we will meet at the Starbucks on 23rd and Hoyt, If it is sunny then we will meet at Couch Park on 19th and Glisan. 11 am. See you there!

2008-02-16T20:27:00.002-08:00

nice sketches Gary, love the page second from top. Got some good figures and poses in there.
I completely spaced that today was saturday and that saturday ment sketch group, ah well, i'll try to do some sketches on the drive down to GDC.

Sorry

2008-02-16T10:23:00.000-08:00

Hey everybody,

You may or may not have noticed that I have been neglecting the group just a little bit. I leave for the Game Developers Conference this coming Tuesday and have been spending every moment I have in the computer lab working away on homework, polishing up some portfolio pieces, and attempting to make a website. So I am sorry I have missed the group!

Gary -- thanks for posting your awesome sketches!

Even those I will spend every moment I can on the Dominance war this next month! I WILL still continue to make it to sketch club after my return from GDC!

Feel free to post any sketches you have been working on recently!

recent sketchings

2008-02-13T09:59:00.000-08:00

these are my sketches from the past week, done while commuting or hanging out in public places...

2008-02-11T18:57:00.000-08:00

hey all, here is a page from the life drawing lab on Friday.

goin solo

2008-02-02T13:00:00.000-08:00

So, I'm with the group in spirit but sadly I haven't got my schedule to work out with the meeting times yet. Anyway, here are some sketches that I've done this week...

2008-01-27T21:30:00.000-08:00

It was a nice change of scenery going up to 23rd, not as many people sitting around to sketch but all the buildings are pretty cool, around there, and plenty of things on the street to draw.

Sketching in Color

2008-01-26T17:46:00.000-08:00

Sketch from this mornings Sketch Group at Starbucks. It was nice to sit and sip on some hot chocolate during the sketch group. The Starbucks had some nice big windows facing the buildings on NW 23rd. If we meet there again next week I am going to work on sketching some of the structures past these newspaper stands. It was a fun little color study.

Change of Scenery!

2008-01-25T20:00:00.000-08:00

Hope everybody is enjoying the cold weather.
Sketch group will be meeting at the STARBUCKS on NW 23 and Hoyt.
The weather has been cold. I plan on buying a cup of hot chocolate and sketching people and objects on NW 23rd.
Should be a great change of scenery!
Hope to see some of you there.
11 am. tomorrow

2008-01-19T12:42:00.000-08:00

Hey all. Did jsut a little sketching today. Pretty happy with the older guy on the center right. I'm going to go back to strickly using pen for sketching, maybe switch it up every week on pen types: ball point, fine tip, sharpy, marker etc. Stay warm out there everybody!

landscape/figure

2008-01-18T16:47:00.000-08:00

here's two quick studies. The landscape is in painter, the figure done in photoshop. both were around 10-15 min.

The Light Rail

2008-01-18T16:39:00.000-08:00

So I am thinking that the challenge for tomorrow till the the Max. It can be the outside, the inside, people inside, whatever. Just spend a little time on one of your sketches and post it on the blog.

Since I have somewhere I have to be at noon tomorrow, I am going to show up and hour early to the sketch group. So look for me at the usual cold weather spot, in the Pioneer Square Mall around the benches in front of the GAP store. I am thinking I will sketch for a while and then hop on the Max up to Lloyd Center and back so I can get myself a good Light Rail sketch in.

See you all tomorrow.

Art History Sketches

2008-01-15T12:18:00.000-08:00

Sketched these during the lecture portion of History of Material Culture this morning. Top left is my version of the teacher. Done with a cheap Bic medium point pen.

field sketch

2008-01-13T22:55:00.000-08:00

here's a quick color study done in painter. It's fun to stay this loose and abstract...

else where...

2008-01-12T13:20:00.000-08:00

So, working 3 jobs leaves me little opportunity to make it out lately. That being the case, I draw when I can (and my training class at my current 9-5 offered plenty opportunity.)

Hopefully I'll be able to join y'all before too long..

