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Category Archives: Portrait
An Otto Dix inspired life drawing session
A virtual life drawing session inspired by Otto Dix.
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Posted in people, Portrait, virtual sketching
Tagged figure drawing, life drawing, otto dix, people, virtual life drawing
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The New Normal
Working behind plexiglass screens at the reception desk. A spare desk with a jar of clean pens and a tray for dirty ones. A giant bottle of hand sanitizer and a box of tissues prominently displayed. Big yellow stickers explain, politely, the new rules of engagement. Continue reading
Posted in california, Close to home, Everyday Sketches, people, Portrait, Silicon Valley, Sketch Journal
Tagged covid, covid art, location drawings, urban sketch
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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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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
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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Sketching as a Question: Connecting the dots
Sketching as a Question: Connecting the dots #usktalks #urbansketching #usk Continue reading
Posted in Close to home, Education, Faces Of Recovery, people, Portrait, reportage, san jose, Silicon Valley, teaching
Tagged Faces Of Recovery, san jose, urban sketchers, usk, usktalks, vintage sign
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Faces of Recovery: Linda and Dean
Faces of Recovery: Nat and Matthew #facesofrecovery #recoverycafesanjose Continue reading
Posted in Activism, california, Close to home, Faces Of Recovery, people, Portrait, reportage
Tagged Faces Of Recovery, portrait, recovery cafe, recovery cafe san jose, reportage, san jose
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Faces of Recovery: Nat and Matthew
Faces of Recovery: Nat and Matthew #facesofrecovery #recoverycafesanjose Continue reading
Posted in Activism, california, Close to home, Faces Of Recovery, people, Portrait, reportage
Tagged Faces Of Recovery, portrait, recovery cafe, recovery cafe san jose, reportage, san jose
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Faces of Recovery: Perry, Hector and Rose
Faces of Recovery: Cindy, Toni, Mike #facesofrecovery #recoverycafesanjose Continue reading
Posted in Activism, california, Close to home, Faces Of Recovery, people, Portrait, reportage
Tagged Faces Of Recovery, portrait, recovery cafe, recovery cafe san jose, reportage, san jose
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