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Category Archives: people
A Forever Keepsake
A Forever Keepsake on Graduation Day Continue reading
Posted in california, people, reportage, Silicon Valley
Tagged graduation, keepsake, location drawing, memory, reportage, urban sketching
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Everyday Summer Sketches
Everyday sketches from the summer. Boba Tea is a family favorite. I think I discovered a new one I like: Panda Boba, milk tea with a mix of black and white boba. Are you more likely to tip if Yoda … Continue reading
Posted in california, Close to home, Everyday Sketches, people, san jose, Silicon Valley, Sketch Journal, Summer
Tagged boba, food, lifeguard, location drawing, music, summer, swim, violin
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My Everyday Sketchbook
My sketchbook records many small moments. Some sketches are better than others, but I’m always glad to have a memory recorded and thoughts jotted down in my everyday journal. Here is the big red Yesco Signs truck at the Stephen’s … Continue reading
Posted in california, Close to home, Doodles, Everyday Sketches, people, Sketch Journal, Summer
Tagged graduation, haircut, location drawing, rob sketcherman, tabla, uma kelkar, urban sketch, vintage sign, yesco
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Quick Capture Video
I made this little video for those that have signed up for my Travel Sketching workshop in Oaxaca, Mexico, so I thought I’d share it here. 5 minutes is all it takes to capture a scene full of color and … Continue reading
Posted in mexico, people, teaching, Travel, watercolor, Workshop
Tagged gesture drawing, how-to, oaxaca, people sketching, quick sketching, travel sketching, video
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On keeping it non-precious. And drawing people.
People are my go-to subject for quick little sketches. They’re the little thread of continuity that keeps my sketching and observation practice going in the leanest of times. And like all observational drawing, each sketch done makes it easier to see, simplify and capture from life the next time I draw. Continue reading
Posted in Close to home, Doodles, Everyday Sketches, people, san jose, Silicon Valley
Tagged location drawing, people, people drawing, sketching practice, urban sketching
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More sketching near home
We’ve had so much rain in Northern California this winter and spring (and it’s still raining, which is so unusual for us) that it is super-green everywhere, and the lakes and waterfalls are pretty spectacular. This waterfall was at the … Continue reading
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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