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| 8/22/17 Koi at Portland Japanese Garden |
Yesterday I showed the sketches I did during my family
reunion when everyone else was occupied elsewhere. Shown here are sketches I managed to sneak in even while being
engaged in family activities.
In Portland where we spent most of our post-eclipse time
together, I visited the Portland Japanese Garden (where I sketched a few years ago) and the Oregon Museum of Science
and Industry (where I also sketched a few years ago) with various family members. I grabbed the sketch of the koi
at the garden while others were taking a nuclear family photo.
It was even
easier getting the sketch of the Gravitram at OMSI because we were all so entranced by it. I spent a good 15 minutes
myself just watching the balls rolling around its crazy rollercoaster of tracks
and levers. Then while the others were still mesmerized, I stepped aside for a
quick sketch. (It’s all a matter of constantly being on the lookout for an
opportunity, and when it appears, I simply pounce – and sketch fast.)
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| 8/23/17 Gravitram at OMSI |
In Newberg after the eclipse excitement was over, some of
us visited a couple of Willamette wineries for tastings. My sketch at the Alit
Winery (below) was no effort at all – the tasting room’s comfortable couch and
livingroom-like ambiance made it easy to sit back and sketch while we all tasted
(I enjoyed the Chardonnay so much that I bought a bottle to take home).
Perhaps my favorite sketches from the Oregon trip (other
than my very special eclipse series)
were the series of small gestures of my family members playing Frisbee. I filled three sketchbook pages trying to capture two main gestures: the
tossing motion and the catching motion. Each person had a slightly different
style for each, yet the basic gestures were similar – the way one leg would
lift when throwing and catching, or the stoop to pick up the Frisbee. It was
fun to participate simply by observing as closely as possible.
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| 8/21/17 Alit Winery tasting |
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| 8/20/17 Frisbee players |
How great that you were able to sketch while the family was captivated by something. There are definite benefits to knowing how to sketch quickly. I love the koi sketches!
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