2020-06-06 15:10
Foraging I I signed up for an "Abstract Expressionism: Post WWII" class on coursera.org thinking it would be about exactly what the title says, and it is, but it is also about how they… Read More
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2020-05-13 00:11
It became abundantly clear to me today that this blog died and no one told me. Omgosh, the last entry was October 14, 2016!!!Methinks this may have happened as FB came exploding on the… Read More
2016-10-14 18:16
Urban Sketchers: Tri-Cities, Washington: Asotin County Courthouse - Asotin, WA.: One block off the main road through the tiny village of Asotin, WA., stand this courthouse, constructed in 19… Read More
2016-06-15 04:21
My old buddy from another mother told me today that he went to the dentist and the dentist cleaned both his teeth. Good thing, ol Gollum has dental insurance. (black marxalot pen… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
We live on the banks of the Columbia river. In that river there is a man-made island called Clover Island. I think it was created here in the early 50's. When I was a kid t… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
The Tri Cities Urban Skether group met this morning on Clover Island in Kennewick, WA., on the Columbia River. We met across the street from Cedars Restaurant. We used to go here to ha… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
Table Arrangement on Kitchen Table with CoffeeI have been working out of a new sketchbook for the past few days and want to return with this one back to using a journalistic style with the s… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
Sketched in the old accounting book I purchased at eBay just for this purpose, The Sisters Patisserie, off Bombing Range Road in West Richland, WA., proved to be an interesting place t… Read More
2015-11-15 19:28
For one of the first times, ever, I just let my pen flow on the page with little concern about accuracy, or photorealistic effect, while trying to capture the high energy and chaos of a yout… Read More
2015-09-12 16:39
Some remember when this hospital was nothing more than a group of quonset huts put up in the 1940's to serve the tens of thousands of scientists and blue-collar workers who were working in t… Read More
2015-09-06 22:18
A windy, rainy day in Howard Amon park at the Tumbleweed Music Festival. While this group, "Sea Star," played I dodged the rain beneath on old maple tree in the back. Too bad about the… Read More
2015-08-28 04:16
A former student contacted me asking if I would do a sketch of the Nike Campus where she works. Her enthusiasm for my sketching won me over and I said, "sure." She wants to pres… Read More
2015-08-28 04:12
Sketchers in Barnes & NobleOur little group of urbansketchers here in the TriCities, met up in the local Barnes & Noble here in Kennewick, WA., last Wednesday morning. (we go s… Read More
2015-05-06 22:31
On my way home from sketching the Uptown area, I spotted all these people enjoying the food trucks in John Dam Plaza. So, even though needing to make a "rest" stop soon, I pulled into… Read More
2015-05-06 21:45
Out sketching with the Urban Sketchers: Tri Cities at the Uptown in Richland, WA., this morning. Some of us started out by having a spudnut, or two, and coffee in the renowned Spudnut Shop j… Read More
2015-04-30 00:43
With some time to kill this morning (an hour) I drove over to Roaster's Coffee in Richland, then parked in the nearest realtor's office parking lot and sketched these two structures. T… Read More
2015-04-16 17:00
I stood in the bed of my truck and used the roof top as a work surface to capture this winery from a slightly elevated perspective. It would have worked out better to be a row or two t… Read More
2015-04-14 18:37
My son is a sort of savant with classical music. It started when he first discovered how to slide a CD into a player, about age 4 or 5, I think. You can play just about any piece of cl… Read More
2015-04-13 22:11
Each year there is a carnival that come to town, and usually it sets itself up in the Hobby Lobby parking lot on Canal Drive here in Kennewick, WA. Carnivals were always great fun when… Read More
2015-04-10 02:39
The "3 Rivers Convention Center," on the left was built some years ago; the structure on the right is the "Springhill Suites: Marriott," which is bran-new. I've been waiting for the co… Read More
2015-04-10 02:34
The USkTC group went down to Clover Island, again, this last Wednesday morning to sketch what they could find. I've long been interested in the juxtaposition of this sculpture of Pione… Read More
2015-04-10 02:18
We traveled a couple of hours to LaGrande, OR, today and found some interesting sketch opportunities including the wide view of East Oregon University. This one is a panorama was fun t… Read More
2015-01-09 23:40
While running a few errands this morning, I drove by this church for the 865th time and decided to find a spot in the parking lot across the street. Hunkered down in my warm vehicle wi… Read More
2014-12-09 02:15
After a long year of planning a 50th class reunion, Lois and I decided after it was over we would get out'a town for a while. We discussed a number of options, but it came down to a ten day… Read More
2014-10-02 23:47
This sternwheeling cruise ship comes into the dock at Howard Amon park in Richland, WA., frequently. I happened to be driving to Richland today and noticed it on the river, so I hot-wheeled… Read More
2014-08-28 07:47
The USkTC group drove to Walla Walla today and met up with Walla Walla sketcher, Jim McNamara, at Starbucks downtown. After a short meet up in the coffee shop, everyone spilled into th… Read More
2014-08-28 07:38
We went sketching at the WSU Richland campus a week ago. This is the back side of the administration building and not one of my favorite sketches. Still, we were there, so I'll p… Read More
2014-08-18 06:55
While in Tacoma, WA., this past week to attend a wedding, I found time to capture this scene of the Tacoma Court House and Museum of History and Industry. We were just leaving the pub… Read More
2014-08-14 01:24
The Ice Harbor Dam sits on the Snake river just a few miles upriver from where the Snake dumps into the Columbia river meandering its way westward toward the Pacific Ocean. Ice Harbor was de… Read More
2014-08-07 01:15
The USkTC (Urban Sketchers: Tri-Cities) group met this morning at Bookwalter Winery on Tulip Lane in Richland. We had a wonderful time, the weather was good, there was lots to sketch… Read More
2014-08-05 22:59
These grain elevators have been pulling on my eye for years, so today I drove by them again and decided to record them in my sketchbook. They belong to the Bateman family who has been… Read More
2014-07-29 19:21
If you measure the width of the cabin with your pencil, then use that measure to measure the heighth of the tree, the tree is just over 3 cabin widths high. It's a big tree, and it wor… Read More
2014-07-25 05:57
This felt good. It was as though suddenly the lessons I have learned from Frank Ching, Prof Emeritus, School of Architecture, University of Washington, started gelling in my head and h… Read More
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