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Guimarães and Children

Posted on June 18, 2018 by Sarah Sullivan

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 →

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Odds and Ends

Posted on May 28, 2018 by Sarah Sullivan

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 →

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After the Party

Posted on April 21, 2018 by Sarah Sullivan

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 →

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My Sister at Night with a Plant

Posted on April 20, 2018 by Sarah Sullivan

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 →

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Along the East Coast of O’ahu

Posted on April 16, 2018 by Sarah Sullivan

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.

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Figure in Acrylic and Gouache

Posted on March 22, 2018 by Sarah Sullivan

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 →

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What’s with the view to her left?

Posted on February 18, 2018 by Sarah Sullivan

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 →

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