ONE TALL TREE

While walking during my lunch break last week I came across this tree that must have been close to 100 feet tall. It just seemed to stand out among the other trees and towering over its nearest neighbors so I just had to sketch it.

I thought it would be fun to draw this with a light and loose touch and try to capture the airiness of the branches.

for this sketch I used an iPad Pro 12.9 inch and Apple Pencil using the Procreate app.

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A QUICK SKETCH OF THE US CAPITOL

My job is one of those, "Hurry up and wait" jobs. A lot of waiting in between mad dashes to meet deadlines.

Some of that time I spend doodling images that come across my desk. Here is one of the U.S. Capitol.

This is drawn on standard copy paper using a disposable Bic mechanical pencil and colored in Photoshop CS6. The sketch took about 15 minutes total. I actually did a rough doodle a few days ago and decided to add to it today.

I haven't been sketching much lately but I'm hoping to get back into it. It's been a whole year since I began sketching and I've learned quite a bit in that time. I still have a long way to go but don't we all ...  or maybe it's just me.

A FEW WEEKEND SKETCHES

 Here's a few sketches from a very sunny weekend for the most part.

I drew the house Saturday and the tulips Sunday -- from two slightly different views.

This church was sketched from Streetview and photos. It's located in Negros Occidental, Philippines, where my son, daughter-in-law and grandson will be heading in a couple of weeks. 

 

This is Walmart in Albany. I drew this one day but for got to get a photo of it and went back the next but didn't quite match the view I had the day before  -- Oops.

SKETCHES FROM MY SKETCHBOOK--Late March-Early April

Here's a few sketches from late March and early April. As mentioned in the prior post I've started sketching from some of my photos from when I lived in Hawaii.

Hulihee Palace in Kona.

An alleyway off First Avenue in Albany Oregon.

The tools I'm using in this sketchbook. Always a fun way to break the ice in a new sketchbook.

A reader in a coffeeshop. drawn from a photo.

Also drawn from a photo.

Guitar player drawn from a music video.

Also drawn from a music video.

#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.

BARN SCENE

FROM MY SKETCHBOOK THROUGH JANUARY

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