Author Archives: Sarah Sullivan

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About Sarah Sullivan

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Waikiki Sunrise From a Hotel Window

Posted on March 18, 2017 by Sarah Sullivan

Looking out the hotel window this morning at dawn, the sun was rising behind the hotel on my left. Some of the palm trees and the grass below were illuminated but the hotel’s shadow fell across most of the area … Continue reading →

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Same Intersection, Different Sketches

Posted on March 16, 2017 by Sarah Sullivan

Here are two more sketches of the same intersection as yesterday’s sketch in Old Town at Twiggs and San Diego Avenue that I dew in this past week. In each sketch I stood where a line (the double yellow line in the … Continue reading →

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Working on Perspective in San Diego’s Old Town

Posted on March 14, 2017 by Sarah Sullivan

The landscape painting class met in San Diego’s Old Town today and it was a perfect opportunity to think again about perspective. I stood in the park at Twiggs Street, looking down San Diego Avenue, where the double yellow line pointed … Continue reading →

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Simplifying the Shape

Posted on March 13, 2017 by Sarah Sullivan

It is so worthwhile to go to art class and work on projects alongside my fellow students. Not only do I have the chance to learn from the wisdom of an amazing teacher, I also see how other artists interpret the … Continue reading →

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The Watercolor Critique

Posted on March 12, 2017 by Sarah Sullivan

Yesterday I attended a watercolor demonstration and paint out. As we ended, the artist critiqued the paintings that attendees made. During the critique I drew 2 sketches of this scene with simple pastel lines on black paper. Today I added color. My major deliberate … Continue reading →

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Frisbee Golf at Kit Carson Park in Escondido

Posted on March 12, 2017 by Sarah Sullivan

I went to the San Diego Watercolor Society Paint Out in Escondido this morning for a demonstration by an inspiring landscape artist, Shuang Li . Afterwards we painted in her style along the duck pond and I was near two artists who really … Continue reading →

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Final Day of the ‘One Week 100 People’ Challenge

Posted on March 11, 2017 by Sarah Sullivan

I set off for the zoo today to draw people, not animals, and while there got to my 100th person for the One Week 100 People  challenge, hooray! Most of the sketches of people at the zoo are actually composite people, … Continue reading →

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