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The New Coffeeshop
The new coffeeshop. Continue reading
Posted in california, Close to home, Everyday Sketches, san jose
Tagged coffee, coffee shop, location drawing, sketchbook, urban sketching
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One Week 100 People: All Done?
One Week 100 People: More contour drawing #oneweek100people #oneweek100people2020 Continue reading
One Week 100 People: Scribbling Around
One Week 100 People: Scribbling Around #oneweek100people #oneweek100people2020 Continue reading
One Week 100 People: Purple ink & bamboo pen
One Week 100 People: Purple ink & bamboo pen #oneweek100people #oneweek100people2020 Continue reading
Keeping at it through the holidays
Keeping at sketching through December… Continue reading
Posted in california, Close to home, Drink, Everyday Sketches, Food, people, san jose, Sketch Journal, Vintage Signs, watercolor, Workshop
Tagged cafe, coffee, coffee shop, journal, location drawing, Sketch Journal, urban sketching
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Why do you Journal?
Giving the question” Why do I Journal?” some thought helped me lay some ground rules and goals for my journaling practice. #sketchjournal #journal #usk #urbansketch #historysanjose #coffee #messyjournal Continue reading
How to sketch in 5 minutes
Have I mentioned I love sketching people? People are walking, breathing, texting stories, and I love drawing them. The trouble is you never know when they will get up and go. So this is how I work when I don’t … Continue reading
Posted in california, Close to home, Drink, Everyday Sketches, Food, How to, people, san jose
Tagged coffee shop, how-to, location drawings, people, people sketching, starbucks, urban sketch
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That Transition Page. And, I’d Love Some Advice.
Do you have tips and advice to help me build a daily sketching practice? I’d love to hear from you! Continue reading
Posted in california, Close to home, Everyday Sketches, people, san jose
Tagged advice, coffee shop, daily practice, how-to, people sketching, sketching practice
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Where’s the line?
I’ll be doing a lot of direct watercolor posts this month. But that’s just in addition to what I usually do, not instead of it. Here are a bunch of random sketches from the last few days in my sketchbook. … Continue reading
Posted in california, Close to home, Everyday Sketches, people, san franciso, san jose, Uncategorized
Tagged baseball, Chase Center, coffee shop, location drawing, urban sketch, urban sketchers, warriors
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Direct Watercolor, Day 1
When ‘direct watercolor’ isn’t your go-to painting strategy, and you’re taking the #30x30DirectWatercolor2018 challenge, you need some strategies to take the leap: Strategy #1: Pick a forgiving subject Continue reading
