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A strange pairing: sketches from a garden and a salon
It helps when a weekend’s sketches hold together thematically. These don’t. Two from the salon, sketched while my daughter had her haircut. One from Filoli Gardens in Woodside. Lady getting her nails done. What I enjoyed most about this scene … Continue reading
Posted in california, Silicon Valley
Tagged almaden, california, family, filoli, filoli estate, flower, haircut, kids, people, salon, watercolor sketch
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Florida
Never looked closely at airline safety instructions until K got totally fascinated with them. Love how the people look all zen and other-worldly as they don their floatation devices and hang around in the ocean. The kids love a beach- … Continue reading
Posted in Travel
Tagged airline, beach, crab, florida, flower, location drawings, safety manual, shell, sunset, Travel
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Almaden Farmer's Market
Drawing at the farmer’s market is lots of fun- and very challenging.. Everyone moves so fast- I draw a squiggle,look back up- and everything has changed!
More sunflowers
These are drawn in black marker and colored in with Kavya’s Crayola “Pipsqueak” markers. I like that the back of the heads is as interesting to draw as the fronts. Here’s a closeup:
Sunflower
Drawing sunflowers reminds me of an awful art “exam” I took as a kid- called “elementary exam”. I like sunflowers, though, there’s nothing wishy-washy about them. This one is Van Gogh-inspired. Van Gogh’s forgotten sunflowers, a week after he painted … Continue reading
Sketch Away: Travels with my sketchbook 