Same Place Same Time

2008-01-11T23:54:00.000-08:00

I will be there!

2008-01-07T14:41:00.000-08:00

I jsut found a cool gig on 23rd street. If any of you are interested in getting your art work on T-shirts theres a great place: 27PDX.

Basically they have racks of blank shirts people come in and pick out a design from their library of images and get it printed on a shirt right there. You can bring your own shirts and own images, they take most file types and scan as well.

The really cool thing is that they are looking for local artists to put together a book of images entirely by local artists (for people to choose from to print), they only have two people at the moment, and are looking for more.
You get $5 (thats what i was told, i'm not the owner so double check that) from every shirt that they sell with your design on it.
No cost to submit images or have them there, you can pull them any time, they are working on getting a contract drafted.
They also show case artwork for a 25% commision (very good) This might interest some of you (Gabe). They also own a Tea Shop right upstairs from them. Definitely look into this, its an easy way to get your art work out there, nice people, flexible, friendly, and at no cost to you!

Their email is twentysevenpdx@yahoo.com Their names are: Angela and Dominic

Dan's led pile

2008-01-07T14:35:00.000-08:00

Hey hey, happy new year all. Its good to be back, Big SSG welcome to Jesse, way to make it out first time (welcome to AI as well, hope you enjoy it).
Still slow, need to do more. The food court challenge was fun, looking forward to more things like that.
I would like to suggest next week that we try to all get at least 3-5 different poses of people. Not looking for serious details, just the over all body posture, shape, the "character" of the person. Kind of the first step, the base that you could build off of later. Capture the attitude from body posture and motion. What do you guys think?

Anyways, heres my stuff:

Food Court Challenge

2008-01-05T23:49:00.000-08:00

It was Dan, Me, and a new comer named Jesse Brown who showed up the sketch meet today. My little challenge was to make a sketch of an area of the food court.
Here is my 20 minute sketch of the Cajun Grill. I do love me some bourbon chicken.

Sketch Challenge

2008-01-04T22:56:00.000-08:00

It is late again on Friday night. Just wanted to remind everybody of the meeting place for the sketch group. 11am in front of the Gap store, inside the Pioneer Square Mall. Can't wait for some good weather again.

I've been thinkinga bout Lee's comments last week. I want to add a little something to this weeks sketch meet. Apart from the quick sketches I am challenging everybody to put a little time into one of their drawings and render a scene in the food Court. It could be one of the cafe's, the whole place, a group of tables with people eating - some type of food court environement, if you will. And then we can all post it along with our sketches on the blog.

See you all tomorrow!

landscape sketch

2008-01-03T12:53:00.000-08:00

Hey guys, here's my first post. I did this desert sketch last night just for fun. About 20 minutes time so it's not too detailed.

I'm starting a project called "365" where I'm doing a painting or sketch per day and am going to be posting it to a blog. I'll post them here too just to keep things moving along.

See you all next week!

Showed up late

2007-12-29T19:26:00.000-08:00

So, I missed Gabe because my lazy ass can't seem to get to the meeting place on time, oh well. Today I only had a short while to sketch so this is what I got...

early start on the new year of SKETCH CLUB!

2007-12-29T12:22:00.000-08:00

Well, I just got back from the last sketch day of 2007! I am considering it an early start on the 2008 year. I am posting some sketches from a couple fo weeks ago as well while I was at the group with Dan Burgess.

I got to the Mall around 11:10 this morning and started sketching. I have been feeling a little under the weather from all the traveling and excitement of Christmas vacation and so I left after about an hour of sketching. So I am sorry if I missed anybody who may have shown up after me.

There was an email in my inbox from Lee White this morning concerning the sketch group. Lee is the official facaulty advisor from the Art Institute for the Sketch Group. Along with with his excitement for being a part of the group this term he also had some suggestions.

"One thing, maybe while you are out there, give yourself a few things to concentrate on in addition to people. Maybe try to capture a cool store front or a interesting group of cars parked in a row (not so easy to draw). This will add some new depth to what you guys have been drawing in the past. "

Good stuff.

