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Category Archives: Everyday Sketches
Going Grey
Small studies in grey Continue reading
Posted in california, Everyday Sketches, flowers, studies
Tagged greyscale, location drawings, monochrome studies, palnt, rock, studies, texture, tree
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Digger
A walk around a digger, captured in a sketch. Continue reading
Stepping out in Spring
Are you, like me, starting to draw outside more than you did in the last year? Any challenges that come up from a practice that may have been dormant for a while? Continue reading
Posted in california, Close to home, Everyday Sketches, flowers, Paintings, san jose, Silicon Valley
Tagged almaden, california poppy, landscape, location drawings, poppies, sketchbook, urban sketch
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Car Sketching as Urban Sketching
If you’ve been wanting to sketch outside but haven’t tried it yet, or if you’ve gotten rusty with doing it in the last year, Car Sketching might help jumpstart your practice.
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Posted in california, Close to home, Everyday Sketches
Tagged henrys hi-life, location drawings, palm tree, san jose sign, urban sketch, usk, vintage sign
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Little Signposts of Urban Life
Beautiful stuff is everywhere around you if you look beyond accepted standards. The things that catch my eye, I stop and sketch. And just the act of connection and observation for that period of time means I see a beauty in them that I would never see without the pause. Continue reading
Posted in california, Close to home, Everyday Sketches, Silicon Valley
Tagged covid, location drawings, sign, signage, urban sketch
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Spring in California
Painting Mustard Fields Continue reading
Posted in california, Close to home, Everyday Sketches, flowers, san jose, Silicon Valley
Tagged california, location drawings, mustard, saratoga, spring, urban sketching
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Day 5: One Week 100 People 2021
Day 5 of the challenge #oneweek100people Continue reading
Posted in challenge, Everyday Sketches, people
Tagged #OneWeek100People, challenge, oneweek100people2021, people, people sketching
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Day 4: One Week 100 People 2021
Day 4 of the challenge #oneweek100people Continue reading
Posted in challenge, Everyday Sketches, people
Tagged #OneWeek100People, challenge, oneweek100people2021, people, people sketching
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Day 3: One Week 100 People 2021
Day 3 of the challenge #oneweek100people Continue reading
Posted in challenge, Everyday Sketches, people
Tagged #OneWeek100People, challenge, oneweek100people2021, people, people sketching
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Day 2: One Week 100 People 2021
Day 1 of the challenge #oneweek100people Continue reading
Posted in challenge, Everyday Sketches, people
Tagged #OneWeek100People, challenge, oneweek100people2021, people, people sketching
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