Lewis Army Museum - Joint Base Lewis McChord

The Tacoma Urban Sketchers made a visit to the Lewis Army Museum at Joint Base Lewis McChord. So many things to draw...Though Mother Nature didn't rain on us, it was a bit cold. I'm looking forward to coming back in warmer months.

This is a great museum that many of us see from I-5 but may not have stopped to visit, I recommend you put it on your list of unique things to do when company comes to town.

Sherman Tank sketched in watercolor and ink on a Pentalic sketchbook.

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Phoenix-Scottsdale Travel Sketches

Papago Park - watercolor and ink

Musical Instrument Museum - graphite

Large bear sculpture - Downtown Old Scottsdale - graphite

Dual sketches from Old Scottsdale street corners. 

October Sketch Gathering - Tacoma

This was done on a cold clear October Saturday at a Tacoma Urban Sketchers Gathering. Wright Park and the Seymour Conservatory in downtown Tacoma is a favorite.

Ink and watercolor in a Moleskine watercolor book.

Mount Vernon sketches

On a trip to Mount Vernon to visit with friend and fellow urban sketcher Frank Bettendorf in his adopted home town. Pen, ink and wash in a Moleskine watercolor book.

Recent Sketches from May 2017

Two sketches from last weekend's Seattle Urban Sketchers Gathering at the Seattle Chinese Gardens located on the South Seattle Community College campus. Warm beautiful day!

Pen, ink and watercolor in a Moleskine watercolor book.

In transit

Took Light Rail into Seattle to attend a Photoshop lecture at the Adobe campus. These sketches were done on the commute.

Pen, ink and watercolor in a Moleskine watercolor book.

Tacoma Urban Sketchers Gathering - May 2017

Going loose at the monthly Tacoma Urban Sketchers Gathering. Construction site at Freighthouse Square, man did it feel good to sketch outside in the sunshine.

Tumwater Falls Park

This place is a sketcher's dream with its old buildings (remnants of the Olympia Brewery), bridges, falls, fish ladders and trails. Worth the trip. I did the original sketch on a wet cloudy February day when there were no leaves on the trees. The color added on a second trip in April during unusually warm weather.

With the sale of the duplex I'm hoping to get sketching back into the routine.

Pen and ink with watercolor in a Stillman & Birn Zeta series Sketchbook.