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Tag Archives: Utah
Monument Valley: Spring 2017 Roadtrip
Ending the road trip with Monument Valley.
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Tagged arizona, butte, landscape, location drawing, mesa, monument valley, navajo nation, painting, red rock, urban sketchers, Utah, watercolor
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Antelope Canyon and Horseshoe Bend: Spring 2017 Roadtrip
I drew page after page, throwing color and line at the page in an attempt to capture the unreal landscape. Continue reading
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Tagged antelope canyon, arizona, canyon, colors, horseshoe bend, lake, landscape, location drawing, lower antelope canyon, navajo, navajo nation, oxbow lake, slot canyon, urban sketchers, Utah
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Zion National Park: Spring 2017 Roadtrip
If I’m sketching by myself, I agonize about what to sketch and what angle to sketch it from. When I’m traveling with my family, I sketch whenever and wherever we get a break, however short it is. Continue reading
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Tagged emerald pond, landscape, landscape painting, location drawing, narrows, red rock, urban sketchers, Utah, virgin river, watchman, zion, Zion national Park
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California Theater and the Green Cow, San Jose
The California Theater in downtown San Jose is one of those happy-endings stories: an ornate little building from the 1920s that was shuttered for years, and then renovated in the early 2ooos and is now the shared home of Opera … Continue reading
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Tagged almaden, california, california theater, cow, location drawings, marquee, san jose, urban sketchers, Utah, vintage sign, vintage signage, watercolor sketch
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Yellowstone National Park
Sometimes I see things two ways. So I try to record both impressions, like I did at Old Faithful, Yellowstone National Park’s most iconic geyser. At first all I see is a vista crowded with people, all watching a geyser … Continue reading
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Tagged family, geyser, grand prismatic springs, kids, location drawings, montana, old faithful, suhita, Travel, urban sketchers, Utah, watercolor sketch, wyoming, yellowstone national park
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Salt Lake City
An end of summer trip. On our way to Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Park. First stop: Salt Lake City. The sky is really blue, the summer is super hot and the people are so nice. We spent our day … Continue reading
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Tagged family, great salt lake, location drawings, mormon, natural history museum, people, salt lake city, salt lake temple, suhita, temple, Travel, urban sketchers, Utah, watercolor sketch
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A week in Southern Utah
Sketches from a week-long trip to Southern Utah. I’ve been to this corner of the world before and thought I knew what to expect. But, just like 2 decades ago, I was floored by the incredible landscape. I don’t think … Continue reading
Sketch Away: Travels with my sketchbook 