Lightning Sketches

6/16/14 Pilot Iroshizuku Take-Sumi and Diamine Grey inks, Sailor pen, water-soluble colored pencils, Canson XL 140 lb. paper (Arboretum)

We’re having fun playing tourist this week while a guest is visiting from out of town. This is when being able to sketch fast comes in especially handy. I let the others get a little ahead of me while I sketched, and then I caught up with them. Except the top sketch, which took about 15 minutes, all the rest took literally a few minutes each.

Yesterday morning was wet and cold, so we explored the Burke Museum’s many natural treasures (yesterday’s post has one more sketch from the Burke, which took about 10 minutes). We took advantage of the sun in the afternoon to visit the Washington Park Arboretum and Seattle Japanese Garden.

Stay tuned for more lightning sketches.

6/16/14 Pilot Iroshizuku Take-Sumi and Diamine Grey inks,
water-soluble colored pencils, Zig marker (Japanese Garden)

6/16/14 Diamine Chocolate Brown ink,
Sailor pen (dried seahorse,
Burke Museum)

6/16/14 Diamine Chocolate Brown ink
(fish skeleton, Burke Museum)

6/16/14 Diamine Chocolate Brown ink
(ginkgo leaf fossil, Burke Museum)

6/16/14 Diamine Chocolate Brown ink
(sabertooth foot, Burke Museum)