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California Wildfires
If you live in California, you know we have a new season, one that never loomed over us like this every year: the season we burn. Climate Change is real. Continue reading
Posted in Activism, california, reportage, san jose, Silicon Valley
Tagged california, california wildfires, covidart, sketchbook, urbansketching, wildfire
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Sand in my Palette
Empty beaches aren’t great for people sketching, that’s for sure. But I’ll take a safe, well-distanced beach over drawing people for now. Late in the evening last week, we drove to a deserted beach north of Davenport on the California … Continue reading
Posted in california, Close to home, san jose, Silicon Valley, watercolor
Tagged beach, california, location drawings, summer, urbansketching, watercolor
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Saratoga Library in the spring
Saratoga in the Spring: Cherry Blossoms and Mustard Fields Continue reading
Posted in california, Close to home, Everyday Sketches, flowers, Silicon Valley, watercolor
Tagged california, location drawing, saratoga, saratoga library, sketchbook, spring, urban sketching
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Baja, California Sur: 8
Last days in Baja, California Sur. Continue reading
Posted in mexico
Tagged baja, california, colors, giant saguaro, landscape, saguaro, todos santos
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Baja, California Sur: 7
Baja, California Sur: Giant Saguaro and some lazing around Continue reading
Posted in mexico
Tagged baja, california, colors, giant saguaro, landscape, saguaro, todos santos
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Baja, California Sur: 6
Baja, California Sur: Turtle Conservation in Todos Santos Continue reading
Posted in mexico
Tagged baja, california, colors, landscape, todos santos, turtle, turtle conservation
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Baja, California Sur: 5
Jewel-toned Coronado Island. Baja, California Sur. Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged baja, california, colors, coronado island, landscape, loreto
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FAQs: Line First or Paint First?
Line first or color? Continue reading
Posted in california, Close to home, How to, Silicon Valley, watercolor
Tagged california, hakone gardens, los gatos, saratoga, watercolor
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Mustard Fields
Saratoga, California. The mustard blooms are out! Continue reading
A little wander down the coast: Part 3
A little wander down the coast: Part 3. Wrapping up. And, unfinished sketches. Continue reading
Posted in california, people, Sketch Journal, Uncategorized
Tagged california, cannery row, carmel, carmel-by-the-sea, landscape, location drawing, monterey, monterey bay, people sketches, urban sketch, watercolor
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