Tag Archives: vintage sign

Relighting the Dancing Pig

An spent evening among sign loving San Joseans at History Park San Jose. Continue reading

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Sketching Place

Too often, I’m guilty of drawing an iconic structure and assuming I’m capturing something of place… Continue reading

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Drawing the Everyday (and a month-long challenge from two awesome artists)

Drawing the Everyday (and a month-long challenge from two awesome artists) Continue reading

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Two old signs in San Jose

Still so many old signs I haven’t drawn in San Jose… Continue reading

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Car Sketching as Urban Sketching

If you’ve been wanting to sketch outside but haven’t tried it yet, or if you’ve gotten rusty with doing it in the last year, Car Sketching might help jumpstart your practice.
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Any Random Corner

Carry around a little book. Draw the little corners. Make the mundane special. Continue reading

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Finding Beauty

Finding beauty in surprising places. Continue reading

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Sketching as a Question: Connecting the dots

Sketching as a Question: Connecting the dots #usktalks #urbansketching #usk Continue reading

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My Everyday Sketchbook

My sketchbook records many small moments. Some sketches are better than others, but I’m always glad to have a memory recorded and thoughts jotted down in my everyday journal. Here is the big red Yesco Signs truck at the Stephen’s … Continue reading

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More sketching near home

We’ve had so much rain in Northern California this winter and spring (and it’s still raining, which is so unusual for us) that it is super-green everywhere, and the lakes and waterfalls are pretty spectacular. This waterfall was at the … Continue reading

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