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Category Archives: Drink
How to sketch in 5 minutes
Have I mentioned I love sketching people? People are walking, breathing, texting stories, and I love drawing them. The trouble is you never know when they will get up and go. So this is how I work when I don’t … Continue reading
Posted in california, Close to home, Drink, Everyday Sketches, Food, How to, people, san jose
Tagged coffee shop, how-to, location drawings, people, people sketching, starbucks, urban sketch
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More Sketch Journaling
More Sketch Journaling. Even @nytimes @nytimesarts says it’s good for you! #sketchjournal #urbansketch Continue reading
Posted in Doodles, Drink, Everyday Sketches, Sketch Journal, watercolor
Tagged black widow, fall, gourd, hands, journal, landscape, location drawings, pumpkin, Sketch Journal, sketchbook, urban sketch, urban sketchers, watercolors
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Pictures and Words
An obsession with pictures, words and mangonada. #mangonada #reportage #sanjoseeats #boudin
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Stretching outside my comfort zone
At In-N-Out Burger. Comparing line and no line in the #30x30DirectWatercolor2018 challenge. Continue reading
Posted in california, challenge, Close to home, Drink, Food, How to, Paintings, people, reportage, san jose, Silicon Valley, tools, watercolor
Tagged #30x30DirectWatercolor2018, burger, challenge, direct watercolor, directwatercolor, fast food, food, in-n-out
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Direct Watercolor, a weekend of catchup
Day 5, 6, 7 and 8 of the #30x30DirectWatercolor2018 challenge. Continue reading
Posted in california, challenge, Close to home, Drink, Everyday Sketches, Food, watercolor
Tagged #30x30DirectWatercolor2018, challenge, cocktail, direct watercolor, directwatercolor, fruit, gin and tonic, nectarien, peach, skull
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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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My new pocket palette
This is not a review. But I love this little palette! Continue reading
Posted in Drink, Everyday Sketches, Food, supplies, Supplies and Materials
Tagged color theory, pocket palette, primaries, small sketches, split primaries, watercolor
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