Author Archives: Sarah Sullivan

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About Sarah Sullivan

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Descanso Hillside

Posted on November 10, 2018 by Sarah Sullivan

    Most months the San Diego Watercolor Society invites a plein air artist to give a demonstration somewhere in the county. Today Keiko Tanabe demonstrated and as I watched her paint with bold, confident strokes I remembered how much … Continue reading →

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Gallery Lights

Posted on November 9, 2018 by Sarah Sullivan

Every now and then it’s my turn to volunteer at the SDWS gallery so visitors can see the current show. Today was kind of slow at first, so I had a chance to pull out my crayons and color pencils. … Continue reading →

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Plant on a Desk

Posted on November 8, 2018 by Sarah Sullivan

It has been a while since I posted, and it felt good today to sit and experiment with crayon, gouache and colored pencils. This was my third pass at this small aloe vera plant and I am starting to catch … Continue reading →

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Frida Underwater

Posted on October 18, 2018 by Sarah Sullivan

This week the assignment in our illustration class was to show a character in an underwater environment, using black ink and traditional pens. I had trouble thinking of a character and began several sketches only to abandon them when I … Continue reading →

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Do They Like My Work?

Posted on October 12, 2018 by Sarah Sullivan

I am taking a ten-week illustration course at a local university. Our first assignment was to select text from an unillustrated book and then to illustrate it using five types of pencil marks- hatching, crosshatching, scribbling, tick marks, and pressure … Continue reading →

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Arches and Shadows at Balboa Park

Posted on October 10, 2018 by Sarah Sullivan

I painted this morning at Balboa Park with the San Diego Watercolor Society Plein Air group. I forgot my sun shirt so I stood in the shade and painted the sunlight coming through the archways. I like the composition and … Continue reading →

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Primates

Posted on October 5, 2018 by Sarah Sullivan

I sketched along the Monkey Walk this morning at the San Diego Zoo. I noticed how much we enjoy our cousins and showing them to our children and wanted to capture this familial feeling in a sketch. This is a … Continue reading →

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