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Marking the Summer
Marking the Seasons with Produce Continue reading
Posted in california, Close to home, Everyday Sketches, people, san jose, Silicon Valley, teaching
Tagged farmers market, location drawings, people sketching, workshop
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New Every Time
Wax crayons. Farmer’s markets. Back to drawing on location. All of that in one post.
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Posted in california, Close to home, Everyday Sketches, people, san jose, Silicon Valley
Tagged farmers market, location drawings, neighborhood, people sketching, summer, urban sketch
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Coffee Shops and Farmers Markets (Part 2 of 2)
Drawing People on location again, and listening in to and drawing their stories… Continue reading
Posted in california, Close to home, Education, How to, people, san jose, Silicon Valley, teaching
Tagged cafe sketching, coffee shop, farmers market, people sketching, workshop
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Coffee Shops and Farmers Markets (Part 1 of 2)
I’m outside drawing people more, feeling their stories, chatting with them across larger distances and holding my sketchbook up for them to see from further away when they’re curious about what I do. It’s different, but I’m thankful for it. Continue reading
Posted in california, Close to home, Education, How to, people, san jose, Silicon Valley, teaching
Tagged cafe sketching, coffee shop, farmers market, people sketching, workshop
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Farmer’s Market Season
Farmer’s Market season is here (and People-sketching on location is back!) Continue reading
Posted in california, Close to home, Everyday Sketches, people, san jose, Silicon Valley
Tagged accordion fold, farmers market, location drawings, maret, people, people sketching, urban sketch, usk
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More from the Farmers’ Market
This might just turn into a summer of sketching the Farmers’ Market every Sunday. Here are this week’s sketches. Usually I choose what to focus on: is it the produce that’s the focus of the sketch? Or is it the … Continue reading
Posted in california, Close to home, people, Silicon Valley
Tagged almaden, california, family, farmers market, fruit, location drawings, people, san jose, sketch, summer, urban sketchers, vegetable, watercolor sketch
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Summer is… Fruit from the Farmers’ Market
We’re lucky to have year-round farmers’ markets in California, but in the summer, the market REALLY comes alive. It’s summer fruit that I really enjoy painting: the peaches and nectaries, strawberries and melons, all in big, colorful, messy piles on tables across the … Continue reading
Posted in california, Close to home, Silicon Valley
Tagged almaden, california, family, farmers market, fruit, fruit stand, fruit vegetable, location drawings, people, urban sketchers, vegetable, watercolor sketch
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More from the Farmers’ Market
I sketch the Farmers’ Market a LOT. because I’m there every Sunday. Because it’s close to home. But most of all because I just love the riot of colors and shapes of fruit and vegetables and throngs of people all … Continue reading
Posted in california, Close to home
Tagged almaden, california, family, farmers market, kids, location drawings, people, produce, suburbia, summer, summer vegetables, urban sketchers
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Farmer’s Markets
Sketching at Farmers Markets always poses a dilemma: should I just capture the stalls full of fresh fruits and veges? Or try and build in the sea of humanity that walks through too quickly? If I build in the people, … Continue reading
Posted in california, Close to home, Food
Tagged almaden, california, farmer, farmers market, fruit, local, location drawings, market, summer vegetables
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