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Hakone Gardens
Hakone Gardens, Saratoga. Continue reading
Posted in california, Close to home, Everyday Sketches, reviews, supplies, tools, Uncategorized
Tagged hakone gardens, japanese garden, kakimori, nature, saratoga, sketchbook, trees, urban sketch
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Three Tools
Three tools I love, two I’ve used for a long time and one that’s new… Continue reading
Posted in california, Close to home, Everyday Sketches, reviews, supplies, tools, Uncategorized
Tagged hakone gardens, kakimori, nature, sketchbook, trees, urban sketch
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Book Release (and a free downloadable pdf)
My book “The Urban Sketching Handbook: Techniques for Beginners” releases today! (Also, a free downloadable pdf from the book) Continue reading
Posted in books, Everyday Sketches, reviews
Tagged book, urban sketch, urban sketchers, urban sketching handbook
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Monday’s Mixed Bag
Last week was thin on sketches: when the temperature hits 110+, (a record for the city) you stay home and do pretty much nothing. Still, here’s a few things, mostly from before the heatwave. Some days are better than others. … Continue reading
The ones that don’t work out… and a new brush
Usually I’d just post this sketch. Maybe with a caption that says “Watercolor study, 10-15 minutes”. But doing that is just half the story, and probably the less important half. Because that quick, no-pencil, straight-to-paint capture was attempt #2 (or … Continue reading
Posted in Figure Drawing, reviews
Tagged brush, figure, figure drawing, review, watercolor
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Book Review: The Urban Sketcher by Marc Taro Holmes
Every once in a while I receive an email from a sketcher (or a potential sketcher) somewhere in the world asking what book I would recommend to them as an urban sketcher. My go-to book for anyone new to the subject … Continue reading
Sketch Away: Travels with my sketchbook 