Category Archives: Mission Mill

Sketchcrawl in Salem

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Coastal Callalily

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

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Sketch/Watercolor of Mission Mill

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

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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Jason Lee House at Mission Mill

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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Our Sketches at Mission Mill

 
What a blast we had. Lola’s going to get a blog going soon. I know it and can feel it in my bones (Lola, I’d be happy to help). Mike has a couple of places to view his work:
Creative Dialog Blog
Creative Dialog Studios
Visit Mike’s websites, he’s outstanding.

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Sketchcrawl 22

Title: Sketchcrawl 22
Location: Mission Mill
Description: A chance for artists new, old or indifferent to come together and simply sketch. Meet later at Marco Polo\’s for a gab & view session.
Start Time: 10:00
Date: 2009-04-11
End Time: 16:00

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