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Tag Archives: location drawings
Going Grey
Small studies in grey Continue reading
Posted in california, Everyday Sketches, flowers, studies
Tagged greyscale, location drawings, monochrome studies, palnt, rock, studies, texture, tree
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Stepping out in Spring
Are you, like me, starting to draw outside more than you did in the last year? Any challenges that come up from a practice that may have been dormant for a while? Continue reading
Posted in california, Close to home, Everyday Sketches, flowers, Paintings, san jose, Silicon Valley
Tagged almaden, california poppy, landscape, location drawings, poppies, sketchbook, urban sketch
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Car Sketching as Urban Sketching
If you’ve been wanting to sketch outside but haven’t tried it yet, or if you’ve gotten rusty with doing it in the last year, Car Sketching might help jumpstart your practice.
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Posted in california, Close to home, Everyday Sketches
Tagged henrys hi-life, location drawings, palm tree, san jose sign, urban sketch, usk, vintage sign
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Spring Experiments at Filoli Gardens
Spring Experiments at Filoli Gardens Continue reading
Posted in california, Close to home, experiments, flowers, printmaking
Tagged filoli, filoli estate, filoli gardens, flowers, location drawings, urban sketch
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Little Signposts of Urban Life
Beautiful stuff is everywhere around you if you look beyond accepted standards. The things that catch my eye, I stop and sketch. And just the act of connection and observation for that period of time means I see a beauty in them that I would never see without the pause. Continue reading
Posted in california, Close to home, Everyday Sketches, Silicon Valley
Tagged covid, location drawings, sign, signage, urban sketch
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Spring in California
Painting Mustard Fields Continue reading
Posted in california, Close to home, Everyday Sketches, flowers, san jose, Silicon Valley
Tagged california, location drawings, mustard, saratoga, spring, urban sketching
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A Day in Santa Cruz
Two weeks ago, I spent a whole day on the coast near Santa Cruz sketching with friends. When I haven’t been out drawing for a long time, I feel rusty. Not so much with my hands, because I’ve been drawing … Continue reading
Colusa, California
Two days in Colusa, California. Continue reading
Posted in california
Tagged chinatown, colusa, location drawings, nature drawing, urban sketch, urban sketching, water tower
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The New Normal
Working behind plexiglass screens at the reception desk. A spare desk with a jar of clean pens and a tray for dirty ones. A giant bottle of hand sanitizer and a box of tissues prominently displayed. Big yellow stickers explain, politely, the new rules of engagement. Continue reading
Posted in california, Close to home, Everyday Sketches, people, Portrait, Silicon Valley, Sketch Journal
Tagged covid, covid art, location drawings, urban sketch
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And yet again, Wilder Ranch State Park
I cannot seem to get enough of this place. This time, I was back with my sketching buddies on a sun-filled day that followed a week of rain. I have never actually walked down to the historic buildings that are … Continue reading
