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October Beach Day
Our watercolor class met today up on the Torrey Pines plateau that overlooks the sea below. We were in the midst of coastal scrub and pine trees with sandstone mesas in the distance. Lots to paint and I painted away … Continue reading
Posted in Body Language, Groups Interacting, Story Creation, Telling a Story
Tagged San Diego, Urban Sketching, Watercolor
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Debate Night Body Language
Another debate means I had another chance to sketch along and interpret for 90-minutes. This sketch is a composite of three different sketches, which I arranged later after the debate using Procreate. By that time I had seen enough of their … Continue reading
Posted in Body Language, Facial Expression, Groups Interacting, Telling a Story
Tagged Debate, Emoting
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Sunset on the San Diego Freeway
I drew as we made the slow trip home down I-5 from Los Angeles to San Diego this evening. Each time I looked up from the iPad to add more to my sketch, the scenery was different, so this is … Continue reading
People on the Move at the LAX Baggage Area
This afternoon I waited a bit at the LAX airport for the arrival of our Chicago cousin. I tried to quickly sketch people as they moved across the baggage area but they moved so quickly I was unable to complete … Continue reading
Relaxing at a Yosemite Campsite
We went camping at Yosemite last weekend. It was gorgeous, cold and dry and the forest was deep and green. We got there early and I was able to sketch the next campsite over on my iPad while we waited … Continue reading
A Third Attempt to Get the Debate Sketch Right
Monday night I sketched the presidential debate in charcoal and on Tuesday I worked in Procreate to improve the sketch. My cousin Ann commented on the second sketch, “Like it but I’d put him further back on the right and … Continue reading
Posted in Body Language, Deliberate Practice, Facial Expression, Telling a Story
Tagged Nonverbal Communication, Procreate
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Debate Sketch Revised
I wanted to improve yesterday’s sketch. In it both of the debaters appear too thin. I did catch a bit of Donald Trump’s peevishness, but did not convey Hillary Clinton’s air of confident readiness. But what really bothered me was that although one … Continue reading
Deliberate Sketching 