My husband’s young cousin was married at a beautiful ceremony Saturday evening in the Chicago area. The newlyweds have a dream and are working hard at having it all; a home with a huge yard, many children, sunsets, and a life filled with love. I wanted to show all this and more in the card I made for them. Congratulations, Dani and Chuck!
I don’t often watch football but I was in Kansas City with a preponderance of people who love the KC Chiefs. I was delighted to sit and sketch their expressions while the Chiefs battled their rival, the Buffalo Bills. It looked good for the Chiefs initially, but as the fourth quarter neared its end, it became increasingly clear that the Chiefs would lose the game. As this tragic realization animated the expressions in the room, I tried to capture their denial, hope, and disbelief in this little sketch.
Saturday evening, we celebrated my nephew and his beloved. These two young people amaze me with their love of adventure, nature, and beauty, and I wanted to capture this feeling in the card I made for them.
Ornamental cabbage and bok choy will be perfect for my winter garden.
We had out-of-town visitors of the gardening sort, which led to a delightful afternoon at the Encinitas Botanical Garden. The path through the tall bamboo grove is one of the garden’s highlights. We rested in the shade and appreciated the bamboo’s deep greens and undertones of blue and yellow.
What could be better than fresh fish to celebrate the birthdays of my oldest brother and youngest sister, the two bookends of our large family?
Happy Birthday to Bill and Lisa!
Sunday was a foggy morning, but the Urban Sketchers were in full force along the San Diego Harbor. The light was muted, beautiful, and in shades of blue, especially on the water’s surface.
The last time I painted the Coronado Bridge, I made a note to myself not to include so many of its pillars, and this time I remembered to place only three of them on my paper. I did the sky and bridge before adding the ships as I had hoped to sketch in an oversized navy vessel. Instead, I made do the smaller ship you see above. It is painted twice, the front on the left and the back on the right.
Deliberate Sketching 