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Tag Archives: castillero middle school
Four Seasons Concert
6 hours, mostly backstage with 200 middle schoolers as they rehearse and perform at San Jose State University’s Music Hall. Continue reading
Friday Catchup
It’s been a rare not a single sketch this week kinda week. So here’s some catchup posting of stuff from last week. This house on Reed and 7th street, in downtown San Jose: I’ve been wanting to draw it for a … Continue reading
Loads of People
A people filled day. Continue reading
Winter Concerts
End of year is also concert season for the kids. These first sketches are from a recital that my daughter’s violin teacher holds every holiday season. It was a small, intimate setting, so I didn’t pull out my watercolors. A pen, … Continue reading
Posted in california, Close to home, people, san jose, Silicon Valley
Tagged castillero middle school, concert, location drawing, music, recital, school, urban sketchers, violin
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Surprise Sketches are the Best
Sometimes the unplanned stuff is the best. Early at school to pickup my kids today (that almost NEVER happens) and what do I see? Our local middle school Chamber Orchestra playing under the redwood trees. I dug out a piece of taupe-colored, accordion-folded paper and … Continue reading
Posted in california, Close to home
Tagged almaden, california, castillero middle school, kids, location drawing, location drawings, music, orchestra, san jose, school, urban sketchers
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