The Competent Eclectic Sketch Artist Hyphenate

COMPETENT: Adjective; Having the necessary ability, knowledge, or skill to do something successfully.
ECLECTIC: Noun; A person who derives ideas, style, or taste from a broad and diverse range of sources.
HYPHENATE: –noun 1. A person with multiple duties or abilities 2. A person working or excelling in more than one craft or occupation 3. A person who has or performs more than one job or function

Thursday, December 6, 2012

Bacchanal at the Art Museum (12-06-12)

As part of its Body Beautiful exhibit , the Portland Art Museum put up a show that was definitely very Portlandia -style: a vaguely Greek-e...

Friday, November 30, 2012

Technique Demonstration at Dick Blick (11-30-12)

I went to Dick Blick to see Corrine Loomis Dietz demonstrate an acrylics effects technique.

Monday, November 19, 2012

Concert at the Schnitz (11-19-12)

A great concert by the Oregon Symphony at the Arlene Schnitzer Hall . I asked pianist Martin Helmchen to sign my sketchbook (signature c...

Saturday, November 17, 2012

IPRC Event (11-17-12)

For a while now, I had been wanting to see the new space where Independent Publishers Resource Center (IPRC) had moved to and I took the op...

Thursday, November 15, 2012

Open House at SE Antique Store (11-15-12)

One of my favorite local antique stores is Bernadette Breu Experience . It is one of those magical dreamy places where odd and delightful ...

Saturday, November 10, 2012

cre8camp Creative Workshop (11-10-12)

I attended the cre8camp workshop, which was informative, despite laden with creative industry jargon ("...We must foster the idealism-b...

Monday, November 5, 2012

About the Election (11-05-12)

I did not vote for the Count Dracula and Eddie Munster ticket. In a world wrought by lack of compassion, I could not relate to a candidate...

Sunday, October 28, 2012

Portland Pirates at Dr. Sketchy (10-28-12)

I met with some fellow local Urban Sketchers and British artist Pete Scully who was visiting from California at this month's Dr. Sketc...

Monday, October 22, 2012

Final Presidential Debate (10-22-12)

With the election a couple of weeks away, we're finally almost at the end of a long ordeal. And I can't even really complain: I don...

Saturday, October 6, 2012

Alanna R. Wedding (10-06-12)

Alanna, a friend of mine and fellow local urban sketcher, got married at a Eagle Fern Camp , a lovely rural camp near Estacada . How w...

Saturday, July 14, 2012

Anti-Walmart Protest (07-14-12)

Stunning news at a recent meeting of the Oak Grove Community Council : Walmart plans to open a grocery store in the vacant G.I Joe store on...

Thursday, July 12, 2012

Meeting at RACC (07-12-12)

I attended a meeting at the Regional Arts and Culture Council today regarding the guidelines for project grants . As I understand it, thi...

Don Colley at Muse Art and Design (07-12-12)

Artists all have other artists they admire. My unmitigated admiration goes to Don Colley , a master at using Pitt Brush Artist pens to cr...

Skype Sketch (07-12-12)

Without going into any details, I did an interpretation project over Skype and had a couple of minutes to work on this quick sketch of two o...

Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Self-Portrait in Watercolors (07-10-12)

I struggle every time I use my watercolors, but I like the results this time...

Sunday, July 8, 2012

New Sketchbook (07-08-12)

I started a new sketchbook, and decided to introduce some other colors than the usual black pen, and work on patterns for the signatures. ...

Saturday, July 7, 2012

Tutankhamen Exhibit in Seattle (07-07-12)

Akhenaten Hatshepsut At the end of our cruise to Alaska , Gary and I went to see the Tutankhamun exhibit at the Pacific Science C...

Thursday, July 5, 2012

Cruise to Alaska: Craigdarroch Castle and Blue Fox Cafe (07-05-12)

A splendid day in Victoria , British Columbia ! Gary and I walked from the cruise ship terminal into downtown Victoria, and from ...

Tuesday, July 3, 2012

Random Designs (07-03-12)

I was trying to work on some forms and shapes that would suggest fabric patterns; I used a black brush pen and a silver and a gold gel pen. ...

Cruise to Alaska: Tracy Arm Fjord (07-03-12)

The Inside Passage and Tracy Arm Fjord were the most beautiful part of the cruise... At the risk of sounding cliché, -and I am not one to ...

Monday, July 2, 2012

Cruise to Alaska: Skagway (07-02-12)

The cruise ship's second stop was in Skagway , a spectacularly beautiful natural area.

Sunday, July 1, 2012

Cruise to Alaska: Juneau (07-01-12)

I used my old watercolor pencils to record my first impressions of Juneau as the cruise ship entered the city...(there isn't much). ...

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