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Category Archives: Sketch Journal
Colored Pencils and Crayon
Mixing Dry and Wet Media Continue reading
Posted in california, Close to home, Everyday Sketches, san jose, Silicon Valley, Sketch Journal
Tagged colored pencil, crayon, taylor street farms, urban sketch
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The Gift of a Really Cheap Sketchbook
I use and enjoy plenty of nice sketchbooks, books with lovely multi-media and 100% cotton watercolor paper. This book below isn’t one of them. The Midori Blank Notebook is about 4×6 inches, has 176 thin pages, and costs a little … Continue reading
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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Drawing the kids again
As this country seems to go completely crazy (and I’m not just talking Covid here) , I turn to home and to the kids in my sketches to find some sense of sanity. The everyday feels sane, and the kids losing themselves in their books, games and music is what I sketch. Continue reading
Posted in california, Close to home, Everyday Sketches, people, san jose, Silicon Valley, Sketch Journal
Tagged kids, location drawings, people, people sketching, urban sketch
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Pen and Ink: On Location and in Studio
Drawing on location, repeating at home Continue reading
Posted in california, Close to home, Everyday Sketches, Sketch Journal
Tagged carmel, carmel-by-the-sea, landscape, location drawing, pen and ink, sketchbook, urban sketch
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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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Pattern and Texture
To keep it interesting and inspiring, I lean a lot on taking an idea or technique and applying it to familiar objects and scenes.
What has kept you inspired and making art through the pandemic? What’s worked for you and what hasn’t? I’d love to hear from you. Continue reading
Posted in california, Cambodia, Doodles, Everyday Sketches, Sketch Journal
Tagged location drawing, shoes, texture, urban sketching
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More Mendocino Sketches
A few more sketches from Mendocino. I started this first sketch at the beach at Russian Gulch State Park. But we didn’t stay long, so I only got as far as adding a bit of color and added the dark … Continue reading
Posted in california, Sketch Journal
Tagged location drawings, mendocino, russian gulch state park, urban sketch
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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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