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

Monday, September 30, 2013

A portrait (09-30-13)

Here is a portrait of a lady from my church, who has the most abundant, lush, curly hair. My drawing does not do justice to the the way it t...

Tuesday, September 17, 2013

WiPP Meeting (09-17-13)

This month, the Women in Portland Publishing (WiPP) met at Powell's Books for a special tour of the Rare Book Room . Since I am lat...

Monday, September 16, 2013

A not-so-good portrait (09-16-13)

This is what happens when I draw with my arm outstretched, rather than bring the sketchbook closer to me: the results are distorted and look...

Friday, September 13, 2013

What shoes to choose? (09-13-13)

Since the store group I belong to has had a 180 days' safety record, we get to choose a pair of Keen shoes. A difficult decision to make...

Thursday, September 12, 2013

Monthly Ladies' Meeting (09-12-13)

A few of the women at our local monthly gathering. I like these quick sketches because they show the personalities well.

Wednesday, July 24, 2013

And now, for something different... (07-24-13)

Here is an image that I created, reworked in Photoshop CS4 . To not get too specific in details, this image was part of a large event board...

Thursday, July 4, 2013

Hawthorne Bridge and the Blues Festival (07-04-13)

We went to the Waterfront Blues Festival planning to end the 4th of Jul y with a concert by MarchFourth Marching Band followed by firew...

Saturday, April 27, 2013

Poetry Workshop with Paulann Petersen (04-27-13)

I had the exceptional opportunity to attend a poetry writing workshop with Paulann Petersen , as part of the Milwaukie Poetry Series , and f...

Friday, April 26, 2013

David Sedaris in Portland! (04-26-13)

After an (ahem!) embarrassing ordeal with a ticket purchase which I won't detail here, - and gracious treatment by the Arlene Schnitzer...

Sunday, April 21, 2013

Stained Glass Window (04-21-13)

Valérie came up to Portland to sing in a fundraiser concert for the Oregon State Choir at First Presbyterian Church downtown. We sat upsta...

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...

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