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Why Replicate When You Can Celebrate?
Why Replicate When You Can Celebrate? Continue reading
Posted in Close to home, Everyday Sketches, Sketch Journal
Tagged color, face, nature, observational drawing, portrait, sketchingplaylab, texture
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Ink, Palette, Watercolor and Taxidermy
Jumping around, talking ink, watercolor, small palettes, conservation and hunting. On my way to Chico. Continue reading
Posted in Animals, california, Sketch Journal, tools, watercolor
Tagged chico, demi palette, location drawing, taxidermy, urban sketching
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Cats are Liquid
Most useful cat-sketching info I’ve had recently: Cats are just a slow-moving liquid. Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Close to home, Everyday Sketches, san jose, Sketch Journal
Tagged cat, cat drawing, cat sketch, location drawing, urban sketching
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Travel-Sketching Oaxaca: Life on the Streets
Travel-Sketching Oaxaca: Life on the Streets Continue reading
Posted in oaxaca, people, Sketch Journal, teaching, Travel, Workshop
Tagged location drawing, mexico, oaxaca, people sketching, perspective, reportage, travel sketching, urban sketching, watercolor painting, workshop
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Travel-Sketching Oaxaca: My Favorite Church and a Colorful Street
Travel-Sketching Oaxaca: My Favorite Church and a Colorful Street Continue reading
Posted in oaxaca, people, Sketch Journal, teaching, Travel, Workshop
Tagged architecture, location drawing, mexico, oaxaca, perspective, reportage, santo domingo, travel sketching, urban sketching, watercolor painting, workshop
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Travel-Sketching Oaxaca: Monte Alban and More
10 years after I visited (on my last trip to Oaxaca) I clearly remember the magic of Monte Alban. It’s hard to put it into words. There are more famous pyramids in Mexico. I’ve visited a few in the Yucantan … Continue reading
Posted in oaxaca, people, Sketch Journal, teaching, Travel, Workshop
Tagged black pottery, location drawing, mexcal, mexico, monte alban, oaxaca, pottery, reportage, travel sketching, urban sketching, workshop
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Travel-Sketching Oaxaca: Capturing Vignettes
A long, luxurious sketch is lovely. But what do you do when you travel with non-sketchers? Go on guided tours? Or when you watch a performance that won’t last very long? You find quicker ways to sketch. Perhaps you capture … Continue reading
Posted in oaxaca, people, Sketch Journal, teaching, Travel, Workshop
Tagged location drawing, mexico, mural, musician, oaxaca, travel sketching, urban sketching, vignette, workshop
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Travel-Sketching Oaxaca: Jumping Right in
I’m back from a wonderful week teaching a travel-sketching workshop in Oaxaca, Mexico. I thought I’d share sketches from the trip and take you along for the ride. We sketched in markets, and in the streets, at ancient sites and … Continue reading
Posted in oaxaca, Sketch Journal, teaching, Travel, Workshop
Tagged location drawing, mexico, oaxaca, travel sketching, urban sketching, workshop
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Channel Islands Sketches, Part 4
Last of the Channel Islands Sketches.
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Channel Islands Sketches, Part 3
Channel Islands Sketches, Part 2
Quick impressions, vignettes and color swatches.
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