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Category Archives: california
FAQs: Line First or Paint First?
Line first or color? Continue reading
Posted in california, Close to home, How to, Silicon Valley, watercolor
Tagged california, hakone gardens, los gatos, saratoga, watercolor
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Bits
Drawings form the past week. Continue reading
Posted in california, Close to home, Everyday Sketches, people, san jose, Silicon Valley, teaching, Workshop
Tagged caffe frascati, downtown san jose, ferry building, location drawing, people drawing, san francisco, san jose, san jose museum of art, sketch, urban sketching, usk, watercolor
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More Lesson Plans (and a new workshop)
More Lesson Plans. And a new workshop on weeknights so everyone can join in! Continue reading
Posted in california, Close to home, Everyday Sketches, people, san jose, Silicon Valley, Sketch Journal, teaching, Workshop
Tagged messy journal, perspective, Sketch Journal, teaching, workshop
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Two flutists (and a tabla player)
Friday night we attended a lovely little concert at the Saratoga Foothill Club in a gorgeous hall designed by Julia Morgan. Ray Furuta and Prasad Bhandarkar played the Western flute and the Indian flute. Vikas accompanied Prasad on tabla. This first … Continue reading
Posted in california, Close to home, people, san jose, Silicon Valley, Sketch Journal
Tagged classical music, concert, flute, location drawing, music, musician, prasad bhandarkar, ray furuta, sangam arts, saratoga, sketch, urban sketch
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Line first or color first?
Line first or color first? Process shots. Continue reading
Posted in california, Everyday Sketches, san jose, Silicon Valley, Vintage Signs, watercolor
Tagged arrow sign, Dealin' Dollar Dan, location drawing, san jose, sign, urban sketch, Vintage Signs
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Why Save a Sign?
Why Save a Sign? Morgan Newby has a great reason for wanting to save this wonderful sign of a cowboy that sits on his lot. Continue reading
Posted in Activism, california, Everyday Sketches, san jose, Silicon Valley, Vintage Signs, watercolor
Tagged Dealin' Dollar Dan, location drawing, san jose, sign, urban sketch, Vintage Signs
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In a Cemetery with South Bay Sketchers
Santa Clara Mission Cemetery, South Bay Sketchers and my no-dewey-Decimal book categorizing system. Continue reading
