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Category Archives: Animals
Cats are Liquid
Most useful cat-sketching info I’ve had recently: Cats are just a slow-moving liquid. Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Close to home, Everyday Sketches, san jose, Sketch Journal
Tagged cat, cat drawing, cat sketch, location drawing, urban sketching
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Day 1 & 2: 30X30DirectWatercolorChallenge2019
Are you participating in the #30x30DirectWatercolor2019 challenge? Continue reading
30X30 Direct Watercolor Challenge 2019
Are you participating in the #30x30DirectWatercolor2019 challenge? Continue reading
The last few direct-painting watercolors
And it’s a wrap for the #30x30DirectWatercolor2018 challenge. Continue reading
Mostly black and white
My daily sketching practice has gotten a bit, shall we say, sketchy lately. So to try and get back to little studies last week, I decided to try and draw everyday: not big ambitious pieces, but with some focus: working … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, california, Close to home, Drink, Everyday Sketches, Food, people, supplies, Supplies and Materials, tools
Tagged black and white, cat, cat sketch, everyday sketch, monochrome, tea, teacup sketch, value, value study
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Heading South
Last week, the kids and I jumped in the car and headed south. The week began well, with fish tacos at Splash Cafe, Pismo Beach. And Pismo is always beautiful. I asked my son to take a picture of me … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, california, supplies, Supplies and Materials, Travel
Tagged animals, diary, pismo beach, safari park, San Diego, sketchbook, sketchnoting, socal, splash cafe
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On assignment @ Hoot & Howl
You know you have a dream gig when it’s so much fun you think “I get paid to do this?“. That was my Saturday evening: reportage sketching at Happy Hollow Park & Zoo‘s Hoot & Howl fundraiser. Hoot & Howl is … Continue reading