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Category Archives: people
Where are the people?
I’m in search of people to draw. In the pre-Christmas rush, I found them in them (and me) in line at the post office, dropping off last minute parcels. Even a quick sketch while standing in a 6 feet apart … Continue reading
Posted in california, Close to home, Everyday Sketches, people, san jose, Silicon Valley
Tagged grocery, kids, people, people sketching, post office
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Egon Schiele and Gustav Klimt
Klimt or Schiele? Most of us have strong opinions, whichever way we lean…
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New Workshop and Quick Gesture Drawing
A new people-sketching workshop. Coming, Jan 2021. Sign up now. Continue reading
Posted in people, Workshop
Tagged online class, people sketches, people sketching, workshop
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Life Drawing in Line and Shape
To answer a question I get asked pretty often, “Do you do line first or shape/color first?” I shot this little video while sketching in a virtual life drawing session. The answer: I go either way and the end results … Continue reading
Posted in Everyday Sketches, people
Tagged life drawing, people, people sketching, virtual life drawing, virtual sketching
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People in my House
Drawing the big-little moments in my day. Continue reading
Posted in california, Close to home, Everyday Sketches, people, san jose
Tagged location drawings, people, people sketching, urban sketch, urban sketchers
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RIP RBG
Somedays, I have no words. It is best then, to pick up my brush or pen and leave the words to a poet. And how beautifully Tammi Traux puts it. May Her Memory be a Revolution Some say notorious.We’re told … Continue reading
Crissy Fields, San Francisco
An afternoon at Crissy Fields, San Francisco Continue reading
Posted in california, people, san franciso, Sketch Journal
Tagged beach, crissy fields, people sketching, san francisco, summer
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Too Quick
The hardest stuff to sketch is something that happens only once and for not very long at all. Like this truck stopping in front of my house to deliver some chairs for the backyard. You’d think it takes a while … Continue reading
Posted in california, Close to home, Everyday Sketches, people, san jose
Tagged men at work, movers delivery, people sketching, urban sketch, urban sketching
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Drawing the Kids
Drawing my kids, over and over. Continue reading
Posted in california, Close to home, Everyday Sketches, people, Portrait, san jose, Silicon Valley
Tagged kids, people, people sketching, sketchbook, urban sketch, urban sketching
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Finding Action, from a Distance
Finding new ways to draw people Continue reading
Posted in Close to home, Construction, Everyday Sketches, people, san jose
Tagged pandemic, people, people sketching, sketchbook, urban sketching
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