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By the Cool of the Pool
The weather here is hard to beat, but even so, after walking about Cuernavaca it was delightful to relax in the shade by the pool. My goal with this sketch, as with yesterday’s, was just to capture the moment. This … Continue reading
Posted in Groups Interacting, Telling a Story
Tagged Cuernavaca, Gouache, Mexico, Sisters
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Cuernavaca Start
Five of us, four sisters and a good friend, met this evening in Cuernavaca at the start of a two week stay to study Spanish and have fun. This is a quick sketch of two of my sisters as they … Continue reading
Posted in Body Language, Groups Interacting, Story Creation
Tagged Cuernavaca, Gouache, Mexico, Sisters
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I Want to See!
This morning I went to the zoo with a friend and we sketched giraffes, elephants and people. It was great seeing so many young children out with their families learning to appreciate our diversity. These are pen and watercolor sketches.
Posted in Body Language, Groups Interacting, Story Creation, Telling a Story
Tagged California, Giraffe, People, San Diego, San Diego Zoo
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Looking West from Kate Sessions Park
I painted today at Kate Sessions Park with the San Diego Watercolor Society Wednesday’s plein air group. It was a gorgeous vista full of green that was set off by the lifting fog. This is a gouache sketch on black … Continue reading
Birthday Bouquet and Book
I got such a gorgeous birthday bouquet that I painted it all evening and time flew. In fact I over did parts of the flowers but like the simple brushstrokes in the table, book, candle holders and lower vase. Now that I … Continue reading
A Very Thin Woman
It was good to go to figure painting class today. The model was wonderful, she was older, had a soulful expression, and her thin limbs were interesting to sketch. Our goal was to paint directly on the paper without first … Continue reading
Spring Comes to The Homestead Trail
I took the photo that this picture is based on while biking on the Homestead Trail at Prince Edward Island National Park earlier this month. It was still pretty cold, at least to my California bones, and most of the … Continue reading
Posted in Deliberate Practice, Landscape
Tagged Canada, Gouache, Prince Edward Island, Prince Edward Island National Park
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Deliberate Sketching 