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Hillside Near Rancho Bernardo
It is hot and dry in San Diego County just now and there was not a lot of shade this morning where I was sketching near the Bernardo Winery northeast of San Diego. I love the brown and yellow in … Continue reading
Posted in Deliberate Practice, Landscape
Tagged Bernardo Winery, California, Gouache, San Diego
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Back to Alcazar Garden
Our landscape class painted again at Alcazar Garden in Balboa Park. Before leaving the house this morning, I looked at my sketch, ‘Among the Hedges‘, that I made on September 28 at Alcazar Garden. I thought it was much too … Continue reading
Posted in Cityscape, Deliberate Practice
Tagged Alcazar Garden, Balboa Park, Gouache, San Diego
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Negative Space
In the figure drawing class today we worked on making the figure pop by developing the negative space around the figure. For example, the bedding the model is sitting on got much more emphasis than the model herself. This is … Continue reading
Woodie Fest at Moonlight Bay
The San Diego Urban Sketchers met today at Moonlight Beach in Encinitas to sketch vintage cars at the Woodie Fest. As I was looking around I came across three men making music along the edge of the show. I quickly … Continue reading
Posted in Groups Interacting, Telling a Story
Tagged California, Encinitas, Gouache, Moonlight Beach, San Diego Urban Sketchers
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Plumbago over the Wall
The plumbago in San Diego is gorgeous right now and catches my eye everywhere I go. I had to stop today and try to capture this particular hedge in a gouache sketch on black paper.
Between the Dorms and the Parking Structure
San Diego State University is always building something. I like the look of their new parking structure and their yellow and orange dorms and think they are perfect for practicing one point perspective. I also got in some practice showing … Continue reading
Potatoes and a Bouquet for Dinner
Possibly the only good thing about being a fast eater is that it gives me extra time to sketch. I worked fast, going for the big shapes, and exaggerating the bouquet. It is out of proportion but I had fun … Continue reading
