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Easy People Sketching
If you want to draw people but don’t know where to start, start here! Continue reading
Posted in california, people, san franciso, Silicon Valley, teaching, Workshop
Tagged california, gesture drawing, location drawings, people, urban sketch, urban sketchers
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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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Impressions of Italy: The Crowds!
Not everything in Italy was lovely. The crowds, for one… Continue reading
Posted in Italy, people, Travel
Tagged academia, birth of venus, crowds, david statue, duomo, florence, Italy, location drawings, pantheon, people, people sketching, piazza, rome, uffizi, urban sketch, urban sketchers
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Quick-and-Dirty (aka Everyday Sketches)
Thoughts on trying to draw everyday. Little quick-and-dirty sketches. Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Figure Drawing, Food, people, Uncategorized
Tagged cat, figure, food, head study, location drawings, people, tomato, urban sketch, urban sketchers
24 Comments
Workshop: People & Places, Life in Contrast (and a downloadable pdf)
I based the workshop I taught in Manchester titled People and Places: Life in Contrast on the most common questions I get asked when I teach, both at workshops and through my Craftsy class: How do I incorporate gesture sketching into my sketches? … Continue reading
Posted in manchester, Uncategorized
Tagged location drawings, manchester, pdf, people, teaching, urban sketch, urban sketchers, workshop
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Last little bits from Manchester
Last little bits from Manchester ( well, except my workshop review, coming next) . Continue reading
Posted in manchester, Uncategorized
Tagged ancoates, location drawings, mural, Museum of science and industry, people, skenthnotes, sketchnoting, Travel, urban sketch, urban sketchers
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Taking a break in Kendal
For a few hours, I exchange the red brick of manchester for the grey stone of Kendal a gorgeous market town at the gateway to the Lake District. Continue reading
Posted in manchester, Uncategorized
Tagged chimney, high street, kendal, lake district, location drawings, manchester, people, Travel, urban sketch, urban sketchers
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