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Fixing the Leak
Our watering system sprang a big leak, which is not good when water conservation is as important as it is right now in California. It had to be fixed and I got to sketch my favorite home repairman in the … Continue reading
Posted in Body Language, Story Creation, Telling a Story
Tagged Exaggeration, Gesture, Line, San Diego, Urban Sketching
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Dog Waits While Man Reads Paper
A tap, tap, tap broke the quiet of our evening. I looked up from my book and was charmed by our dog thumping his tail as he waited for his walk. His reward for being so cute was to wait even longer … Continue reading
Posted in Body Language, Facial Expression, Story Creation, Telling a Story
Tagged In- the- moment, Line, Procreate, San Diego, Urban Sketching
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People Watching
Sketching people is a form of people watching and what could be a better subject for a sketch that marks the completion of my first year of blogging? Today is the anniversary of my first Deliberate Sketching post from 2015 and … Continue reading
Posted in Body Language, Groups Interacting, Learning, Story Creation, Telling a Story
Tagged France, In- the- moment, Urban Sketching
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Crossing Deák Ferenc Square, Budapest
Most days in Budapest we cross the Deák Ferenc Square in the Lipótváros area several times. It is a lively place where roads, metro, busses and people converge and an interesting place to sit, sketch and people watch- if you can … Continue reading
Cow near a Statue Park
One of the most compelling museums ever is the Rudolph Tenger Statue Park. Many of Rudolph Tenger’s sculptures are displayed across the 35-acre park, each statue in a place where the sky and clouds are the backdrop. Deer and sheep … Continue reading
Sunny Road
It takes about an hour to drive down to Be’er Sheva from Jerusalem. I did several quick sketches as we drove there Sunday morning. The light was bright and the colors beautiful. These are composite sketches. Each time I would … Continue reading
Man Reflects on Injustice of Parking Ticket
There is nothing like a parking ticket in a language you have trouble reading to make you feel wronged. Especially when you bought a parking pass, displayed it on the dashboard and departed fifteen minutes before it expired. It does … Continue reading
Posted in Body Language, Facial Expression, Story Creation, Telling a Story
Tagged Color, Exaggeration, Line, Nonverbal Communication, Procreate, Urban Sketching
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