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Tag Archives: santa barbara
White buildings in Santa Barbara
More sketches from Santa Barbara (and one from Malibu). Sketching in Southern California means sketching a lot of white adobe-style buildings. Usually you can count on the warm-yellow sun to cast some great shadows for you. But I was there … Continue reading →
Posted in california, Travel
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Tagged adamson house, california, kids, location drawings, Los Angeles, malibu, santa barbara, suhita, Travel, urban sketchers, watercolor sketch
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Finding animals in unexpected places
Looking through my sketches from my road trip, I see I have some animal sketches. But only a few of them are from a trip to the little zoo in Santa Barbara. I couldn’t pass up sketching these colorful macaws there. These ostrich are sketched … Continue reading →
Posted in Animals, california, Travel
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Tagged animal, animals, location drawing, location drawings, Los Angeles, macaw, mammoth, ostrich, Page Museum, santa barbara, Santa Barbara zoo, Solvang, suhita, urban sketch, zoo sketch
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Two Missions, two doors: Drawing little corners.
On our road trip down the coast from San Jose to LA we stopped by two Missions: the smaller, lesser known Mission San Miguel and the grander Mission Santa Barbara. Interestingly, I sketched very similar views at both places: a small, decrepit … Continue reading →
Posted in california, Travel
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Tagged california, family, kids, location drawings, mission, Mission art, mission sketches, san miguel, santa barbara, sketch, suhita, Travel, urban sketch, urban sketchers, watercolor sketch
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