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Category Archives: Supplies and Materials
Fall, Continued.
Fall Colors continued Continue reading
Still More Fall Colors
Fall Colors Continue in Almaden. And some thoughts on why I use the Stillman & Birn Beta Sketchbook.
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Redwoods: Three Impressions
Painting the Redwoods on the coast near Mendocino. Continue reading
Posted in california, Paintings, Supplies and Materials, watercolor
Tagged location drawings, mendocino, nature, redwoods, tools, urbansketching, usk, watercolor
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Small Setup
Testing a Small Setup, ready to sketch in Mexico! Continue reading
Lake Shasta and Color Play
Almost every year, Labor Day weekend is spent with friends on a houseboat on Lake Shasta in Northern California. I didn’t draw very much this year, just some small vignettes and some color play. This first spread uses a new … Continue reading
Posted in california, supplies, Supplies and Materials, watercolor
Tagged lake shasta, landscape, pigment, sunset, watercolor
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Supplies packed, headed to Amsterdam
Supplies packed, headed to Amsterdam for the Urban Sketchers Symposium. See you there? Continue reading
Posted in amsterdam, Summer, Supplies and Materials, Travel, Workshop
Tagged amsterdam, location drawing, pigments, supplies, sympsoium, watercolor kit, workshop, zandvoort
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Kid’s Art Camp in India: A Report
Kid’s Art Camp in India: A Report with lots of photos that will make you smile Continue reading
Posted in India, supplies, Supplies and Materials, teaching, Travel
Tagged art camp, india, observational drawing, teaching, teaching kids, teaching kids art
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In a Cemetery with South Bay Sketchers
Santa Clara Mission Cemetery, South Bay Sketchers and my no-dewey-Decimal book categorizing system. Continue reading
(More) Accordion Fold Samplers
Making accordion fold sampler books Continue reading
Posted in Collage, Food, How to, supplies, Supplies and Materials, teaching, tools, Workshop
Tagged art supplies, paper, pear, samples, sketchbooks, stillman & birn, workshop
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