Author Archives: Sarah Sullivan

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About Sarah Sullivan

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Pumpkin

Posted on October 8, 2017 by Sarah Sullivan

Procreate, an art app for the iPad, recently had a major update and I thought that it might be fun to work in it this evening. After sketching a pumpkin on black paper with a white pastel pencil and gouache, … Continue reading →

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Hallway

Posted on October 6, 2017 by Sarah Sullivan

I noticed the light reflecting along a hallway in Liberty Station this morning and took a photo. Later when I did a small 9 X 9 inch gouache sketch of it, I noticed how much I like the way the … Continue reading →

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Lunch Break

Posted on October 5, 2017 by Sarah Sullivan

I started to draw the round table tops on an empty lunch court and then two people came along for a late lunch. Of course I tried to squeeze them into the sketch. This is a gouache sketch with some … Continue reading →

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Elephant

Posted on October 5, 2017 by Sarah Sullivan

This is a pastel line sketch with a some gouache for color.

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The Sketcher

Posted on October 3, 2017 by Sarah Sullivan

I was out with my plein air group today and sketched a fellow painter who was working under a nearby shade tree. The tilt of her head along with her hand raised a bit above her sketchbook suggested to me … Continue reading →

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Companions

Posted on October 2, 2017 by Sarah Sullivan

I stopped by the zoo this afternoon and sat in the shade to eat my lunch. My destination was the giraffes but I got to looking at the two trees directly in front of me. They stood together, like a … Continue reading →

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Along the San Diego River

Posted on October 1, 2017 by Sarah Sullivan

This sketch is of a vista along the San Diego River in the Mission Valley area of San Diego. I am often surprised at how different this river area is from the surrounding high density residences and the hills that … Continue reading →

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