Art Museum Sketches

Here are various sketches I did from two different visits to the Portland Art Museum for free 4th Fridays in February and March. The last three are from the Venice exhibit. This sketch crawl was hosted by Drink & Draw in Portland. Check out the meetup page and join us sometime!

Animated Dance!

Is there a term for an animated sketch?  Sketchimation?  *Shatner shrug*

(Animated in Toon Boom)

Yep, another cat.

I just can't stop myself.  He's so fun to draw.
Sketched in Photoshop.

Flaming kitty

Ink and colored pencil sketch of my cat.

Babies at the zoo!

Babies at the zoo!!!  I had a special time at the Oregon Zoo yesterday with my sketchbook.  The baby otter was out with mom, playing in a freshly dropped pile of snow and getting swim lessons. After was a wrestle fest in the den to get dry and warm. 

Another few animals caught my attention between that and when I reached the lion cubs.  Then I spent the rest of my time drawing with the cubs!

I hardly did the cuteness justice.  Drawing live lion cubs playing in the rain (they were caked with mud, by the way) is a once in a lifetime opportunity.  Thank you Oregon Zoo! 

Animated Arts PDX gesture extravaganza

Animated Arts PDX proved once again to be a super unique drawing experience! (Event held 1/3/13) 

December Zoo Sketch outing

December 2013 zoo sketch outing with Drink & Draw in Portland

Portrait 'toon

I did a cartoon-portrait for a friend, Sarah. 

A cat and some comedy

This boy is always available for a quick pose. 

Had some fun drawing the main character from the British comedy series, "Black Books"

Quick Japanese garden sketch

I am looking forward to another visit with more equipment and time on hand.

Zoo Sketch Aug 2012

Another zoo sketch from 2 days ago.  Haven't had a lot of free time and even less drawing time, so this was a real savior of sanity. Fun!