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Tag Archives: mark making
Oranges
Hot day. Backyard Tree dripping with fruit. Continue reading
Posted in california, Close to home, Everyday Sketches
Tagged fruit, location drawing, location drawings, mark making, orange, orange tree, texture, urban sketch, urban sketchers
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Citrus Season in California
It’s Citrus Season in California! Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged california, location drawings, mark making, mixed media, orange, oranges, still life
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Scraggly Trees and Mark-making
Scraggly, windswept Monterey Pines are a joy to draw if you love bold, slightly out-of-control mark-making. (I do!) Here are some trees from a lovely weekend in June by Asilomar State Beach. Drawing on location is what I love best. … Continue reading
Posted in california, Close to home, Everyday Sketches
Tagged asilomar, californai, location drawing, mark making, monterey, monterey pine, trees
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Inspired by Chard
Exploring mark-making and the emotive power of line. Continue reading
Posted in composition, experiments, teaching
Tagged abstraction, chard, mark making, sketching playlab
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Windows in Ho Chi Minh, Westbury and Switzerland
Window swapping my way around the world.
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Day 73 at Home: Friends, Complaints and Solutions
Day 73 at Home: Friends, Complaints and Solutions #virtualsketching #googlemaps #ukraine #sketchbook
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Posted in Close to home, Everyday Sketches, people, san jose, Silicon Valley
Tagged color, mark making, sketching at home, sketchingplaylab, texture
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Day 68 at Home: Mark-making and Texture
Day 68 at Home: Mark-making and Texture #sketchathome #stayhome
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Posted in Close to home, Everyday Sketches, people, san jose, Silicon Valley
Tagged color, mark making, sketching at home, sketchingplaylab, texture
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Calligraphic Sketching with Melanie Reim
I’ve wanted to take a workshop with Melanie Reim ever since I got a sneak-peek at her teaching in Barcelona. I love that she draws inspiration from her surroundings to explore mark-making and composition and I am fascinated by how much color and texture she brings … Continue reading
Posted in Singapore
Tagged black and white, location drawing, mark making, Melanie Reim, suhita, urban sketch, urban sketcher, workshop
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