Category Archives: Supplies and Materials

Direct Watercolor Strategy #1: Pick a forgiving subject

Posted on May 21, 2018 by

When ‘direct watercolor’ isn’t your go-to painting strategy, and you’re taking the #30x30DirectWatercolor2018 challenge, you need some strategies to take the leap: Strategy #1: Pick a forgiving subject Continue reading →

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June Workshops: Vegas and San Francisco

Posted on May 9, 2018 by

After a longish break from teaching workshops, I’m back! Here are two workshops in June, one in Las Vegas and the other in San Francisco. They might look similar at first glance, but read carefully: one is an Urban Sketcher’s … Continue reading →

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Mostly black and white

Posted on April 30, 2018 by

My daily sketching practice has gotten a bit, shall we say, sketchy lately. So to try and get back to little studies last week, I decided to try and draw everyday: not big ambitious pieces, but with some focus: working … Continue reading →

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Heading South

Posted on April 18, 2018 by

Last week, the kids and I jumped in the car and headed south. The week began well, with fish tacos at Splash Cafe, Pismo Beach. And Pismo is always beautiful. I asked my son to take a picture of me … Continue reading →

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What’s in your palette?

Posted on December 27, 2017 by

Here’s what’s in my current palette (and some links to how to build a palette) Continue reading →

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It’s (almost) Inktober time again…

Posted on September 29, 2017 by

It’s Inktober again… Join me in this challenge? Continue reading →

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A colorful week

Posted on September 11, 2017 by

Some colored, some charcoal, some watercolor … lots of (local) color… Continue reading →

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