Can't wait for next week!

Get things rolling.

2007-12-28T22:52:00.000-08:00

Hope everybody has had or is having a great Christmas vacation. I am back in town from my vacation and am ready to return to the old sketching routine.

I will be in the Pioneer Square Mall in front of the GAP store at 11 o'clock tomorrow morning.

There was a lot of interest in the sketch group from the Art Institute faculty this past term that I hope will bring about some positive changes within the group, including locations, subject matter, and instructions and critique from some of the AI staff.

2007-12-08T14:45:00.001-08:00

Met up with Gabe and we hit the
Pioneer Court house... more or less walked through it
actually and quickly assessed that it was way too cold in the shade and moved to the mall.
Santa was in town which was good for us because lots of people were sitting still and standing in line, people kept getting in the way of santa though so no sketches of the Man from me. I really need to make it down more often, lifes crazy.
Good luck with Finals everyone!

Might be my last one this year

2007-12-04T12:31:00.000-08:00

So, I may not get to get out much until the new year, maybe once before Christmas, we'll see. Anyhow, here is what I got outta last Sat...

Pre-Christmas madness at the mall

2007-11-24T13:05:00.000-08:00

I was a bit late today and I only stayed for an hour but it was good times. lots of people around and I sat next to some folks that were trying to relax while their families or friends or whoever they were there with shopped. Eventually one of them left and I was joined by some random kid who said that he sketches in the mall everyday, so that was cool. The best part though was that some carolers stopped in my general area and I finally got to draw people who weren't moving all over the place :)

Happy Thanksgiving!

2007-11-24T01:25:00.000-08:00

Hope everybody had a good Holiday. Mine was great, thank you. For those of you who are hard core and are still planning on hitting up the sketch group tomorrow we are going to meet in front of the GAP in the Pioneer Square Mall. It has been mighty cold lately, not to mention the possibility of rain and I am trying to get over a cold.

The mall should be bussling with people tomorrow. good sketching is a given! See you there! 11:00 am!

Another rainy Sat-er-day

2007-11-17T13:52:00.000-08:00

So I sat-on-my-ass at the mall and drawed stuff :) The funniest part about today was that the security guard spotted me and moved as soon as he saw that I was drawing him. Then he came down the escalator and walked right behind me, probably looking to see if I really was drawing him. After that he kind of gave me dirty looks any time I saw him again. Ha ha, good times

Sketch Group Nov 17th

2007-11-16T19:14:00.000-08:00

Looks like the rain is not going to end any time soon. So the group will be meeting at standby, at the benches in front of the GAP store in the Pinoneer Mall.

In the works is a notification mass email to be sent to all members every Friday informing them of meeting places, etc.

Regretably I will not be sketching tomorrow as I have to work. Got to pay them bills! Gary has given my word tonight that he will keep the sketch club torch aloft.

Saturday at home :(

2007-11-13T15:09:00.000-08:00

So I wasn't able to get out last sat. and I decided to make up for it by pausing a video and sketching...

Go BIC pens

2007-11-12T18:04:00.000-08:00

Once again the weather turned out nice for the sketch group. The group consisted of myself and one Alex Jetter who is a fellow school chum at the Art Institute.

Since I favorite sketching pen broke I used a standard black BIC medium point ball pen. I've always considered these cheap BIC's to be the funnest to sketch with.

We sketched at the square for about an hour before hopping on the max and sketching the riders up the Lloyd center and back. After sketching people moving around at the square it is really nice to sketch people riding on the max where they are not able to move, and they are closer to you.

Tomorrow

2007-11-09T19:00:00.001-08:00

A few moments ago I walked into the open drawing class only to find it empty. My guess is that the model didn't show and the session was canceled.

For those of you who were unable to scratch their itch to draw tonight then I am sure that tomorrow's sketch group meet will be just the thing.

If the weather is nice we will meet at the square. If it is bad we will meed at the benches in front of the GAP inside the mall.

