Trevor
thesqarchi.bsky.social
Trevor
@thesqarchi.bsky.social
Architect by day, artist by night.
www.thesqarchi.com
#figureDrawing in #oilPastel. I didn’t make art this past week so it felt important to keep the hands moving. Still experimenting with color pairings hoping for a dopamine hit. Also I need to be giving more time to how I show tattoos, they bring a lot the page. 10 minutes poses. #lifeDrawing #pastel
February 18, 2026 at 5:25 AM
3 hour #oilPastel of a Harpy Eagle.
#bird #eagle #art
February 3, 2026 at 8:54 PM
February 3, 2026 at 8:52 PM
Some highlights from Inktober so far
October 20, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Recent #figureDrawing work, focused on shorter poses. These are from 5 & 10 min poses in #oilPastel

#drawing #lifedrawing #pastel
September 25, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Pair of #pleinair #drawing from a family visit to Montana. One in chalk pastel and one in oil pastel. I’m still trying to hone my travel kit for a big adventure this winter and can’t decide between the two #pastel types.
September 1, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Visiting family and reminded of how very introverted I am. So sketched this angel fish while enjoying the serenity of the fish tanks.
August 30, 2025 at 8:53 PM
#Pleinair drawing in #oilpastel from a paddleboard adventure. It was drawn while floating, which went better than I expected. I’m still too slow, didn’t have time to finish before it was time to pack up and paddle on.
July 7, 2025 at 2:55 AM
#oilpastel portrait @hipboneartstudio.bsky.social - This one wasn’t a very good likeness but I decided to exaggerate the color when I was getting frustrated drawing. I’m still not sure about it although I enjoy how different it is from my usual stuff.
July 6, 2025 at 3:41 PM
#pastel of Crater Lake…12x16 miiight be too big of a paper for a canvas for traveling- my partner got very bored while I was working. It was a good stretch for my brain though and a perfect day to be making art in perfect place.

#pleinair #art #CraterLake #oilPastel #travel
June 8, 2025 at 1:09 AM
May 29, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Another quick #figuredrawing sketch in #pastel. I still can’t let go of the pencil underlay to get the proportions set, even in a 5min pose - I’m amazed at the many artist with the vision and skill to not need it.
#lifedrawing #art
May 17, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Drawing @hipboneartstudio.bsky.social - working on being faster to improve my travel drawings. This is a 15 minute #sketch in #oilpastel

#lifedrawing #pastel
May 4, 2025 at 8:53 PM
#figuredrawing at @hipboneartstudio.bsky.social - not my finest overall, but I think this 15 min study came together nicely.
#oilpastel #pastel #art
April 20, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Enjoying my city and its love of odd #bicycle events: 500 lap relay around a large traffic circle. More regatta than race though, complete with people running pancakes to those riding very tall bikes.

#portland #pdx #ladds500
April 12, 2025 at 11:14 PM
#bigbotbash by Bill Making Stuff. Decided to try it out (and keep to the recommended height 😬). This is a meaty bot with the Junkboy Generator results: Gooogly head, beefy arms, too many wires, hook hand, weirdo flavor. Haven’t thought up a name for it yet…
#scratchbuild #junkbot
April 8, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Part of a quick sketch in the park this past weekend. Not my favorite result but it was a pleasant way to spend an hour in the sunshine.
April 3, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Find joy no matter where you are.
April 3, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Spending a weekend near Bend OR and enjoying the winter snow and wonderful trees. Well worth putting chains on the car. Drawing of the forest in oil pastel.

#forest #pnw #oilpastel #pastel
March 16, 2025 at 2:36 AM
In an art making mood and did a #cat drawing. Cas is a most royal feline, it’s only fitting she pose for a #portrait. Black paper and #oilpastel.
March 9, 2025 at 5:54 AM
I was lucky enough to see Hamilton live…so wow. In honor of Paul Tazewell’s costume design for Hamilton (also he won an Oscar, hot damn!), I did a sketch of Aaron Burr in the style I remember trying to learn in Paul’s class. I still can’t draw or even understand a cravat; some things don’t change.
March 9, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Quick 20 minute lunch sketch! Made an improvised sketchbook from some copier paper and a folder, worked great.
March 6, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Consumed life drawing at @hipboneartstudio.bsky.social - 3 hour session in #oilPastel

A much needed time away from everything to sit and draw. And the model brought some impressive props!

#figureDrawing #pastel #portrait
February 23, 2025 at 1:37 AM
More and more, I think of Goya. After years of heroic court portraits, he created desperate drawings showing horrors of war. At the end of his life, all he had left was a manic scream into the void painted alone onto the walls of his home. When I see the news or AI “art” sludge, I feel him there.
February 17, 2025 at 7:11 AM
I’ve been having a lot of trouble making art lately, life has felt too heavy. Maybe need to get back to figure drawing again, nothing like sitting in a room for 3 hours to force the issue. Here’s an oil pastel from a few months ago from a model session.
February 6, 2025 at 2:36 AM