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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
Storytelling Sketches
I like to think of every sketch as a story. Not always a big one, with a grand plot and story arc. Stories can be quiet little everyday things tucked into bigger pieces. Like this Saturday morning sketch at Social … Continue reading
Posted in california, Close to home, Everyday Sketches, people, san jose, Silicon Valley, Vintage Signs
Tagged band, cafe, coffee, coffee shop, locatin drawing, music, orchestra, san jose, social policy, urban sketch, vintage, Vintage Signs
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The week I didn’t sketch
It’s Friday evening and I feel like I haven’t really sketched all week, so I go look at my Instagram stream where I post stuff as I make it and it looks like I have sketched, it’s just that it’s … Continue reading
Posted in books, california, Close to home, Everyday Sketches, Figure Drawing, Paintings, people, san jose, Silicon Valley, Vintage Signs
Tagged almaden, beach, book, boulevard coffee, california, coffee, coffee shop, figure drawing, mount umunhum, natural bridges, natural bridges state beach, san jose, sign of the times, tech museum, watercolor, watercolor painting
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One Week 100 People: Day 5 and more (plus some insights)
Day 5. Reflections and learning from the challenge. Continue reading
One Week 100 People: Day 4
Day 3, and I think I’m at about 70 people. Continue reading