See you there!

2007-11-04T16:35:00.000-08:00

Good times, Gabe gave me a call at 11 letting me know he'd be a little late, good thing because i was still in bed :P :)
It started out pretty quiet at the Square but then a large group of protesters showed up, Turkish or Kurdish.. something about Peace yes War No. Unfortunately the chants sounded like "Peace yes Porno!) or "Peace not Sparta" *shrug* Good time though, did some more MAX sketching to finish off the day as well. Good times.

*edit* hm i'll try to up the image size for future posts.
-Daniel Burgess

See you all tomorrow.

2007-11-02T18:50:00.000-07:00

The weather is looking to be good tomorrow for the meet at Pioneer Courthouse Square. I am ready to do some serious sketching!

last Saturday

2007-11-02T10:15:00.000-07:00

draw!

2007-10-29T18:32:00.000-07:00

good times, it was great to get back out there and sketch.
i was a touch nervous about MAX sketching but it was really fun and i think i did my best there.

Nice Weather

2007-10-27T13:42:00.001-07:00

This morning the sketch group met at Pioneer Square. The weather was nice, though a little bit on the chilly side. We spent about an hour sketching the people there and then decided to hop on the max and head up to Lloyd Center and back.

I had forgotten how much I enjoy Max sketching. I am still using an ink pen in an effort to sketch quickly and gain control of my lines. It has been nerve wracking but I am starting to feel more comfortable with it.

The group sketched a lot of the same marks so it will be fun to see all of our different takes on them when Dan and Gary get their sketches posted on here.

Saturday's Spoils

2007-10-25T17:35:00.001-07:00

I think these images might come in a little small, but I had better just post it since it is already Thursday and the new sketch meet is just a couple of days away.

I got quite a few pages of sketching done, all done with ball point pen and probably spending about 5 seconds on each one. I am still trying to get movement and motion in just a few lines. It has been a frustrating but rewarding process.

If the weather is bad again on Saturday then the group will be meeting at the same place as last week. On the benches in front of the GAP store in the Pioneer Square Mall.

See you there!

saturday in the mall

2007-10-21T08:06:00.001-07:00

way better than shopping...

RAIN / ALTERNATE MEETING PLACE

2007-10-20T10:28:00.000-07:00

Just woke up to find the rain. The Sketch Group will be meeting in front of the GAP on the bottom floor of Pioneer Square Mall. After that we will wandering around in search of good sketching. See you all there.

Sketchin on Saturday

2007-10-15T22:42:00.000-07:00

It was so much fun to get out and draw peeps around Portland. We have lots of interesting people here and I only caught a few of them...

First Sketch

2007-10-13T22:30:00.000-07:00

Today was officially the first sketch meet of the new term at school. The weather was nice and warm and there were a lot of things going on around Pioneer Courthouse Square. It is a fantastic place to sketch.

Gary, a new member of the sketch group and a Media Arts and Animation major at the AI stopped by to sketch. Hope to see his sketches up here soon. Above are a couple pages from todays sketch book. I have been using a ball point ink pen lately. I am trying to become more comfortable and loose with my line work. Peace.

Welcome back me!

2007-06-30T22:56:00.000-07:00

Hey, I am back to sketching downtown every Saturday! It was a beautiful sunny day down at Pioneer Square today. Here ya go.

lackadaisical posting

2007-05-31T14:11:00.001-07:00

I have not posted in a long time, so here they are from a few weeks ago. Drawn with Gabriel and Pioneer square.

Happy Mothers Day All

2007-05-12T17:43:00.000-07:00

Well hey its Mothers Day tomorrow, who else is slacking and hasn't sent something nice to their moms? Anyways, here are some sketches i did at Pioneer square before i went down and bought a new hat at the Saturday Market... i should have drawn people down there, all the vendors don't move too much.

Brigit Vanderhosen

2007-05-10T09:08:00.000-07:00

Don't mess with Brigit! She will mess you up!