Duck Dodge

Another glorious early evening in Seattle at the water's edge.

The panorama could have kept going, alas, running out of paper either side.

All the sailboats arriving on time for their 'dodge' in Lake Union. 

I just kept filling in more boats as they arrived.

Mixed use and working.

skagit valley, value studies

A great day to visit the Skagit Valley; a very sunny Wednesday.

Choosing large paper and General's charcoal for my medium, a warm up and 

investigation of the values in the landscape.

Textures attempt to get simplified with the medium, 'looseness' is key.

Saturday at Interbay; a quiet section of town for a sunny Saturday.

Charcoal and sulfite paper, crazy expressive.

Grand gas works; a sister of 4 total towers.

 

coffee and crows.

A good morning at the Stabucks; full of activity and coffee.

So great to see all the Urban Sketchers out and working so hard. 

A great urban scene with accompanying crows.

Working in soft pencil and concentrating the urban form into shapes.

bottles of light

A fine day again to go out and sketch; this winter is so much like Spring.

Coming back to Stephen Holl's fine chapel each year is always fresh and inspiring.

I worked with line and in shape, using keen senses in describing 

amazing proportions, as form unfolded.

A casual sketch; a memorable day.

4B pencil.

5th Ave. South and 4B pencil

A great morning, out with the students (aka, sketch hunters).

The sun was actually shining upon us all, and voila: value!

Working with shape, form and value; falling together like LEGO pieces.

rough draft

Queen Anne Avenue; 

lessons in perspective and continuous observation in shape with pencil on paper.

An active drawing with cars at the four way stop.

I thought of Victor Steinbrueck with all those power lines in the viewpoint.

grand collections, sketcher in residence at the MOHAI

the Virginia V

Grand collection of boats, planes, folk and great public space.

the 'mother' ship.

MOHAI is a winner!

Total sensory stimulation everywhere. I wasn't sure where to land; the US Mail airplane was a great subject.

While sketching, a Boeing engineer told me this was the first plane to fly commercially in the world, 

delivering mail to Victoria. 

So many views/lessons @ MOHAI; shape, form, texture, perspective, color.....

 I will, for sure, bring my drawing students here soon.