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Crissy Fields, San Francisco
An afternoon at Crissy Fields, San Francisco Continue reading
Posted in california, people, san franciso, Sketch Journal
Tagged beach, crissy fields, people sketching, san francisco, summer
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Chinatown, San Francisco
Sketching in Chinatown, San Francisco Continue reading
Posted in california, Close to home, san franciso, Vintage Signs, watercolor
Tagged chinatown, crowd, lanterns, li po, location drawing, people, san francisco, urban sketching, usk, Vintage Signs
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Bits
Drawings form the past week. Continue reading
Posted in california, Close to home, Everyday Sketches, people, san jose, Silicon Valley, teaching, Workshop
Tagged caffe frascati, downtown san jose, ferry building, location drawing, people drawing, san francisco, san jose, san jose museum of art, sketch, urban sketching, usk, watercolor
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June Workshops: Vegas and San Francisco
After a longish break from teaching workshops, I’m back! Here are two workshops in June, one in Las Vegas and the other in San Francisco. They might look similar at first glance, but read carefully: one is an Urban Sketcher’s … Continue reading
Posted in california, Close to home, How to, people, san franciso, Supplies and Materials, teaching, Workshop
Tagged Las Vegas, people drawing, san francisco, Vegas, workshop
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Chinese New Year Parade
Last weekend I joined the San Francisco Urban Sketchers as they sketched the Chinese New Year parade in the city. I wish I had gotten there earlier, there was so much to draw… I did end up with three quick … Continue reading
Posted in california, Close to home, people, reportage
Tagged chinese new year, dragon, kids, marching band, parade, people, san francisco
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Grace Cathedral
Laurie Wigham arranged a wonderful sketchcrawl in San Francisco a couple of weeks ago. Jane Blundell and Liz Steel were both in San Francisco that day and it was a wonderful way for San Francisco Bay Area Sketchers to sketch … Continue reading
Posted in Close to home, san franciso
Tagged architecture, cathedral, church, grace cathedral, Lafayette Park, san francisco
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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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In and around Bernal Heights
Bernal Heights, San Francisco. Up. Down. High. Low. Continue reading
Posted in california, Close to home, Food, people, san franciso
Tagged bernal heights, coffee, people, progressive grounds, san francisco, slopes
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A day in San Francisco
Golden Gate Park, and Much at SFMoMA Continue reading