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Sketching the Urban Sketchers
This morning the San Diego Urban Sketchers met at the West Coast Clydesdale Ranch. We spread out and sketched buildings, horses, chickens, vegetation, corrals and the vista. As usual my attention was more focused on people and I did several different … Continue reading
Posted in Groups Interacting
Tagged Line, Procreate, San Diego Urban Sketchers, Urban Sketching
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Luminance
I have been thinking about how to show the reflection of light since sketching snowscapes two weeks ago and especially since sketching a puddle from some minor flooding last week. This morning the light came in the window and through a … Continue reading
Posted in Deliberate Practice, Uncategorized
Tagged Line, Procreate, Splashes of Paint
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Near the art store
One of my goals for this blog is to tell a story through image and this little sketch tells a story a few men who were people watching in a square and a few women who were walking briskly past the men. … Continue reading
Posted in Groups Interacting, Story Creation, Telling a Story
Tagged Line, Procreate
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Open studio
At open studio today I worked on defining the figure with strong lines and accentuating the lines with strong color. I played with exaggerating the angles of the elbow, wrist, shoulder and face. I worked with a Sharpie marker and watercolor. Later I scanned … Continue reading
Burning ideas
Sitting around the fire pit on a cold January night makes for perfect conditions to exchange ideas. This sketch is part of an occasional study of what it looks like when people are learning individually or in groups. All three figures are holding their hands … Continue reading
Posted in Deliberate Practice, Groups Interacting, People Learning, Story Creation, Telling a Story
Tagged Exaggeration, Line, Procreate
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Buildings on a corner
I scanned in an ink sketch I did up at the college and then selected areas of the sketch to fill in with color. I like the unpolished look it gives. This style of sketching is perfect for a day … Continue reading
Restoration
I began this sketch in late December and finished it today. One of my learning goals is to communicate ideas through the way I use images and I worked on this sketch today with this goal in mind. Over the holidays our home was full … Continue reading
