UK & Ireland Travel Sketches

Back in Seattle after a few weeks traveling through the UK and Ireland. I had a blast sketching. So much to be inspired by - I could do this all day everyday!

 Blarney Castle, Blarney, Cork, Ireland

 

Gothic Church at Kylemore Abbey, Connemara County, Ireland

 

Alley in City Center, Cork, Ireland

 

Temple Bar Pub, Dublin, Ireland

 

  

London Eye, Westminster Abbey, and Big Ben on the River Thames, London, England

Sons of Norway Bazaar in Ballard

Over the weekend the Sons of Norway had their annual Fall Bazaar which is a kick off for the Holiday Season with Arts and Crafts and great food.

The older couple in the traditional Bunad were circling the room and this is a composite portrait.

Fall City Farms Sketchcrawl

I appreciate Pumpkins, they always brighten up the day.  It was moist out and I was surprised at how long it took the page to dry.  While sketching I was hunched over my book and I heard a familiar sound.

It was the Howdy Boys, a blue grass country band that I had seen and sketched last year.

I am including that sketch also.

Sketching on the set of New Day (TV)

I was shocked at how nervous I got when an assistant producer announced that they would be filming what ever we had sketched during the show (as an ending to Gabi's interview about his new book). How funny that the normal activity of sketching became almost impossible because my hand was shaking so much. I literally couldn't write words. What a basket case.....

Looking back, the whole experience was a lot of fun (thanks Gabi) and I did get in my 1.5 seconds of fame!

Urban Sketching - Tacoma

Drawn from the warm confines of Tully's in the Stadium district of Tacoma. On the left is Stadium High School which has a very 'Hogwarts School of Wizardry' feel to it. Yesterday was beautiful day for sketching (probably good for yard work too but we're not going there....). Pen and ink with watercolor in a watercolor Moleskine (and in case Santa is reading this, that is my favorite sketchbook).

Observing People & Ballet Dancers

On a recent trip to Texas, I took the opportunity to sketch/paint this woman above, I liked her little bird lips! And I experimented with colors on her face. Kind of reminded me of someone I know.
The second sketch was done last year at tea time in a Canadian hotel, but I recently decided to add color to it.
And this last I sketched while we were at a recent Pacific NW ballet performance, and again, added the colors later. I didn't like my 1st small figure and proceeded to sketch right over & around it...

Ivy Buildings and the Needle

Looking west from the parking lot of Half Price Books (Broadway) to the Needle.

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