Suzi Borden 3 of 4

This is an hour long sketch in sharpie.  This is the house that my sister and I own and it's for rent ;)  I think I'll probably print this one and add color so I have it both ways.  I'll miss this house!

Suzi Borden 4 of 4

This is an hour long sketch that is of a detail on top of my parents garage.  I'm not even sure of the purpose of this little box, but I've always liked it. Sharpie and marker

Amanda Billberg's Final Sketches

These two are sketches of the Providence Family Medicine Building on south Grand Avenue across from Manito Park. Captured at approximately 9pm, natural lighting glowed on the west-facing facade, accenting the landcaping. In the black-and-white version I was concerned with catching subtle value changes of the structure through lighting and materials. In the rendered version I used markers to capture the brilliance of the foliage against the neutral structure.

 The Japanese Gardens at Manito Park have a beautiful Japanese lantern which served as the subject for this sketch. Rough in texture, I was drawn to the natural contrast between the stone and the surrounding softness of plants. In the pen drawing I got caught up in detail, shadowing, and texture. The rendered version was an experiment with watercolor. It is fascinating to see how the mood of a composition can change with the addition of three simple colors.

This is a view of a portion of my parents' home from the back, showing the addition (on the right). I was sitting slightly uphill from the base of the structure, encapsulated with trees. I found this sketch difficult simply because I often found myself sketching what I knew instead of what I saw. This piece did have an element of fun, as shadows from the trees danced on the roof while the evening sunlight cast sharp shadows. The technique I tried to employ was to use contour lines as a framing technique.

This apartment/condominium building can be found when looking north across the river from Riverfront Park. I found this structure to be particularly beautiful. With such a simple structure of brick, concrete, and metal, shadow-play instantly adds character, dressing it up in a way that cannot be otherwise achieved architecturally.

Amanda McCammon's Sketches

This 1 hour sketch is of 4 columns on the University of Washington campus (I know, I know, what the heck was I doing at UW?!) It was really cloudy when I was in Seattle so there was not much contrast between anything but everything in Seattle is always so green so that's what I wanted to show in my color application on this one. The detail is what I could see of the top of one of the columns. Apparently these columns used to be a part of one of the oldest buildings on campus. 

This 1.5 hour sketch is of the Library on the UW campus. It is a beautiful gothic building and actually reminded me a lot of St. Johns Cathedral. This was during the day but we walked by again at night and the lighting on this place makes it even more beautiful. 

This 1 hour sketch is of the interior of the UW library. There were a lot of empty tables and no people. Everything about this building reminds me of St. Johns cathedral! 

This last sketch is a one hour one I did in a smaller sketchbook, obviously of the Space Needle. The top of the space needle is orange right now so it would have been neat to have incorporated that were I at a different angle.

Suzi Borden 2 of 4

This sketch was also done on the bank of the Little Spokane River.  This staircase is one of the many paths that lead up to the house from the river.  It is heavily wooded around the staircase causing it to be quite shaded from the sun.  Sharpie and marker, hour long sketch.

Suzi Borden 1 of 4

1 of 4... This is a sketch of my parents house on the Little Spokane River.  My view is from slightly below, sitting on the river bank. Sharpie and marker. Hour long sketch.

Susie Homan's sketches

This sketch was done during lunch at a cafe in Bozeman, MT. We sat outside in the garden and ate delicious sandwiches. It was slightly breezy and around 75 degrees in the shade- absolutely perfect. At the time I thought it would one sketch of several different places we'd see on our road trip, but our car broke down 7mi into Yellowstone National Park and we ended up being towed back to Bozeman, where we will be staying until the car is fixed on Thursday or Friday!

This sketch was done while waiting for the tow truck at Sheepeater Cliffs in Yellowstone Park. We were there from about 2pm until after 7 so there was plenty of time to observe the beautiful scenery and get a few sketches done. Will add the rest to this post soon! 

Sorry for the bad quality, the camera flash washes out the colors a bit. I can scan in the actual sketches when I get home.