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Guimarães and Children
We are in a new-to-us city, Guimarães, Portugal. It is an UNESCO World Heritage Site because the city has maintained its medieval character while also developing into a modern city. The city is quite a change for me from my … Continue reading
Posted in Cityscape, Telling a Story, Uncategorized
Tagged Children, Families Belong Together, Gesture, Guimarães, Ink Sketches, People, Portugal. Sketches
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Odds and Ends
We drove north from Bonn late this afternoon and stopped much later in Flensburg for the night. Since this was not a good day for sketching, I decided to post some sketches from the past week. One of the pleasures … Continue reading
Posted in Cityscape, Interior, Landscape, Telling a Story, Uncategorized
Tagged Bonn, Cornwall, Digital Paintings, England, Germany, Gouache, Lost Gardens of Heligan, Marazion, Mount Saint Michale’s, Procreate
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After the Party
My sister hosted a baby shower today for our nearly arrived grand nephew. Her house and garden were gorgeous and it was so much fun to visit with everyone. Afterwards we sat on the patio and talked about it while … Continue reading
My Sister at Night with a Plant
I haven’t sketched since leaving Hawaii for San Diego and then Phoenix so it felt really good to do a quick sketch of my sister this evening. She was working on a project at the table and I liked the … Continue reading
Along the East Coast of O’ahu
This is a sketch of the beach along Waimanalo Beach today. It was wonderful, windy, and wild, and the waves came way up on the shore.
Figure in Acrylic and Gouache
I continued today with using an underpainting of acrylic together with a top coat of gouache. I did a series of 20- minute sketches, and this is the final one. I had some trouble selecting a workable thickness for the … Continue reading
What’s with the view to her left?
This model had attitude, and it showed in the way she sat and evaluated what was going on out towards her left side. I liked the way I captured her expression in this sketch but felt it lacked the context needed … Continue reading
Posted in Body Language, Facial Expression, Telling a Story, Uncategorized
Tagged Body Language, Gouache
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Stone Family
When we were in Mazatlan recently, I bought a small sculpture made from stones, seedpods, wire, and wood. The way the sculptor, using simple materials, was able to say so much impressed me. I have been sketching the piece because I like its rhythm … Continue reading
PB & J at the Zoo
I sat down near a family at the zoo today and after admiring the speed with which the mother made PB & J sandwiches on the spot, decided to sketch them. I started with the baby on the right. Within … Continue reading
Posted in Body Language, Telling a Story, Uncategorized
Tagged California, iPad, Procreate, San Diego Zoo
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A New Moon for A New Year
My brother sent a picture of the new moon from his home in Phoenix this evening. That made me go out and look at the new moon as it came up over the trees behind our home in San Diego. … Continue reading
