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Category Archives: Food
The last of the persimmons
Last of the persimmons from fall 2020. Continue reading
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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Amsterdam: Bloemenmarkt and Rembrandt Square
Amsterdam: Bloemenmarkt and Rembrandt Square Continue reading
Posted in amsterdam, Food, people, Sketch Journal, teaching, Travel
Tagged amsterdam, Bloemenmarkt, coffeeshop, flower market, flowers, reefer, rembrandt, rembrandt square, teaching, usk sympsoium
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Amsterdam: The first few days
I’m got to Amsterdam a few days before the Urban Sketchers Symposium. It gives me the chance to check out the location and figure some last minute details on the workshop I’m teaching. And, there’s time to slip in some … Continue reading
Posted in amsterdam, Food, people, Sketch Journal, teaching, Travel
Tagged amsterdam, canal houses, coffee, food, people sketching flea market, tea, teaching, usk sympsoium
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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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Big Island, Hawaii: Beach time
Big Island, Hawaii: Beach time and people sketching Continue reading
Posted in Food, How to, people, Sketch Journal, Travel, watercolor
Tagged beach, beach people, big island, food, hawaii, kona, location drawing, people sketching, sketches of hawaii, urban sketch, watercolor
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Big Island, Hawaii: The Volcano
Journal pages from the Big Island, Hawaii including a few process shots. The kids and I spent 4 days there in early April. When you’re jetlagged, an early breakfast is a lovely idea. And a kid that wakes up early … Continue reading
Posted in Food, How to, people, Sketch Journal, Travel, watercolor
Tagged big island, hawaii, how-to, location drawing, sketches of hawaii, step-by-step, urban sketch, volcano, Volcano National Park, watercolor
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