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Category Archives: Everyday Sketches
Holiday Concert Sketches
Holiday Concerts 2022 Continue reading
Drawing at the DMV
I have a bone to pick with the DMV: they’ve gotten far too efficient to be a good sketching destination. Continue reading
Posted in california, Close to home, Everyday Sketches, people, san jose, Silicon Valley
Tagged california, DMV, license, location drawings, people sketching, reportage, urban sketch, urban sketchers
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Fall’s End
Fall is here and almost before it’s arrived, it’s gone… Continue reading
Posted in california, Everyday Sketches, san jose, Silicon Valley
Tagged california, fall, fall colors, location drawing, location drawings, tree, urban sketch, urban sketchers
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Parking Lot Sketch
Sketching a “meh” view Continue reading
Posted in california, Close to home, Everyday Sketches, san jose
Tagged cmyk, location drawings, urban sketch, urban sketchers, urban sketching
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Piling It On
Happy Piling It On Day! We’ll talk about “less is more” another day. Continue reading
Fall Concert at Pioneer High
Sketches form a concert: For all its challenges, there’s nothing quite like sketching on location. Continue reading
Posted in california, Close to home, Everyday Sketches, people, san jose, Silicon Valley
Tagged band, location drawing, music, orchetra, people, people sketching, pioneer, sketchbook, urban sketch, urban sketchers
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History San Jose
Sketching at History Park, San Jose. Continue reading
Posted in california, Everyday Sketches, san jose
Tagged history san jose, location drawing, location drawings, san jose, urban sketch, urban sketchers
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Sketching Place
Too often, I’m guilty of drawing an iconic structure and assuming I’m capturing something of place… Continue reading
Posted in california, Close to home, Everyday Sketches, san jose, Silicon Valley, Vintage Signs
Tagged asilomar, location drawings, plaza hotel, sketchbook, taxi, urban sketch, vintage sign, Vintage Signs
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Playing with media
Playing with new media, shaking things up a bit… Continue reading
Posted in Close to home, Everyday Sketches, experiments
Tagged experiments, mixed media, plant
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Backyard Stuff
Backyard Construction and Learning the names of new Tools Continue reading
Posted in california, Close to home, Construction, Everyday Sketches, people, san jose
Tagged construction, location drawing, location drawings, urban sketch, urban sketchers
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