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Girl Scout cookies
My daughter is a “Daisy” which means she is a Kindergartener who is a Girl Scout, so we had our first experience of standing outside grocery stores, selling Girl Scout cookies. It was, surprisingly, a much nicer experience than I … Continue reading
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Tagged california, cookies, family, girl scouts, iphone, kids, location drawings, suburbia
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Delhi
Spent just 2 days there, now I want to go spend a whole winter there, staying in a barsati, sketching everyday. What a city! Stop1: Early morning at Isa Khan’s tomb. I found a sunny spot- no sitting in the … Continue reading
Varanasi, part 2
Daubs of color everywhere: flags, sadhus in saffron, kites and birds high up in the sky. Sometimes, it’s hard to tell them apart. I love how you can see all the way downriver, into the distance. Classic one point perspective. … Continue reading
Varanasi: Part 1
A week in Varanasi and delhi with my nieces, all 3 of us sketching all day. It doesn’t get better than that. ( to see their blogpost about it, go to: http://sketchindia.wordpress.com/ ) Day 1 on Assi Ghat. Just downstairs from … Continue reading
Week 2: Tirunelvelli
Tirunelvelli is, in many ways, the quintessential Indian small town: probably very charming and idyllic at one point, but just a mad, unplanned, overgrown mess today. While I wouldn’t want to live there, it is a great place to sketch! … Continue reading
Posted in India, people, Travel
Tagged animals, family, kids, location drawings, overpass, people, temple, tirunelvelli, Travel
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Friday mornings at the Almaden Coffee Roasting Company
I love when there’s people at the next table having really intense conversations: I can stare at them forever and sketch them and they don’t seem to notice at all. As soon as school starts, the mommies arrive in droves … Continue reading
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Tagged almaden, cafe, california, location drawings, people, suburbia
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A hot day in San Jose
Finally: a real summer day! it’s over a hundred degrees outside, and I could barely see this girl with the glare from the outside…
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Tagged almaden, cafe, california, home, location drawings, people, suburbia
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Swim Class
A quick sketch while Kavya takes a swim class.
Posted in california, Close to home, people
Tagged almaden, california, family, kids, location drawings, people, suburbia, swim
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Another Summer Weekend…
Start the day at the Brazil Cafe in Santa Cruz. Lemon yellow and parrot green walls.And a big bowl of feijoada. The Blue Whale skeleton at the Seymour Center. And the Bonny Doon beach, just north of Santa Cruz to … Continue reading
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Tagged beach, california, family, kids, location drawings, people
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Sue's Coffee Roasting, Gilroy
There’s always interesting conversation to be overheard at Sue’s Coffee Roasting. And they have a beautiful bean roaster, and a strange wooden sign that says ‘beach” when they’re nowhere near the ocean Another view, and different people:
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Tagged cafe, california, gilroy, location drawings, people, suburbia
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