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More sketching in the South Bay
Another great thing about having visiting sketchers? You end up meeting all your local sketching friends that you really should meet more often. Day 2 of sketching with Liz Steel , was an opportunity to meet up with Nina Khashchina and Gay … Continue reading
Usk 2017 Part 8: Farewell Chicago!
Five days in the city, and I’d never been as far as the river (which was only a 10 minute walk north of my hotel). So when the Symposium was done, that’s where I headed. This is Marina City, but … Continue reading
Posted in chicago, Summer
Tagged architecture, chicago, chicago fire, location drawing, marina city, riverwalk, tribune tower, urban sketchers, urban sketching, wrigley building
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Usk Chicago 2017 Part 7: One final sketchcrawl
Sketches from the last sketchcrawl in Grant Park. I stayed close to the John Logan Statue since I knew we had to meet there for one final photo. Here’s that statue, sketched from the north, sitting by myself in the park, … Continue reading
Posted in chicago, people, Summer
Tagged chicago, grant park, location drawings, people sketch, porto, urban sketchers, urban sketchers symposium
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Usk Chicago 2017 Part 3: Painting Trees with Shari Blaukopf
Big shapes in watercolors an learning to mix greens in Shari Blaukopf’s workshop. Continue reading
Posted in chicago, Summer, teaching, Uncategorized
Tagged chicago, color mixing, grant park, location drawing, painting, painting trees, shari blaukopf, symposium, trees, urban, urban sketchers, usk chicago
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Usk Chicago Part 2: Chicago Theater and the L
Morning sketches at the Symposium. Continue reading
Posted in chicago, Travel
Tagged chicago, chicago theater, L train, location drawing, old theater sign, urban sketchers, usk, usk symposium, Vintage Signs
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In your sketch kit: Summer 2017
I’m finally packing my sketch bag for the Urban Sketchers Symposium in Chicago. And I’m going with my smallest sketchbag to date. It’s a small Timbuk 2 Messenger, and I’ll carry just 2 sketchbooks: A large 9×12 wirebound Beta book … Continue reading
Posted in teaching, tools
Tagged chicago, location drawing, packing a kit, pigment, sketchbook, sketchkit, supplies, symposium, tools, urban sketchers
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Kauai, first impressions
Kauai, back again after 17 years… Continue reading
Posted in Travel
Tagged hawaii, hawaiian goose, kauai, location drawing, na pali, nene, ocean, plumeria, shaveice, urban sketchers, urban sketching, wild chickens
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