Sun + Shadows at Hale's Brewery

The interior of Hale's Brewery had a lot to tempt a sketcher, with giant steel brewing tanks and a cozy pub (OK, gave in to the pub later in the day). But when I stepped outside and saw the dramatic shadows on Hale's outdoor patio area, I knew I had found my sketch. It was still pretty chilly out, but Seattle has not seen the sun in soooo long, and I love big shadows.

Line to Color Workshop

Sketch geek heaven! That's how I'd describe last weekend's Line to Color Workshop with Gail Wong and Frank Ching. It started in Ballard amidst the throngs gathered to celebrate Norway Day. The streets that were cleared for the parade served as a perfect spot for Frank to give some basic instruction and a demo... until we got pushed to the side. Undaunted we carried on. Her's a few of my sketches from the different locations. 

Ballard Livery and Transfer

Freemont Statue of Lenin

Gasworks Park

Pike Place Market

a few more on my personal blog

Fremont Sketchcrawl

Late breaking news... "Lenin's march through Fremont halted by traffic light."

Freemont Sketchcrawl

Beautiful morning - I want to learn how to better capture the brightness.
I was captivated by the green awnings and red trusses.

After the crawl we stopped at the Red Door pub and enjoyed the almost summer-like warmth.

A bit later we swung by Molly Moons in Wallingford.
The long lines are conducive to more sketching. Why not?

Solstice day sketches

Hi, folks, I'm Dave Eggleston and this is my first post for USk Seattle. I've lived and worked in Redmond for 9 years now but seem to spend most weekends visiting all over Puget sound. I love the area and City and have seen thousands of things that I want to sketch. I've been doing sketches on and off since I was a kid but only in the past few years have I seriously carried around a sketchbook everywhere. I don't sketch anywhere near as often as I like but when I'm ready the book is with me. Lately I've done a lot of sketching on busses--it seems to be the one place I can grab 20 uninterrupted minutes--and train commuters, too:

I'm also posting a couple of pictures from today. The NW tower of the Freemont Bridge, which may be housing their artist in residence (?) viewed during my STP training ride this morning. The Burke Gilman trail has lots of great subjects from people to buildings to feral chickens in Bothell. Though I don't recommend standing and drawing after riding 30 miles as I did for this sketch! The second sketch is of the back corner of Serious Pie, a great pizza joint downtown. Sadly I sat on the wrong side of the table, with back to the cook and stove. But the pictures on the wall were too intriguing to pass up. The food came too fast to finish up the picture this time.