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Two old signs in San Jose
Still so many old signs I haven’t drawn in San Jose… Continue reading
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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Posted in california, Close to home, Everyday Sketches
Tagged henrys hi-life, location drawings, palm tree, san jose sign, urban sketch, usk, vintage sign
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Any Random Corner
Carry around a little book. Draw the little corners. Make the mundane special. Continue reading
Posted in california, Close to home, Everyday Sketches
Tagged everyday sketch, location drawing, location drawings, sign, urban sketching, vintage sign
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Finding Beauty
Finding beauty in surprising places. Continue reading
Sketching as a Question: Connecting the dots
Sketching as a Question: Connecting the dots #usktalks #urbansketching #usk Continue reading
Posted in Close to home, Education, Faces Of Recovery, people, Portrait, reportage, san jose, Silicon Valley, teaching
Tagged Faces Of Recovery, san jose, urban sketchers, usk, usktalks, vintage sign
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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
Posted in california, Close to home, Doodles, Everyday Sketches, people, Sketch Journal, Summer
Tagged graduation, haircut, location drawing, rob sketcherman, tabla, uma kelkar, urban sketch, vintage sign, yesco
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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
Sign Painter, yup that’s me
Just a quick post linking to this piece that KQED’s ARTS section did on my sign-sketching obsession. Here is the video. And a link to a longer piece on their website. A big thank you to Creo Noveno for shooting … Continue reading
A big week of sketching at ‘home’
Sketching near home is always a challenge for me. It’s harder to see the world through fresh eyes when you are in your everyday surroundings. And that’s when it’s lovely to have an urban sketcher from out of town visit … Continue reading
Monday’s Mixed Bag
Last week was thin on sketches: when the temperature hits 110+, (a record for the city) you stay home and do pretty much nothing. Still, here’s a few things, mostly from before the heatwave. Some days are better than others. … Continue reading
Sketch Away: Travels with my sketchbook 