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| Class of 2010 (photo © Urban Sketchers) |
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| Me with Pete Scully at Pioneer Square (photo:© Kumi Matsukawa) |
82 sketchers from around the world gathered at the
1st International Urban Sketchers Symposium in Portland last week. Lisbeth, Faye and I were among them. We sketched our little hearts out, met the amazing
Seattle Sketcher, Gabi Campanario, and many of our other sketching heroes from
Urban Sketchers and had a total blast. Some called it the Woodstock of Sketching, some called it a religious experience, some called it a privilege and an honor. For me, it was definitely an inspiration and a thrill to hang out and sketch with so many who share my passion and obsession for sketching. I'm saving my pennies for next year's symposium in Lisbon. These are just a few of my sketches from the trip.
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Faye & her friend, Barbara, sketching at a cafe in Tia Boon's Urban Color session. I did this sketch using Tia's "color splash" method. I splashed paint randomly on the paper and sketched over it when dry. It's one of my favorite drawings of the trip.
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| Cellist at the Saturday Market. |
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| My first field sketching session of the symposium - Urban Line with instructor Lapin (in the straw hat) and Kurt Holloman (in baseball cap.) We stopped to draw a building Lapin liked, but I liked the street lamps. |
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This was Urban Nature with instructor Jason Das at Union Station. Our assignment here was to combine some sky, some building and some plant material in the same sketch.
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| I drew a hanging basket of purple petunias near Union Station for my next Urban Nature assignment. |
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| The Irving Street Kitchen was right across the street from Pacific Northwest College of Art, where the symposium was held. |
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| Pacific Northwest College of Art |
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| I drew Jace in Amtrak's Bistro car on the way home from Portland. When I finished the sketch, I asked "Would you mind if I draw your picture?" When he said okay, I said, "Good, cause I already did!" and asked him to sign it. I told him I would post it on the blog. He seemed very pleased. |
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| More people in the Bistro car on the trip home. |
These sketches are really we done and I love your story of the experience.
ReplyDeleteWowza paloooza! These are great! Count me in on next years trip to Lisbon!
ReplyDeleteSue, your sketches look great! I love knowing the stories behind the pictures.
ReplyDeleteThis must have been just the most stimulating and inspiring trip, your sketches show that - I'm tentatively hoping to get to Lisbon next year after reading all the reportbacks.
ReplyDeleteThanks, everyone. Yes, it was stimulating, inspiring and exhausting(as you well know, Peggy!)I think for a bunch of obsessive, compulsive sketchers, it was almost a drug. We were all kind flying high on endorphins for a few days.
ReplyDeleteP.S. Thanks for visiting the blog, Cathy. You are one of my sketching heroes! It would be great to meet you in Lisbon next year.
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