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Monthly Archives: July 2017
Preliminary Sketch
If my goal for the day’s sketch is complicated, it helps a lot to make a preliminary sketch or two. That way I can work through some of the challenges without worrying that I will wreck my work. My preliminary … Continue reading
Posted in Landscape
Tagged Colorado, Deliberate Practice, Landscape, Line, Pastel, Telluride, Town Park
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Tree Trunk
Sketching a close up of a tree trunk is an unusual choice of a subject for me as I mostly like to tell a story with my sketches. However, I was taking a class called, ‘Why Draw a Tree’ and … Continue reading
One With the Couch
I sketched this last night shortly after sketching, End of the Last Day of the Workshop. Today I added watercolor and ink to it. Although it is not as well drawn, I like it because it shows these three tired … Continue reading
End of the Last Day of the Workshop
I sketched these three lifelong colleagues two weeks ago on July 17 at the start of the workshop they were organizing together. Their workshop ends today and they are in the same living room sharing some last thoughts. Sketching them … Continue reading
Posted in Body Language, Groups Interacting, Telling a Story
Tagged Body Language, In- the- moment, Procreate, Telluride
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At the Counter
This is a quick pen and wash sketch showing a restaurant in Telluride. People are figuring out what they want and workers are taking orders and preparing food. I liked the liveliness of the scene and had fun trying to … Continue reading
By the Pond
I walked over to the Telluride Town Park this afternoon. I never made it past the Kid’s Fishing Pond near the entrance because a grandmother and child sitting on the pond’s bank caught my eye. They were watching something off … Continue reading
Posted in Groups Interacting, Landscape, Story Creation
Tagged #WorldWatercolorMonth, Colorado, Gouache, Kid's Fishing Pond, Telluride
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Telluride’s Oak Street Plaza
I set off to do abstract gouache sketches of landscapes but somehow ended up sketching with pen and watercolor in a 9 X 12 inch sketchbook. This is a small plaza in Telluride where people catch the free gondola that … Continue reading
Posted in Groups Interacting, Landscape, Telling a Story
Tagged #Pen and Wash, #WorldWatercolorMonth, Colorado, Telluride
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