Author Archives: Sarah Sullivan

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About Sarah Sullivan

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Settling In

Posted on January 7, 2018 by Sarah Sullivan

We, my brother, sister, brother-in-law, husband, and I, have been here in Mazatlan less that a day and already we are settling into relaxation mode- sleeping in, reading, playing Scrabble and sketching. Although I like this sketch because it caught … Continue reading →

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Delayed Flight

Posted on January 6, 2018 by Sarah Sullivan

The good thing about a flight delay is it gives an opportunity to sketch your fellow passengers. The young women across from us fell asleep and I was able to get a rough sketch of them with pastel and gouache.

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Between Two Trees

Posted on January 3, 2018 by Sarah Sullivan

Today I continued to try out new surfaces to paint on. This surface is black watercolor grounds applied with a roller. It made for a rough but uniform texture and absorbed the color down into its surface. I painted at Torrey Pines … Continue reading →

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High Tide at Torrey Pines

Posted on January 2, 2018 by Sarah Sullivan

There was such a high tide at Torrey Pines this morning, the lagoon was full of water and very exciting to sketch. In my enthusiasm, I painted over the shoreline and road but like the sketch anyway. Yesterday I prepared a … Continue reading →

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Taco Redo

Posted on January 1, 2018 by Sarah Sullivan

For the last 10 days or so I have been experimenting with the surfaces that I paint on. My goal is to find something that allows me to rework sections of a painting. So far I have tried painting on paper … Continue reading →

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A New Moon for A New Year

Posted on January 1, 2018 by Sarah Sullivan

My brother sent a picture of the new moon from his home in Phoenix this evening. That made me go out and look at the new moon as it came up over the trees behind our home in San Diego. … Continue reading →

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A Message from Afar

Posted on December 31, 2017 by Sarah Sullivan

I have not had much time for sketching this past week but did use my iPad to sketch two people looking at a phone today. I like the way the secondary figure is faint, perhaps suggesting that he is far … Continue reading →

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