Category Archives: Telling a Story

Do They Like My Work?

Posted on October 12, 2018 by Sarah Sullivan

I am taking a ten-week illustration course at a local university. Our first assignment was to select text from an unillustrated book and then to illustrate it using five types of pencil marks- hatching, crosshatching, scribbling, tick marks, and pressure … Continue reading →

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Primates

Posted on October 5, 2018 by Sarah Sullivan

I sketched along the Monkey Walk this morning at the San Diego Zoo. I noticed how much we enjoy our cousins and showing them to our children and wanted to capture this familial feeling in a sketch. This is a … Continue reading →

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A Conversation with Daniel Ellsberg

Posted on October 2, 2018 by Sarah Sullivan

  Daniel Ellsberg, the author of the Pentagon Papers, spoke at San Diego State University this evening and I was in the audience. He talked for two hours about the danger of government keeping information from its citizens, and of … Continue reading →

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Beach Day!

Posted on September 30, 2018 by Sarah Sullivan

What could be more delightful than the beach on the last day of September? I wanted to capture all the swimmers, birds, surf, splashes, waves,  and fun of summer. This is a gouache and charcoal sketch on brown paper.

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Three Giraffes

Posted on September 29, 2018 by Sarah Sullivan

Here are three very sweet giraffes from the San Diego Zoo. This started off as a gouache and charcoal sketch on brown paper, and then I imported the sketch into Procreate on my iPad and added the gray wall and … Continue reading →

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The Romantic Came Next

Posted on September 21, 2018 by Sarah Sullivan

Yesterday, the woman who posed for our figure class brought costumes. For the second portion of the morning, she dressed as a dreamy romantic and leaned against the studio wall. I made more use of the acrylic markers in this … Continue reading →

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Frida Dress-up Day

Posted on September 20, 2018 by Sarah Sullivan

Our model today came with costumes and started the day dressed as Frida Kahlo. I used acrylic markers and gouache and had fun trying to capture the Frida spirit.

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