Tag Archives: Gouache

Live Sketching at the San Diego Opera

Posted on October 11, 2017 by Sarah Sullivan

The San Diego Opera invites artists to its first rehearsal for many of its productions such as its upcoming Pirates of Penzance. We get to sit up close in magnificent chairs and sketch just as fast as we possibly can. … Continue reading →

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Lily Pond at Balboa Park

Posted on October 10, 2017 by Sarah Sullivan

Our plein air class met at the Balboa’s Botanical Garden today. I sketched there but by the time I left I had a very over done sketch. Later when I came home I used my overdone sketch and a photo … Continue reading →

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Flowers and Figure

Posted on October 9, 2017 by Sarah Sullivan

We worked on quickly capturing gesture with a minimum of lines during the first portion of the figure drawing class this morning. Then we had several 20 minute periods of time to capture a figure using gesture and to place … Continue reading →

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Editing Sketches with Apps

Posted on October 8, 2017 by Sarah Sullivan

This was an interesting afternoon. I went back and edited some of my sketches from the week with Procreate, Snapseed and Photos, all apps on my iPad. In the sketch above I adjusted the tables in front of the two … Continue reading →

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Pumpkin

Posted on October 8, 2017 by Sarah Sullivan

Procreate, an art app for the iPad, recently had a major update and I thought that it might be fun to work in it this evening. After sketching a pumpkin on black paper with a white pastel pencil and gouache, … Continue reading →

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Hallway

Posted on October 6, 2017 by Sarah Sullivan

I noticed the light reflecting along a hallway in Liberty Station this morning and took a photo. Later when I did a small 9 X 9 inch gouache sketch of it, I noticed how much I like the way the … Continue reading →

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Lunch Break

Posted on October 5, 2017 by Sarah Sullivan

I started to draw the round table tops on an empty lunch court and then two people came along for a late lunch. Of course I tried to squeeze them into the sketch. This is a gouache sketch with some … Continue reading →

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