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We need the USPS. To keep us connected. To allow us to vote by mail, especially in the time of Covid. To keep our small businesses afloat. Continue reading
Posted in california, Close to home, How to, san jose, teaching, Workshop
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Texture Play
Texture Play: Up next at the Sketching Play/Lab Continue reading
Sketching as a Question: Connecting the dots
Sketching as a Question: Connecting the dots #usktalks #urbansketching #usk Continue reading
Posted in Close to home, Education, Faces Of Recovery, people, Portrait, reportage, san jose, Silicon Valley, teaching
Tagged Faces Of Recovery, san jose, urban sketchers, usk, usktalks, vintage sign
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Sketching as a Question: USk Talks
This weekend I had the huge honor not only of being on a USk Talks session, but also on sharing the hour with one of the most inspiring sketchers, USk founder Gabi Campanario. If you missed the session, it is here: Continue reading
Posted in Education, Everyday Sketches, teaching
Tagged gabi campanario, urban sketching, usk, usk talks
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Draw From History: A Sketchbook Workshop
Sign up now for a 3 day workshop sketching in historic Virginia City, Nevada! Continue reading
Posted in california, teaching, Workshop
Tagged sketching trio, virginia city, workshop
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Poppies, Poppies and more Poppies!
Last week was poppy week. I taught a workshop based on a request to share this “loose and free” approach to flowers. What I loved most of all is that even though we all followed the same process and worked … Continue reading
Posted in Paintings, studies, teaching, watercolor, Workshop
Tagged fall, floral, halloween, painting, poppies, pumpkin, skull, watercolor, watercolor painting
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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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