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Soccer Season
When you have 2 kids that play soccer, you end up with a LOT of soccer sketches: 2 practice sessions a week, 2 games a weekend, and after you’ve rushed like crazy and made it there just in time, there’s … Continue reading
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Tagged almaden, california, family, kids, location drawings, soccer, urban sketchers, watercolor sketch
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More from the Farmers’ Market
I sketch the Farmers’ Market a LOT. because I’m there every Sunday. Because it’s close to home. But most of all because I just love the riot of colors and shapes of fruit and vegetables and throngs of people all … Continue reading
Posted in california, Close to home
Tagged almaden, california, family, farmers market, kids, location drawings, people, produce, suburbia, summer, summer vegetables, urban sketchers
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Finger-painting, Ed Emberley-style
Don’t know how it happened, but last week I found myself without a paintbrush in my bag. Paints, pens, water, sketchbook: yes. paintbrush: No. Oops. I wasn’t going to miss the opportunity to sketch, so fingerpainting it was. Here are … Continue reading
Posted in california, Close to home, Food
Tagged almaden, family, finger painting, food, in-n-out, kids, location drawings, soccer, suburbia, urban sketchers
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My Space Needle Obsession
Yes, I’m such a tourist . I go to Seattle and what do I draw? The Space Needle. Everywhere I look I see the Needle. Sometimes I find myself below it looking up, but at other times I’m drawing the … Continue reading
Posted in Seattle, Travel
Tagged family, location drawings, seattle, space needle, Travel, urban sketchers
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A day in Santa Cruz
Saturday afternoon at the Arboretum in Santa Cruz. This is the succulents section. A medley of form and texture. I wish I’d chosen a clear focal point to set up this composition…. And this is the blue whale skeleton at … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, california, Close to home
Tagged arboretum, blue whale, bule whale skeleton, california, family, location drawings, santa cruz, sketch, succulents, urban sketchers
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San Francisco in the summer
Want to catch a super foggy, windy day in the city? Chances are pretty high you will-especially if it’s summer. It’s noon, and 70 degrees, but the fog is relentless. We’re parked at Fort Point, just below the bridge when … Continue reading
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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Los Alamitos Elementary School Art Show, 2012
A big day at Los Alamitos Elementary School in Almaden, San Jose. Art by all the kids, music performances by students and alumni, and tables of fun craft activities for the kids. While I manned a little table with my … Continue reading
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Tagged art show, california, family, kids, location drawings, los alamitos, san jose, school, suhita, urban sketc, urban sketch
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Weekend at Capitola Beach
It was my daughter’s 7th birthday last week. I asked what she wanted, and she said she wanted to go to Africa. Since that wasn’t possible on short notice, we spent the weekend at Capitola Beach, an hour south of … Continue reading
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Tagged beach, california, capitola, family, kids, location drawings, santa cruz, Travel, urban sketchers
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