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Field Trip Revised
This is a larger and more carefully drawn version of my post from October 25. I wanted to do a better job capturing the liveliness of a very large class of students taking a field trip to Balboa Park in San … Continue reading
Posted in Cityscape, Groups Interacting
Tagged Balboa Park, Botanical Garden, California, Gouache, Lily Pond, San Diego
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Field Trip to Balboa Park
Just as I was finishing up yesterday I looked across the lily pond and noticed a class of students walking energetically behind their teacher along the other side. I was charmed by their quick pace and by their reflections in … Continue reading
Posted in Groups Interacting, Landscape
Tagged Balboa Park, Botanical Garden, Gouache, Lily Pond, San Diego
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The Lily Pond Again
This was my third morning at the Lily Pond in San Diego’s Balboa Park and I got closer to what I would like to show about the pond and its reflections today. I now know that the choice of a … Continue reading
Across the Drawing Class
I had a hard time getting into the lesson for the day which was drawing parts of models extending off the page. I looked around the room to see how the others were doing with it and I was surprised to … Continue reading
Pumpkin Patch
The San Diego Urban Sketchers met this morning at Summer Past Farms in ElCajon, just east of San Diego. With only nine days to go to Halloween, excitement was in the air and it showed with every step that each … Continue reading
Posted in Groups Interacting, Telling a Story
Tagged El Cajon, Gouache, Halloween, Pumpkin Patch, San Diego County
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Passages
This is a small brainstorming sketch for a larger painting I want to make. Last weekend I was at a ranch in Arizona for a wedding. Although the wedding took place on a large green lawn, the ranch also had … Continue reading
Posted in Body Language, Groups Interacting, Landscape
Tagged Arizona, Gouache, Labyrinth, Wedding, Yavapai County Arizona
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A Rare October Rain in San Diego
Rain in October is not what I expected to wake up to this morning in San Diego, never mind that it was less than a quarter inch, it still was rain. I walked up to a mesa with a terrific … Continue reading
Posted in Landscape
Tagged #San Diego State University, Clouds, Gouache, Rainy Day, San Diego
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