Tag Archives: Gouache

Looking West from Kate Sessions Park

Posted on May 24, 2017 by Sarah Sullivan

I painted today at Kate Sessions Park with the San Diego Watercolor Society Wednesday’s plein air group. It was a gorgeous vista full of green that was set off by the lifting fog. This is a gouache sketch on black … Continue reading →

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Birthday Bouquet and Book

Posted on May 23, 2017 by Sarah Sullivan

I got such a gorgeous birthday bouquet that I painted it all evening and time flew. In fact I over did parts of the flowers but like the simple brushstrokes in the table, book, candle holders and lower vase. Now that I … Continue reading →

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A Very Thin Woman

Posted on May 22, 2017 by Sarah Sullivan

It was good to go to figure painting class today. The model was wonderful, she was older, had a soulful expression, and her thin limbs were interesting to sketch. Our goal was to paint directly on the paper without first … Continue reading →

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Spring Comes to The Homestead Trail

Posted on May 21, 2017 by Sarah Sullivan

I took the photo that this picture is based on while biking on the Homestead Trail at Prince Edward Island National Park earlier this month. It was still pretty cold, at least to my California bones, and most of the … Continue reading →

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Dining Room in Vermont

Posted on May 21, 2017 by Sarah Sullivan

I continued today to use photos as the basis of my sketch. This is from the dining room of friends who live in Vermont. I liked the look and feel of the room and thought the way the sunlight entered the … Continue reading →

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Near Buckeye Arizona

Posted on May 18, 2017 by Sarah Sullivan

  In the series of travel sketches I just completed, I somehow skipped over Arizona, my home state.  I want to fill this gap by posting this sketch that I made as we drove past the irrigated fields near Buckeye yesterday. … Continue reading →

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Home Is Just Over the Laguna Mountains

Posted on May 17, 2017 by Sarah Sullivan

After a month on the road the sight of the Laguna Mountains in the distance made me so happy. As you drive west from El Centro the mountains first come into view as a faint blue smudge and within 30 minutes … Continue reading →

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