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Tag Archives: everyday sketch
Drawing the Everyday (and a month-long challenge from two awesome artists)
Drawing the Everyday (and a month-long challenge from two awesome artists) Continue reading
Posted in challenge, Close to home, Everyday Sketches
Tagged everyday sketch, location drawings, motorcycle, sign, urban sketch, urban sketchers, vintage sign
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Any Random Corner
Carry around a little book. Draw the little corners. Make the mundane special. Continue reading
Posted in california, Close to home, Everyday Sketches
Tagged everyday sketch, location drawing, location drawings, sign, urban sketching, vintage sign
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Building a Sketching Practice
Cats. Kids. Sketching Everyday. Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Everyday Sketches, people, san jose
Tagged cat, cat sketch, everyday sketch, music, people sketching, urban sketching
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Mostly black and white
My daily sketching practice has gotten a bit, shall we say, sketchy lately. So to try and get back to little studies last week, I decided to try and draw everyday: not big ambitious pieces, but with some focus: working … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, california, Close to home, Drink, Everyday Sketches, Food, people, supplies, Supplies and Materials, tools
Tagged black and white, cat, cat sketch, everyday sketch, monochrome, tea, teacup sketch, value, value study
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Back to small sketches
Little sketches from last week. Continue reading
Fun with Topiary
I’ve been away from the blogging (and drawing) for too long. Working on cleaning up my studio for Silicon Valley Open Studios last week (more on that later) and finishing some commissioned pieces. And it just felt right to get back to … Continue reading
Last week’s little sketches
Everyday sketches from last week… Continue reading
Cabin Fever
Weeks of rain with almost no break. A 3-day weekend and no way to get out without getting wet. Perfect formula for cabin fever? Luckily, I can draw (and redraw) my family. And since they’ve all long since decided I am terrible … Continue reading
Posted in Close to home, Everyday Sketches, people, Portrait, Uncategorized
Tagged cats, everyday sketch, kids, location drawing, nieces, urban, urban sketchers
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Little Sketches
When there’s no time for a bigger piece…
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Beauty- Cooper Hewitt Design Triennial
This show at the San Jose Museum of Art deserves a lot more than the hour and half I was there, so I’ll be back for more, But meanwhile, here’s a little peek at some the the Beauties in the show. … Continue reading
Posted in california, san jose, Silicon Valley
Tagged art, beauty, cooper hewitt, everyday sketch, haas brothers, location drawing, museum, san jose, san jose museum of art, urban sketchers
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