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Category Archives: Drink
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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Keeping at it through the holidays
Keeping at sketching through December… Continue reading
Posted in california, Close to home, Drink, Everyday Sketches, Food, people, san jose, Sketch Journal, Vintage Signs, watercolor, Workshop
Tagged cafe, coffee, coffee shop, journal, location drawing, Sketch Journal, urban sketching
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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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