Zoo Sketch April 2014

One day I will tire of spending the day drawing at the zoo.  But it is not this day. And probably not for many days. Or ever.  Whatever, have some sketches.

This lovely female Orangutan really enjoyed watching us draw her. In fact, when we got there, she was in the back corner of her exhibit until we showed her a sketchbook and she came right over to watch:

Adventure kitties

I am pondering a story for these characters.  Is this something you'd like to see? =)

Samurai Drawings from the Art Museum, plus Matt

I had an amazing evening of drawing and then drinking with "Drink and Draw In Portland" for November's free Museum night! All my drawings were done in the Samurai exhibit, which was absolutely astounding. So very many sets of armor and paintings and sculptures to get inspired by! And after we got some beer and my  very mathy husband joined us, as can be seen in the last sketch. =)

Drawings from photos

Did some drawings from photos found online.  Always a good exercise!

These were all done with my typical tools: Col-Erase Crimson pencil, extra fine point sharpie, Pentel Japanese brush pen, and water brush filled with diluted India ink.

"Animated Arts PDX" Drink & Draw gestures!

At the Animated Arts PDX drink & draw, I did my best to keep up with the crazy performances of a juggler, fan dancer, hoola-hooper, aikido demonstrator, and other dancers.  It was a special night for gesture drawing!

Portland Art Museum sketch crawl

Last night I went to the Portland Art Museum with the official Drink & Draw Portland group.  Every fourth Friday night, the museum is free to get into from 5-8pm.  So we brought our sketchbooks, drew from about 6:30-8, and wandered over to a bar and shared sketchbooks and drinkies.  This was a unique and wonderful drawing experience!