I was just getting sick the weekend of the USk worldwide walk.
I managed a couple of sketches that were not painted until later —
I’ve wanted to paint the marigold City Market in Autumn against fiery trees…
now that the bright orange rental bikes are out front
it is the most colorful corner in Portland!
When I first was coming to Portland alone to dink around, shop on 23d (then loaded with lively small businesses not mall stores) and go to galleries, I fell in love with NW PDX.
At that time the Alphabet was so colorful — not loaded with cookie cutter four-story condos in beige brick and touches of yellow striping or some such nod to the past.
I wanted to live here. It was here that we put our studio!
They demolished the bright purple building that was a club down the street,
but the Blue Moon Cafe is still there, and I love the moon sign.
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Fabriano Watercolor journal (don’t recommend),
Jinhao with Goulet 1.1 stub nib and Super5 Frankfurt,
Da Vinci, Sennelier, Holbein, DS Primatek, and Daniel Smith Watercolors
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I LOVE this one Kate! 💕
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I wish I lived near you so I could take one of your classes….But you might find me to be a hopeless wordsmith, not a visual artist at all. I’d hate to disappoint you. 😀
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If nothing else I am sure we’d be great friends… as I post videos try them!
Never disappoint me — more likely not measure up to you standards!
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Great sketch/painting of the city market.
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Thank you!
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Is this Portland Oregon you’re talking about? I grew up near there–and it is a beautiful city. Your artwork is wonderful.
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Thanks Beth — yup, Or-eee-gon!
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amazing work ! these things shock me
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Thank you!
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Love your colorful sketches.
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Thank you Gloria!
I wanted to leave you a comment on your site as well (I also want to try cold wax!) but your blogger won’t let me. There is a blogger you can get that works for everyone…
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Extraordinary place you live. ME is such an exciting and interesting place. I love it. We had a Blue Moon Cafe in IL but so much of my hometown has DRASTICALLY changed. I certainly don’t recognize it when I visited 6 years ago.. .. I left it almost 30 years ago. Your art work is totally absorbing to me. Blessings, Janet
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So I’m in Portland Oregon — I think you are talking about Portland Maine (which is also a lovely city!)
Thank you so much for the kind words….
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