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Tag Archives: Urban Sketching
Plants and People at the Food Court
This was my first sketch of the morning yesterday with the San Diego Urban Sketchers. When I got home I propped up both sketches on my desk and decided I liked the one I posted yesterday best because it had … Continue reading
Posted in Story Creation, Telling a Story
Tagged Gouache, In- the- moment, People, San Diego, Urban Sketching
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At the Counter
This is a quick pen and wash sketch showing a restaurant in Telluride. People are figuring out what they want and workers are taking orders and preparing food. I liked the liveliness of the scene and had fun trying to … Continue reading
Back to Cuernavaca’s Borda Garden
Last week I sketched one of the reflecting pools in the Borda Garden in Cuernavaca and I had to go back again today for another sketch. The garden is the kind of place that calls you; it is tranquil, harmonious and … Continue reading
Posted in Deliberate Practice, Landscape
Tagged Borda Garden, Cuernavaca, Jarden Borda, Mexico, Urban Sketching
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At the Timken Museum
My Tuesday landscape class met at the Timken Museum, our fallback location for rainy days. Our teacher took us around and discussed the rhythm of several paintings in the museum. Afterwards I sketched a bit and tried to include more rhythm … Continue reading
Three Giraffes and Three People
Continuing today to work with gouache, I went to the zoo in hopes of sketching people interacting with each other and the animals. This time I used the studier Bristol paper, but fumbled a bit with managing the materials in … Continue reading
Posted in Groups Interacting, Story Creation, Telling a Story
Tagged Color, Gouche, Learning, People, Urban Sketching
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October Beach Day
Our watercolor class met today up on the Torrey Pines plateau that overlooks the sea below. We were in the midst of coastal scrub and pine trees with sandstone mesas in the distance. Lots to paint and I painted away … Continue reading
Posted in Body Language, Groups Interacting, Story Creation, Telling a Story
Tagged San Diego, Urban Sketching, Watercolor
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Cerdos Farmers Market, Solana Beach
The San Diego Urban Sketchers met at Cerdos Farmers Market, Solana Beach today, in an attempt to stay cool as we sketched. This woman and her dog caught my eye as they sat waiting for their companion to finish his lunch. … Continue reading
