Tag Archives: San Diego

The Watercolor Critique

Posted on March 12, 2017 by Sarah Sullivan

Yesterday I attended a watercolor demonstration and paint out. As we ended, the artist critiqued the paintings that attendees made. During the critique I drew 2 sketches of this scene with simple pastel lines on black paper. Today I added color. My major deliberate … Continue reading →

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Frisbee Golf at Kit Carson Park in Escondido

Posted on March 12, 2017 by Sarah Sullivan

I went to the San Diego Watercolor Society Paint Out in Escondido this morning for a demonstration by an inspiring landscape artist, Shuang Li . Afterwards we painted in her style along the duck pond and I was near two artists who really … Continue reading →

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Final Day of the ‘One Week 100 People’ Challenge

Posted on March 11, 2017 by Sarah Sullivan

I set off for the zoo today to draw people, not animals, and while there got to my 100th person for the One Week 100 People  challenge, hooray! Most of the sketches of people at the zoo are actually composite people, … Continue reading →

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Day 4 of ‘One Week 100 People’

Posted on March 10, 2017 by Sarah Sullivan

  I began the day sitting in the waiting room of a car dealership while my car got its 80,000 mile maintenance. While not as delightful an experience as yesterday’s live sketching at the opera, it was a great way to … Continue reading →

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Sketching Urban Sketchers at the Farm Stand

Posted on March 5, 2017 by Sarah Sullivan

This morning I sketched with the Urban Sketchers at the West Farm Stand in Escondido. I liked the diagonal that the row of sketchers formed against the horizon of the field. The semi rural setting was full of new spring color and I … Continue reading →

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People in a Coffee Shop

Posted on February 25, 2017 by Sarah Sullivan

Although I have been very interested in drawing crowds lately, this is not a real sketch of a crowd. Rather it is a few seated figures at a coffee shop along with a series of  people putting in their orders … Continue reading →

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After the Storms that Broke the Drought

Posted on February 21, 2017 by Sarah Sullivan

It was a gorgeous day and well spent with my landscape class at San Dieguito County Park. I pretty much painted the same scene from the same spot last week but several stormy days resulted in so much more greenery that the … Continue reading →

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