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Leaving Luke
Funny how much you can love and worry about a dog. Luke has only been with us for a year and a half but leaving Luke was such a hard part of beginning our half year trip to Israel … Continue reading
Posted in Deliberate Practice, Story Creation, Telling a Story
Tagged Exaggeration, Line, Nonverbal Communication, Procreate, White space
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Restoration
I began this sketch in late December and finished it today. One of my learning goals is to communicate ideas through the way I use images and I worked on this sketch today with this goal in mind. Over the holidays our home was full … Continue reading
Minor flooding
We arrived home in San Diego yesterday after heavy rains earlier this week. Rain had come in through the sliding doors and we had quite a puddle on the slate floor. Luke thought it was the best tasting water ever … Continue reading
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Tagged Exaggeration, Line, Procreate, White space
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Elephants
The elephants at the zoo were active today; perhaps they were enjoying our nippy weather. Their activity called for lots of watching and picture taking from the crowd, which gave me stationary models. I wanted to capture the attention and … Continue reading
Next number please
I was waiting in a customer service line for my number to be called, along with other shoppers. It was crowded and the pace was slow so I began to sketch three women who, from my vantage point, pretty much looked like … Continue reading
Posted in Body Language, Groups Interacting, Story Creation
Tagged Line, Urban Sketching, White space
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Studying on the patio
The last day of fall semester at SDSU is two days away and the patio up at the college was full of people studying, heads bent down, books and computers out and in use. Most were in groups and seemed to be … Continue reading
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Tagged Color, Line, White space
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Parking structure at sunset
A parking lot is an unusual subject for me. I was up at the college planning to get some end-of-semester student scenes to complement the ones I did at the start last August. I did get a few but my attention went … Continue reading