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Missions: Santa Clara de Asís and San Juan Bautista
Sketching Missions: Santa Clara de Asís and San Juan Bautista
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San Miguel Allende, Part 2
San Miguel Allende in the early morning, and when the light go down… Continue reading
Posted in Mexico City, Travel
Tagged architecture, balloon seller, church, cotija, food, location drawing, mexico, Parroquia de San Miguel Arcangel, san miguel, san miguel allende, sketch, toy, toy museum, Travel, travel journal, urban sketch, usk, vendor, zocalo
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San Miguel Allende, Part 1
You have never seen color like in San Miguel Allende Continue reading
Posted in Mexico City, Travel
Tagged architecture, balloon seller, church, location drawing, mexico, mojigangas, museum, Parroquia de San Miguel Arcangel, san agustin, san miguel, san miguel allende, sketch, toy, toy museum, Travel, travel journal, urban sketch, usk, vendor, zocalo
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Grace Cathedral
Laurie Wigham arranged a wonderful sketchcrawl in San Francisco a couple of weeks ago. Jane Blundell and Liz Steel were both in San Francisco that day and it was a wonderful way for San Francisco Bay Area Sketchers to sketch … Continue reading
Posted in Close to home, san franciso
Tagged architecture, cathedral, church, grace cathedral, Lafayette Park, san francisco
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Messing with perspective
Some thoughts on perspective. And on teachers, teaching and learning. Continue reading
Posted in How to, san franciso, teaching, Uncategorized
Tagged church, grace cathedral, location drawing, perspective, san francisco, urban, urban sketchers
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St. Patrick’s Church, San Francisco
Yerba Buena Gardens on a sunny afternoon Continue reading
Posted in california, Close to home, san franciso, Summer
Tagged church, location drawings, people, san francisco, St. Patrick's, urban sketchers, yerba buena
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Back at Stanford Memorial Church
Sketching with friends Continue reading
Sketching Goa: Part 5
Next up: Churches, temples and forts. Old Goa has two grand structures that are so different to sketch: The Basilica of Bom Jesus is a massive baroque structure. It’s warm colored stone is beautiful in the evening light. The Se Cathedral nearby, … Continue reading
Posted in India, Travel
Tagged architecture, cathedral, chapel, church, goa, india, temple, urban sketch, urban sketchers
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Paraty’s churches
Paraty is a little town, with only a handful of churches. Here are 4 I sketched over my stay. The Santa Rita church, the oldest one in the city. Drawings buildings is fun, but add in a scaffolding and a guy wheeling a … Continue reading
Posted in Brazil, Travel
Tagged brazil, church, location drawings, paraty, suhita, Travel, urban sketchers, watercolor sketch
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My Many Indias. Part 6: Goa, Malvan Coast and goodbye India, I’ll be back!
Goa is where I “go back” to when I go to India. It is where my parents live. I know, lucky me! There’s the incredible surf and sand bit that everyone visits Goa for. But here’s some of the less … Continue reading
Posted in India, Travel, Uncategorized
Tagged beach, boat, church, coconut, family, fisherman, goa, india, kids, location drawings, malvan, mango, padel, people, portuguese, Travel, urban sketchers, watercolor sketch
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