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Category Archives: people
Balloon Seller
Ballon Seller, two ways. Continue reading
Posted in people, teaching, Workshop
Tagged balloon, balloon seller, mexico, people sketch
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Pencil Sketches
Pencils are the most versatile medium, ever. Continue reading
Posted in Animals, california, people
Tagged california, cat, location drawing, location drawings, people, people sketching, urban sketch, urban sketchers
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Real Life People, TV People
People IRL and virtual Continue reading
Pencils4Tea: Online Portraits
Pencils4Tea hosts a Zoom-based portrait sketching session every Thursday where participants take turns posing for each other. Portraits are times by the length of songs. Continue reading
Wrapping up “One Week 100 People”
“One Week 100 People” Challenge 2024 Continue reading
Posted in challenge, people
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A Lot of Noise
Last week (or was it two weeks ago, it’s been a blur!) this happened. The buckled and cracked concrete in my front yard was pulled out to make way for a paved driveway and some native, low-water plants to replace … Continue reading
Posted in california, Everyday Sketches, people
Tagged california, construction, location drawing, location drawings, people, urban sketch, urban sketchers
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Coffee Shop People
People in Cafes (or, what i draw when I can’t think of what to draw) Continue reading
Posted in challenge, people, Uncategorized
Tagged challenge, people, people sketch, sketchbook, urban sketch
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Descanso Gardens, Los Angeles
Sketches from Descanso Gardens and Los Angeles Continue reading
Posted in california, experiments, people, Workshop
Tagged bridge, descanso gardens, experiment, garden, Los Angeles, people, trees
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Indoor Drawings
It’s cold (for California) so much of my sketching has moved indoors. I love people-watching and people-sketching, so I’m not complaining. This last one is from high up above downtown Oakland, looking out towards San Francisco. Look closely and you … Continue reading
Posted in california, Close to home, Everyday Sketches, people, san jose, Silicon Valley
Tagged cafe, coffee shop, location drawings, oakland, panorama, people, people sketch, people sketching, urban sketchers
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Music, Medina Walls, and Miscellaneous Stuff
The original plan was to post my Morocco sketches by theme… but suddenly, it’s a whole week into December and I’m posting work from October??! To speed things up, here are the rest of my Morocco sketches. The old walled … Continue reading
Posted in people, Travel, Workshop
Tagged essaouira, gesture drawing, gnawa music, hind ennaira, location drawings, morocco, music dance, urban sketchers
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