Individual Sketchcrawl - Pioneer Courthouse Square

 

I braved the iffy weather, dodging both rain and other people, and walked down to Pioneer Courthouse Square to sketch the tree.  

I haven't been downtown in ages.  The number of empty storefronts is scary.  And these colorful circles are painted in the square and on the surrounding sidewalks.  I assume that they're social distancing markers.

Pioneer Courthouse Square

While everyone else hung around the square, I  went off to look for a lion that I'd been lusting after.

I found it on Alder, on the Electric Building.  Two lions, actually, facing each other across the entrance.  I did a line sketch, then saved that much aside and continued, obliterating the lines with color.

Then I went back to Pioneer Courthouse Square, to hear a bunch of pirates singing sea shanteys and Christmas carols.  I did a sketch of one of the singers, but my tablet was balky and unresponsive.  And after I'd rebooted it, to fix that problem, I'd lost the sketch. 



Back up to the balcony, where most people seemed to be sketching the square, with the tree and the courthouse beyond it.  I sat down and sketched the sketchers.

Night sketches

Ended up at Pioneer Courthouse Square, for a holiday performance that didn't happen.  So I sat down and sketched the weather machine instead.

And then, on my way to my next stop, did one of the front doors of Trinity Cathedral.

Christmas Music

Festival Brass Band, in Pioneer Courthouse Square