Okanogan Sketchbook, and back to Seattle!

Sketching at the Okanogan Barter faire. While visiting my Father we all went to the big seasonal festival, the Barter faire.  A combination of a folk music festival, a yard sale and farmers market Camp-Out!  A chance for people who live in isolated homesteads to come out and see people, buy, sell and trade, and a place for local kids to show some personal flair.  

Misc. Barter folk, two of my Dad's pals, some art and a hola hoop gal.

Barter faire chick in her barter best.

Quick sketch of the forest opposite my Dad's place.

Another, featuring Aspens hi lighted against the darker forest.  Looking due West.

Judy's horses, Quill's dog, and one of the various old Chevy's in the yard.

Mid-day horse lounging.  This horse posed for me for quite a while.  I even got in a painting.

On my way back to Seattle I stopped in my old college town, Ellensburg, for dinner and some beer tasting at Iron Horse Brewing.

Tasting at the Iron Horse Brewery.

An out-of-order set of Drawings from a few weeks past, a Visit to the Seattle Art Walk with Dave, starting at the Elysian Fields pub.

One last horse from Oroville, then back to the West side, visiting the Tacoma Art Museum.

A Rick Bartow sculpture at the Tacoma Art Museum on the left, and on the right: Reuben's Brews, Seattle. A fantastic small brewery, some of the best beers I had all trip.

The building opposite Ruben's Brews.

From a photo in the Seattle times of a UW football player and his Husky. I just thought it was such a terrific picture, I had to try to draw it. 

I finally made it to the Six Arms, another favorite Seattle hang out of mine.

Sketching at the Six arms, some of the decor.

Sketching at the Six arms, the beers.