REPORTAGE, SKETCHCRAWL AND MORE

So I did my first reportage sketches last week. there was a May Day protest at the state capitol May 1 so I walked down there on my lunch break and sketched a few scenes. It was my first reportage -- reporting by drawing instead of using a camera. It was pretty fun except I only had a few minutes to sketch before I had to get back to work.

I also had my first unofficial sketchcrawl Sunday, May 7. Unofficial because I'm the only member and I'm not sure if sketchcrawl is a trademark or what. But I had fun walking around downtown Albany, Ore., and sketching, even it it was by myself. Hopefully, since the weather is getting nicer, if there are any other sketchers in town we'll run into each other and actually start meeting up for a group sketchcrawl, which sounds more fun than sketching solo.

I also did the usual Google Street View sketches last week. Street View is about my only means of "travel" these days.

Church in Cauayan City, Isabel, Philippines.

I also did a few misc. sketches. A sketch of the sculpture at the Capital Park with the ODOT building in the background and one of my grandson watching TV (A practice reportage). and a few misc. sketches.

That's not all of them but that's a few of the ones I have photos of on my phone. Thanks and have a great week.

#ONEWEEK100PEOPLE2017 Day 3

Here's a few of my very sketchy sketches from Day 2 & Day 3 of the #oneweek100people2017 challenge.  some of these were drawn live at the Broadway Coffeehouse and others were drawn from television shows

ONE WEEK 100 PEOPLE CHALLENGE

This week is #oneweek100people2017 . The challenge is to draw a hundred people between March 6-10. They can be drawn on location such as a library, coffee shop or mall, or you can use video, tv or photos. Just draw.

You can look up the challenge on Marc Taro Holmes' website here: Citizen Sketcher

Here are a few of my very sketchy sketches from the first day drawn on a little 3.5x5.5 scribbler.

The purpose of this exercise is to just draw. Give yourself permission to have fun and draw without consequence, as Marc says on his blog. 

FEBRUARY SKETCHES

Here's a few more sketches from February.

View from a parking lot in Salem, Oregon, Feb 25, 2017.

I was out walking during lunch the other day (Feb. 22, 2017) when it started hailing and raining so I ducked into the coffee shop and drew this whie I waited for it to stop.

Apple picker. Drawn from a photo.

Squash picker. Drawn from photo. 

Winegrape harvest. Drawn from a photo.

FROM MY SKETCHBOOK THROUGH JANUARY

Here are some of my sketches from my January sketchbook. I may have posted some on the previous posts.