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Tag Archives: pen and ink
Sunday in Chinatown
Sketching in the middle of the street in Chinatown San Francisco Continue reading
Posted in california, Close to home, people, san franciso
Tagged chinatown, landscape, pen and ink, people sketching, san francisco, urban sketch
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Pen and Ink: On Location and in Studio
Drawing on location, repeating at home Continue reading
Posted in california, Close to home, Everyday Sketches, Sketch Journal
Tagged carmel, carmel-by-the-sea, landscape, location drawing, pen and ink, sketchbook, urban sketch
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Inktober on my Desk
It’s easy to be in Inktober mode when pen and ink is a medium you love and use a lot all year round anyways. Here are two recent Inktober-on-my-desk sketches. Did you Inktober this year? Did you try anything new? … Continue reading
Posted in california, Close to home, Doodles, Everyday Sketches
Tagged inktober, pen and ink
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One Week 100 People: All Done?
One Week 100 People: More contour drawing #oneweek100people #oneweek100people2020 Continue reading
One Week 100 People: Scribbling Around
One Week 100 People: Scribbling Around #oneweek100people #oneweek100people2020 Continue reading
One Week 100 People: Purple ink & bamboo pen
One Week 100 People: Purple ink & bamboo pen #oneweek100people #oneweek100people2020 Continue reading
Experiments with Ink and Water
I’ve never enjoyed using a water brush to paint with. But I’ve recently discovered that I quite enjoy it as a drawing tool. Continue reading
Posted in Close to home, Everyday Sketches, people, Uncategorized
Tagged monotone, pen and ink, people, people sketches, sketching art, urban sketchers, urban sketching, water brush
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Inktober 2017, Part 2
Week 2 of #inktober . How’s your inktober going? Continue reading
Posted in Everyday Sketches, people, Uncategorized
Tagged ink, inktober, inktober 2017, pen and ink, people, skull
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The trouble with Painted Ladies
Trying to draw the befuddling Victorians… Continue reading
Posted in california, Close to home, How to, san franciso
Tagged alamo square, architecture, bernal heights, houses, how-to, location drawing, painted ladies, pen and ink, san francisco, urban sketch, victorian, watercolor
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SFMoMa and a night in the city
In San Francisco sunshine or rain
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Posted in california, Close to home, san franciso
Tagged city, color, food, grace cathedral, line, location drawing, pen and ink, san francisco, sfmoma, sketch, urban sketch, urban sketching
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