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Blue and Gold
Playing with Blue and Gold Continue reading
(More) Accordion Fold Samplers
Making accordion fold sampler books Continue reading
Posted in Collage, Food, How to, supplies, Supplies and Materials, teaching, tools, Workshop
Tagged art supplies, paper, pear, samples, sketchbooks, stillman & birn, workshop
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The week that was: everyday sketches from last week.
You’ve seen some of my little everyday sketches from last week already as I warmed up for my weekend workshops in Berkeley and San Francisco. You might have noticed that these pastels are showing up a lot in my work. I’ve … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged food, kids violin, location drawings, pear, people, people sketching, urban sketchers, whole foods
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Monday Morning: Little sketches
Here are some of last week’s little sketches. While my little sketches, mostly done at home, don’t vary much in subject matter, I still enjoy just the act of making them, sometimes trying new stuff, but mostly just doing something over and over … Continue reading
Posted in people, Portrait, san jose, Uncategorized
Tagged family, fig, food, ink, kids, location drawings, music, pear, people, portrait, urban sketchers, violin
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Why do you sketch everyday?
Why do you sketch everyday? Continue reading
Posted in Everyday Sketches
Tagged california, car, cat sketches, cats, food, fruit, kids, location drawing, location drawings, music, olives, peach, pear, people, urban sketch, urban sketchers, violin, watercolor sketch
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Just pears
A little watercolor piece from a busy day… you’re never too busy to paint one tiny piece. My little Fluid watercolor paper block at 8×8 inches is perfect for a small piece. And these not-yet-ripe pears from a friend’s backyard were just … Continue reading
Pears 1, 2016.
First Pears, 2016 Continue reading
Posted in Food, Uncategorized
Tagged california, food, fruit, pear, summer, watercolor, watercolor sketch
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Pears in October
I love drawing pears. They’re a simple shape, but not so simple they’re boring. And a forgiving form too: you can mess around with a pear shape quite a bit and it still look like a pear. I thought I’d sit down and do a ‘quick 5 … Continue reading
Sketch Away: Travels with my sketchbook 