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This Is What Democracy Looks Like!
This is a second sketch from the San Diego March in Solidarity with Immigrants. I made many line sketches Saturday of the march and am finishing them with gouache and comparing them for impact. Both of the two sketches, yesterday’s … Continue reading
Posted in Body Language, Deliberate Practice, Facial Expression, Groups Interacting, Telling a Story
Tagged California, Emoting, Gouache, Immigration, Learning, People, San Diego
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At the San Diego March for Immigrants
There were so many marchers at the San Diego March in Solidarity with Immigrants today and it was an amazing experience being there. As I marched along a young man approached me, doubled checked that I was his old principal, … Continue reading
Posted in Body Language, Facial Expression, Groups Interacting, Story Creation, Telling a Story
Tagged #nobannowall, California, Immigration, San Diego
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A Finished Sketch from Falstaff
I sketch often with the San Diego Urban Sketchers and one of the guidelines we follow when we post to their site is that our sketches should be completely done in a live setting from direct observation, not from photos, … Continue reading
Posted in Body Language, Facial Expression, Groups Interacting, Story Creation, Telling a Story
Tagged #sdopera, Gouache, San Diego, San Diego Opera
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Live Sketching at the San Diego Opera
The San Diego Opera season opens this Saturday with Falstaff. Local artists were invited to live sketch the Wednesday working rehearsal and I was so glad to be part of the group yesterday evening. We sat in the orchestra section … Continue reading
San Dieguito County Park
We are at that point of spring where the trees are still mostly bare but the ground cover is a gorgeous green. My landscape class visited a county park, San Dieguito, and it was perfect for capturing this seasonal moment. … Continue reading
Little Italy in San Diego
This morning I sketched with some twenty San Diego Urban Sketchers in the Little Italy section of downtown San Diego. Little Italy is a very busy place and I think I captured a bit of its jumble in this sketch. … Continue reading
Posted in Landscape, Telling a Story
Tagged Gouche, San Diego, San Diego Urban Sketchers
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Flowers on a Dresser
It has been a long time since I used Procreate on my iPad as the major medium for a sketch. Lately I have been so excited by gouache that I only used Procreate to occasionally make some minor adjustments to … Continue reading