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Category Archives: Summer
Jacaranda
Jacaranda Time in San Jose Continue reading
Posted in california, san jose, Silicon Valley, Summer
Tagged jacaranda, location drawings, san jose, urban sketch, urban sketchers
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SubZero Festival
Sketching the SubZero Festival in San Jose Continue reading
Posted in california, san jose, Silicon Valley, Summer
Tagged jacaranda, location drawings, people sketching, san jose, sofa, subzero, urban sketch, urban sketchers
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Join me in Drawing the Beauty Around You
Draw what’s blooming around you, share it and tag it #2022inbloom Continue reading
Posted in california, Close to home, Everyday Sketches, flowers, san jose, studies, Summer
Tagged 2022inbloom, bloom, challenge, flowers, foliage, fruit, gulmohar, nature, shilpa agashe
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Texture, Texture and more Texture
Texture is everywhere in my work this year. In a year that the pandemic took away my ability to touch things everywhere I go, that sense of touch worked it’s way back into my art. Continue reading
Posted in california, Everyday Sketches, experiments, Summer
Tagged location drawing, mixed media, point lobos, seaweed, texture, urban sketching
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Bits of Summer
The start of summer and a flurry of appointments. Continue reading
Posted in california, Close to home, Everyday Sketches, Summer
Tagged glases optometrist, haircut, half moon bay, tidepool
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Backyard Sketches
Backyard sketches: agapanthus, fences and chairs. Continue reading
Posted in california, Close to home, Everyday Sketches, san jose, Summer
Tagged location drawings, neighborhood, urban sketch
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Summer Mornings are the Best
I love the long days of summer. The middle of the day is really hot but the mornings are glorious. I’ve taken to having my first cup of chai on the front steps of the house which face west and are still cool and shady in the morning. Continue reading
Posted in california, Close to home, Everyday Sketches, san jose, Summer
Tagged location drawings, neighborhood, urban sketch
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Van Life
Van Life. Missing summer travel, painting vans in the neighborhood. Continue reading
Posted in california, Close to home, Everyday Sketches, san jose, Summer
Tagged location drawings, rv, urban sketch, vanlife
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Wax Crayon and Oil Pastels
I grew up using wax crayons and oil pastels a lot, so going back to them makes me paint and mess around like a child, and that’s always a good thing. Continue reading
Posted in california, Close to home, Everyday Sketches, Summer, tools
Tagged drawing, location drawings, people sketching, vehicles
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Scratching the Surface
Some days I draw just for the joy of mark-making, to pull a mark across paper, to feel the drag, the resistance, the imperfection of the line. Drawing with less familiar tools is a little frustrating: they don’t work like I think they will, they don’t hold ink, they bend and snap… But it also makes me really aware of the marks I make. Continue reading
Posted in california, Close to home, Everyday Sketches, Summer, tools
Tagged big basin, big basin state park, drawing, location drawings, redwoods, sketchingplaylab
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