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Spring in California
Painting Mustard Fields Continue reading
Posted in california, Close to home, Everyday Sketches, flowers, san jose, Silicon Valley
Tagged california, location drawings, mustard, saratoga, spring, urban sketching
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Saratoga Library in the spring
Saratoga in the Spring: Cherry Blossoms and Mustard Fields Continue reading
Posted in california, Close to home, Everyday Sketches, flowers, Silicon Valley, watercolor
Tagged california, location drawing, saratoga, saratoga library, sketchbook, spring, urban sketching
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FAQs: Line First or Paint First?
Line first or color? Continue reading
Posted in california, Close to home, How to, Silicon Valley, watercolor
Tagged california, hakone gardens, los gatos, saratoga, watercolor
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Two flutists (and a tabla player)
Friday night we attended a lovely little concert at the Saratoga Foothill Club in a gorgeous hall designed by Julia Morgan. Ray Furuta and Prasad Bhandarkar played the Western flute and the Indian flute. Vikas accompanied Prasad on tabla. This first … Continue reading
Posted in california, Close to home, people, san jose, Silicon Valley, Sketch Journal
Tagged classical music, concert, flute, location drawing, music, musician, prasad bhandarkar, ray furuta, sangam arts, saratoga, sketch, urban sketch
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Mustard Fields
Saratoga, California. The mustard blooms are out! Continue reading
One coffee shop, two views.
One coffee shop, two views. Continue reading
Posted in california, Close to home, people, Silicon Valley, Uncategorized
Tagged Big Basin Cafe, coffee, coffee shop, location drawings, people, saratoga, urban sketchers
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Montavlo Art Center
Does this ever happen to you: You live someplace for years, think you know the place you live in pretty well, then you end up somewhere, not far from home, just by chance, and you wonder: how could I NOT … Continue reading
Posted in california, Close to home, Silicon Valley
Tagged california, location drawings, montalvo, montalvo art center, saratoga, suhita, urban sketchers, watercolor sketch
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Dappled light, Summer days
You know it’s summer when your yellow, gold and green paints run out before your Payne’s grey ( goodbye winter and spring!) Summer is lots of outdoor sketching, hikes and art shows. Sometimes I paint in the warm sunlight. And … Continue reading
Posted in california, Close to home, Silicon Valley
Tagged california, hike, location drawing, los gatos, people, saratoga, stanford, suhita, summer, urban sketchers
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