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A Neapolitan look
When I saw today’s model for the open studio group, I was quick to decide that the model looks like a character from a novel I have been reading this past week or so. I just finished My Brilliant Friend, the … Continue reading
More spelling
On most Wednesdays my young neighbor comes by for help with his homework and some games if time allows. It takes such focus for him to complete his school assignment of writing each word five times that it gives me a lull in which to sketch him. At this … Continue reading
A drink and a sketch
It was hot today in San Diego. I paused for a drink and my eye was caught by a woman with a cell phone at a window overlooking the parking lot. I have been trying to get the bold anime/manga feel in my sketches … Continue reading
Sunset along Interstate 5
We drove up to Berkeley for a long weekend. I was able to get several sketches along the way from the vantage point of the front seat. The dry conditions combined with sunset made for wonderful browns and oranges. The … Continue reading
Gesture Landscapes
Today we drove from Telluride across the Navajo Nation to the Grand Canyon. As we drove I sketched, completing ten or so of these. The landscape did not hold still. I used a water soluble pencil together with watercolor to capture … Continue reading
Where are we?
Two men stopped on a path, blocking my view of the mountainside I was sketching. They pulled out a smart phone and consulted it for directions. I turned a page and began to sketch them, thinking they would leave before I could … Continue reading
Deliberate Sketching 