not done,on the easel

I tried to sketch this out and plan it rather than just jump right in. so far I'm liking the sketch better. We'll see how it comes out. 

winter trees

We had a few sunny days so i went to the fields and looked at some winter trees. No leaves so the color was different than in the summer. i tend to put too much color anyway so this was a good thing for me to practice.

Gretha LInnwood. Portland paint out group

Here's Gretha Linnwood navigating slippery steps at Dairy Creek Mountaindale . she's our leader!  for The Portland Paint Out Group.

Jan flynn at Portland Paint out group

Here's Jan at Portland Paint out group at dairy creek Mountaindale.

Bev drew Kindley at dairy creek POG

Bev drew Kindley at Dairy Creek POG

mountaindale dairy creek POG

We went to Chris place along Dairy Creek to paint. it was nice and sunny. Here's Chris STadig working on her wonderful piece of the creek

sketching on the warm day

Went sketching in the warm weather. It was nice to have the sun. Looking at Wolf Kahn gives me hope for leafless trees.

gresham art commission art explosion show

gresham art commission art explosion show

pastels at the gresham art commission show

gresham art commission art explosion show

gresham art commission art explosion show. i got in 4 pastels.

sketching

I was discouraged today and so I just decided to go out in the sun and scribble in my sketch book. I sat in the field and just relaxed and sketched. it was nice to do that in the winter.

susan jensen colored pencil drawing at sixth street gallery.

my colored pencil drawing that the sixth street gallery accepted for the food theme show. I couldn't believe all the food that was in all the galleries Friday night. Yum. fun

Oh yeah . And my first attempt at knitting a scarf. Warm.