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Documenting the process
I’ve been trying to take photographs of a piece as I work on it. Trouble is, I work very quickly and wet-in-wet, usually without a pause. So it’s easy to forget to stop and take a photograph. Still, I managed to get … Continue reading
Posted in Close to home, How to, Silicon Valley, Vintage Signs
Tagged california, family, kids, location drawings, urban sketchers, vintage, vintage sign, vintage signage, watercolor sketch
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A short visit to the San Jose Museum of Art
Yesterday I spent a couple of hours at my favorite local museum, the San Jose Museum of Art. Here are my some bits and pieces from my visit. My favorite piece from the show “POSTDATE: Photography and Inherited History in India” was a piece by … Continue reading
Posted in Close to home, Silicon Valley
Tagged calder, Indian art, location drawings, museum, san jose museum of art, suhita, urban sketchers
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What I drew this week
Not very much. And a little bit of everything. One quick , almost abstract watercolor sketch on a hike in the hills around San Jose. One vintage sign for Cambrian Park Plaza which was built in the 1950s. And two donuts … Continue reading
Posted in Close to home
Tagged almaden, location drawings, marc taro holmes, urban sketch, urban sketchers, vintage sign, vintage signage
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Super Quick sketches
It’s been a week of super quick captures, most under 10 minutes. When they’re this quick, it’s very hit-or-miss: a well-captured single line gesture makes a sketch work, and one that goes awry… you get how that goes. Still, the quick … Continue reading
Posted in Close to home, Silicon Valley
Tagged california, location drawings, quick sketch, san jose, urban sketchers, watercolor sketch
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When the first one doesn’t work…
There’s this fabulous looking sign that just reads ‘Time’ over a clock located above a shopfront on the corner of Bascom and San Carlos in San Jose. Turns out it’s the Time Deli which has been around since 1950. I had … Continue reading
Posted in california, Close to home, Silicon Valley
Tagged deli, food, location drawings, san jose, sketch, urban sketchers, vintage sign, vintage signage, watercolor sketch
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Scott Weaver and his amazing toothpick sculpture
When I think of Rolling Through the Bay by Scott Weaver , I think of Gaudí’s Sagrada Família. Rolling Through the Bay has been 40 years in the making. And it just keeps growing and growing and growing. Ask Scott when it;s … Continue reading
Posted in california, Close to home, people, Portrait, Silicon Valley
Tagged art, california, family, kids, location drawings, museum, scott weaver, sculpture, toothpick, urban sketchers
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More ‘vintage’ signs
I sketched two signs this week to add to my vintage sign collection. Trouble is, I don’t know how old they are, or very much about them. Both of them are in San Jose, California, and if you’re familiar with … Continue reading
Posted in california, Close to home, Silicon Valley
Tagged family, location drawings, san jose, urban sketchers, vintage sign, vintage signage, watercolor sketch
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