Category Archives: Max's Sketch

Sketchcrawl in Salem

By Max | Published: December 3, 2009
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Coastal Callalily

By Max | Published: July 29, 2009

I respect anything that can survive in the harsh realities of the coastal northwest. Callalilies have what it takes and they are an iconic beauty like a nautilus shell.  The cottage where we stayed in Yachats had these lovely plants framing many of their abodes.

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Sketchcrawl 23 Mike, Lola and Max in Salem, Oregon

By Max | Published: July 12, 2009
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Quick Sketch of Tanger Outlet

By Max | Published: May 27, 2009

The girls went in search of a good shopping fix. I passed the time hanging out by the car and then I sat down and did this quick sketch of the southwest corner parking lot scene. If nothing else I am building my confidence to sketch en plein air. With sketchcrawl only forty some days [...]

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Watercolor of Mother and Daughter

By Max | Published: May 18, 2009

Mother and daughter churn butter in front of their clapboard house. Taken from a photo at Mission Mill’s 26th Annual “Sheep to Shawl”.

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Sketch/Watercolor of Mission Mill

By Max | Published: May 14, 2009

This Mission Mill sketch/watercolor was done a bit ago, but I had not posted it here. It is my second  watercolor and was viewed from the east end of the warehouse looking to the northwest. This motif view is one of my favorites and moving only a foot or two changes the buildings’ relationships drastically. [...]

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Vroom..Vroom

By Max | Published: April 23, 2009

This sketchbook entry is a tribute to a car show that came to Mission Mill a week ago Saturday. One of the coordinators owned this and we talked a bit about cars. His restored Fairlane 500 and my checker cab in 1600 pieces.
I am just using the pen and have not initially done this in [...]

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Ideas | What’s with the rocks!

By Max | Published: April 21, 2009

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Salt & Pepper

By Max | Published: April 16, 2009

This was a quickie for an anniversary card.  It’s our 21st.  So, I opened my never tried masking pen and proceeded to wreck yet another brush!  It was fun though because I kept over-doing the pigment and in desperation I used a paper towel to sop up and manipulate excess color. (which is a cool [...]

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Jason Lee House at Mission Mill

By Max | Published: April 15, 2009

This is my fourth watercolor. It was sketched on Saturday, April 11th for Sketchcrawl 22 and watercolored today. I have no idea what I am doing, but realized I had never looked at a fir tree so closely in thirty two years of living in the Northwest.  Sketching and watercolor has caused me to see [...]

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