The Brothers and Constance

 

11/29/25 The Brothers sketched from NE 85th St. I-5 overpass

The Olympic peaks you’ve seen me sketch most often are The Brothers, the majestically symmetrical twins that I look for whenever I cross the Interstate 5 overpass (above). I can also see them easily from certain streets when I take walks around the ‘hood, so they are most familiar to me in the mountain range to Seattle’s west.  

11/30/25 Mt. Constance sketched from an upstairs window

The Olympic peak I rarely sketch is Mt. Constance, just south of The Brothers. Although she doesn’t seem too distant from her brothers, she must be blocked more often by trees or buildings from my usual vantage points. On a recent evening at twilight, I had a lovely surprise: Upstairs to sketch the candy-striped sunset (at right), I spotted asymmetrical Constance on the horizon. (The branch on the right belongs to a large tree that blocks The Brothers from that window view.)

(No, I don’t take any of the mountains I see for granted; I am grateful for them every day, and I show that gratitude by sketching them whenever I can.)