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Art Vista 2013: Los Alamitos Elementary School
Every year, my kids school, Los Alamitos Elementary School, has an annual show of the art the kids create all year round. I get to be ‘visiting artist’ and set up a little table with my sketches and sketchbooks. My … Continue reading
Posted in california, Close to home, Silicon Valley
Tagged almaden, california, kids, location drawings, los alamitos elementary school, people, urban sketchers
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Sunny Day by the Ferry building
I was in San Francisco on a rare sort of day- sunny and warm enough for me to sketch outdoors. Here are a few sketches from my day. The bluest, clearest sky and Coit Tower. The tower is the recognizable … Continue reading
A Christmas Carol
Victorian Era costumes are so much fun to draw. Couple that with theater, and what’s to not like? So when my local Whole Foods store announced that San Jose Youth Shakespeare was performing ‘A Christmas Carol’ at the store this weekend, … Continue reading
Milk Pail Market, Mountain View
I love this little market in Mountain View. It’s narrow aisles, it’s collection of fantastic cheeses (and generous samplers), the tables and boxes all overflowing with produce, the handlettered cardboard signs, and the people who come here and carefully select … Continue reading
Posted in Close to home, Food, Silicon Valley
Tagged california, food, fruit vegetable, location drawings, market, milk pail market, people, suhita, urban sketchers, watercolor sketch
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Drawing Art
I like the idea of making marks that capture the marks of an artist. Which makes sketching in a museum a lot of fun. Like everything else I sketch, I can’t JUST draw the artwork. I like capturing it in … Continue reading
Posted in Close to home, Silicon Valley
Tagged art, drawing art, family, location drawings, Mark Dean Veca, museum, san jose, san jose museum of art, urban sketchers, watercolor sketch
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Old friends, wine, jazz on a Sunday afternoon….and sketching
Friends, jazz , wine and some sketching all in one afternoon is wonderful, but when the musicians playing while you sketch ( and try to drink a glass of wine, all at the same time) ARE your friends, it’s even … Continue reading
Posted in california, Silicon Valley, Uncategorized
Tagged california, family, jazz, location drawings, music, performance, portrait, san francisco, sunna gunnlaugs, urban sketchers
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Summertime is… Farmers’ Markets
Here in San Jose, we’re lucky to have Farmers’ Markets all year round, but they’re extra-special in the summer. The fruit stands are a riot of color: peaches, plums, nectarines, little green sour plums. But you have to get there early … Continue reading
Posted in california, Close to home, Silicon Valley
Tagged almaden, california, family, Farmers, food, fruit, location drawings, los gatos, market, people, suburbia, summer, urban sketchers
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A warm day in the Mission District, San Francisco
An unusually warm day for San Francisco – 75 degrees and not windy. My idea of a perfect day to sketch in the city. This is the view of the street corner (Mission and 25th) from the window at Mission … Continue reading
Posted in california, Silicon Valley
Tagged california, location drawings, mission, mission district, san francisco, sketch, Travel, urban sketchers
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Dappled light, Summer days
You know it’s summer when your yellow, gold and green paints run out before your Payne’s grey ( goodbye winter and spring!) Summer is lots of outdoor sketching, hikes and art shows. Sometimes I paint in the warm sunlight. And … Continue reading
Posted in california, Close to home, Silicon Valley
Tagged california, hike, location drawing, los gatos, people, saratoga, stanford, suhita, summer, urban sketchers
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Flowers at Filoli
If you live in the San Francisco Bay Area and haven’t heard of Filoli Gardens, google it now. Better still go right now, because the daffodils, the tulips, the magnolis, and many, many more flowers that I don’t know the … Continue reading
Posted in california, Close to home, Food, Silicon Valley
Tagged california, clocktower, filoli, filoli gardens, flowers, foo, location drawings, people, redwood city, urban sketchers, woodside
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