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Amsterdam: The first few days
I’m got to Amsterdam a few days before the Urban Sketchers Symposium. It gives me the chance to check out the location and figure some last minute details on the workshop I’m teaching. And, there’s time to slip in some … Continue reading
Posted in amsterdam, Food, people, Sketch Journal, teaching, Travel
Tagged amsterdam, canal houses, coffee, food, people sketching flea market, tea, teaching, usk sympsoium
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Day 14-17: Direct Watercolor Challenge
Day 7-13: Direct Watercolor Challenge. Chugging along. Continue reading
Posted in Close to home, Everyday Sketches, India, Paintings, watercolor
Tagged 30x30directwatercolor2019, cafe, chinatown, coffee, direct watercolor, jacaranda, small paintings, traffic, watercolor
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Close to home
Drawing close to home, and everyday practices. Do you have go-to subjects and locations? Is your sketching practice built around a schedule or does it fit into bits of your day, as mine does? I’d love to know. Continue reading
Posted in california, Close to home, Drink, Everyday Sketches, Food, people, Uncategorized
Tagged cafe, california poppy, coffee, everyday sketching, landscape watercolor, poppies, urban sketch
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Keepers of Memories, Stories and Lesson Plans
Sketch Journals as Keepers of Memories, Stories and Lesson Plans. Continue reading
Posted in california, Close to home, Everyday Sketches, Food, people, san jose, Silicon Valley, teaching
Tagged burger, coffee, elvas coffee in-n-out, food, history, location drawing, perspective, san jose, Sketch Journal, teaching, urban sketch
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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
State of the Journal
State of the Journal. #sketchjournal #journal #usk #urbansketch #historysanjose #coffee #messyjournal Continue reading
