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Category Archives: Figures
Putting Dinner on the Table
We visited friends down the street for dinner. Even better than the delicious meal was seeing three generations of women working together to put the meal on the table, the most senior at the stove, the youngest counting out and … Continue reading
Posted in Figures, Telling a Story
Tagged Black Watercolor Paper, Dinner, Gouache, San Diego
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Beauty Everywhere You Look
Absorbing the beauty of Hawaii from the lanai seems to be everyone’s go-to activity.
Posted in Telling a Story, Figures, Plein Air
Tagged Gouache, Hawaii, Figures, Big Island, Vista
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Breakfast at Kaya’s
Slow breakfasts with quick sketches are a delightful combination. This one is at Kaya’s on the Big Island.
Posted in Figures, Telling a Story
Tagged Big Island, Breakfast, Coffee Shop, Gouache, Hawaii, Kaya’s
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Waiting for Sunset with a Monstera Philodendron
There is so much on the Big Island that astounds and attracts my eye. My attention was definitely divided between the coming sunset, my family, and the incredible size of the monstera philodendron.
Posted in Figures, Plein Air, Telling a Story
Tagged Big Island, Colourfix fix Paper, Gouache, Hawaii, Philodendron, Sunset
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Striped Towel at Dusk
I love sketching people on the move. This is from Hapuna Beach, Hawaii, where I was drawing with pastels after a long swim. I saw a man going down to the water with a towel for his companion. They both … Continue reading
Posted in Figures, Plein Air, Telling a Story
Tagged Gouache, Hapuna Beach, Hawaii, Pastels
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Sketching with a Model, Part 2
The model for this sketch is from this week’s figure drawing session at the San Diego Watercolor Society. I painted this model once before, and both times felt that her hair and gaze strongly communicated her confidence, and I wanted … Continue reading
Sketching with a Model
Yesterday I attended the figure drawing session at the San Diego Watercolor Society. This is one of the warm-up sketches where I used three values to understand who I was drawing and how I would paint the model.
Deliberate Sketching 