The Library

Another in the series: The Library, St Helens.  

9-2/3" x 4-1/4" hot press 140# Senneliers cotton paper.
Sennelier watercolors
Holbein gouache

#StHelensLibrary

The fire station in St. Helens

Another one finished.  Well maybe finished.  There are a couple of things I would like to tweak but I'll set it aside and take a look at it with fresh eyes in a couple of days.  

9-2/3" x 4-1/4" hot press 140# Senneliers cotton paper.
Sennelier watercolors
Holbein gouache

#StHelensFireDepartment
#ColumbiaRiverFireDistrict

Emmert Motors, St Helens - the next in the series

This one was a tough one for me.  I don't normally incorporate cars in my designs.  I actually bend over backwards to avoid having cars in my pieces but this location was all about cars.  I sat across the street, drew the cars, erased the cars, redrew the cars and erased the cars.  I repeated the process about ten times before deciding to make the best of what I had.  

Emmert Motors
St. Helens, OR

9-2/3" x 4-1/4" hot press 140# Senneliers cotton paper
Sennelier watercolors
Holbein gouache

#StHelensOregon
#EmmertMotors

The front desk at Timberline Lodge

To help you enjoy your adventure at the lodge, my Newels of Timberline Walking Tour is now available at the front desk of Timberline Lodge.  

It's all by design

When people comment I don't draw from my imagination I'm not at all offended. They probably don't realize I consider it a compliment. Going to college I started out in commercial art so I could make a living doing what I loved. Commercial art later grew to be known as graphic design. When I graduated with my BA degree my emphasis was in illustration. 

So when you see my drawings and paintings - that realism is entirely on purpose. You could even say it was by design.
😊

Headstart - St. Helens, OR

9-2/3" x 4-1/4" hot press 140# Senneliers cotton paper

Sennelier watercolors

Holbein gouache

Starbucks in St Helens.

With all the traveling I've had to do this past week, I didn't have a pre-planned location set up. I normally avoid chain types stores because they all tend to be cookie cutter sameness. With a lack of a better option the gals wanted to go there for a cup of coffee so off we went and I made the best of it. Watercolor in my journal.