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Category Archives: Drink
Try this: a step-by-step demo
A step-by-step coffee shop sketch. Continue reading
Posted in california, Drink
Tagged coffee, coffee shop, location drawing, location drawings, people, urban sketch, urban sketchers
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A tool I love: The Pentel Pocket Brushpen
Sketching with a favorite tool: the Pentel Pocket Brushpen Continue reading
Posted in Close to home, Construction, Drink, Everyday Sketches, Food, tools
Tagged brush pen, construction, gin, location drawing, penel pocket brushpen, urban sketch
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Dead Center
Never say Never. And other thoughts on rules. Continue reading
Posted in california, Close to home, Drink, Everyday Sketches, people, san jose
Tagged location drawings, margarita, people sketching, rules, urban sketch
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The little sketches
Drawing the little stuff is when I experiment most and try new media and mixes. Continue reading
Posted in Close to home, Doodles, Drink, Everyday Sketches
Tagged sketch, small sketches, still life
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Amsterdam: Last sketches
Amsterdam: Last sketches (and links to all the Amsterdam sketches) Continue reading
Posted in amsterdam, Drink, Food, people, Sketch Journal, Travel
Tagged amsterdam, art kit, canal, compact art kit, location drawing, rijksmuseum, supplies, symposium, teaching, urban sketchers symposium
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Amsterdam: Sketching at the Rijksmuseum
Amsterdam: Sketching at the Rijksmuseum and super-compact art kits Continue reading
Posted in amsterdam, Drink, Food, people, Sketch Journal, Travel
Tagged amsterdam, art kit, canal, compact art kit, location drawing, rijksmuseum, supplies, symposium, teaching, urban sketchers symposium
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Amsterdam: A day in Edam, actually.
A day in the village of Edam. Continue reading
Amsterdam: Windmill and some easy-sketching
Amsterdam: Bloemenmarkt and Rembrandt Square Continue reading
Posted in amsterdam, Drink, Food, people, Sketch Journal, Travel
Tagged amsterdam, bicycle, boat, bridge, cafe, canal, food, location drawing, symposium, teaching, urban sketchers symposium, windmill
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Close to home
Drawing close to home, and everyday practices. Do you have go-to subjects and locations? Is your sketching practice built around a schedule or does it fit into bits of your day, as mine does? I’d love to know. Continue reading
Posted in california, Close to home, Drink, Everyday Sketches, Food, people, Uncategorized
Tagged cafe, california poppy, coffee, everyday sketching, landscape watercolor, poppies, urban sketch
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Wine and Watercolors
Watercolor sketches on wine labels. Continue reading
Posted in california, Drink, Food, watercolor
Tagged illustration, location drawing, stanford, urban sketch, vineyard, watercolor, wine, wine label, winery
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