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Getting Ready for Holy Week
Getting Ready for Holy Week My Wednesday sketching group met at Saint Paul’s Cathedral in San Diego this morning. It is a beautiful and busy complex with many tempting choices for interior and exterior scenes. And, with Easter in less … Continue reading
Posted in Interior, Telling a Story
Tagged Casein, Gouache, Saint Paul’s Cathedral, San Diego
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News of the Snowstorm
I am visiting my sisters in Prescott Arizona and we have been treated to sixteen inches of snow. We stayed inside in the morning and read about the storm, sketched and played scrabble. I had trouble conveying the mounds of … Continue reading
Cactus with Inktense Pencils
I set up this still life to explore using gouache with Inktense pencils. I wanted to work with both smooth and textured surfaces and a limited palette so I would not be distracted by lots of color choices. I put … Continue reading
A Yucca Plant, I think
I sketched today at Balboa Park’s Desert Garden. It is a delightful place on top of the mesa, full of succulents and cactus. Unfortunately, there are no name plates so I am not confident that this is a yucca. Regardless, … Continue reading
First Poinsettia of the Season
I love those huge poinsettia plants that appear in stores just about now, and could not resist buying and painting one today.
Gallery Lights
Every now and then it’s my turn to volunteer at the SDWS gallery so visitors can see the current show. Today was kind of slow at first, so I had a chance to pull out my crayons and color pencils. … Continue reading
Flowers on a Table
Here are There is something beautiful about flowers on a table, and I wanted to capture this in this quick gouache sketch.
Deliberate Sketching 