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Ashland Oregon Sketchbook November 18th, 2007

View up North Main Street (larger)

Last month I went to Ashland Oregon for a long weekend of play and relaxation with some women from my book club. It’s the “Bad Girls” book club: you don’t have to read the book if you bring good snacks!

Ashland is a pretty town surrounded by scenic rural areas, and is especially known for it’s almost year round Oregon Shakespeare Festival. We were not able to get tickets for all of the plays we had hoped to see, but we had a great time hanging out, eating out, shopping and talking.

The Fall colors were stunning! The trees were on fire each with their own blast of color: yellow, orange, pink or red. I was able to do some sketching but didn’t fully do those colors justice, I’m afraid. I also had fun sketching from the plane again. That sketch, of course, was drawn mostly from memory.

Lithia Park (larger)

Marin County from the Air (larger)

Main St. Restaurant (larger)

Backyard Cabana (larger)

Sketching in Ashland

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Sketching from the Air October 6th, 2007

Over Oregon (larger)

This summer we flew from the Bay Area to Seattle in a small (Cessna 182) airplane. We went with some friends to visit some other friends and had a blast.

On the way up I sat in the back seat of the plane and enjoyed spectacular views of the Cascade Arc volcano peaks strung out all along our route. A lot to capture – I drew the window in ink then decided to try doing the vistas of mid-Oregon in watercolor only. A bit unconventional but I like how it came out.

On the way back we spent a lot of time in the clouds at 11,000 feet, so being in the front I sketched the plane’s panel. All the right gauges are there, although they’ve slid around a bit!