One Year Blog-o-versary!
Well it’s happened: I have been at this for a full year! The experience has been so different and so much more amazing than I ever expected: I am just stunned. Most especially wonderful are all of the...
View ArticlePicasso in Vegas
Picasso Ceramics: Fish, 1951 (larger) Picasso Ceramics: Double Face, 1950 (larger) Picasso Ceramics: Head and Face of Bull, 1950-51 (larger) Picasso Ceramics: Face Pitcher 1959 (larger) A few weeks...
View ArticleCafe Sketching
Cafe Sketch, Berkeley (larger) As the weather gets colder I find myself sketching indoors a lot. Last weekend I took my sketchbook to the Espresso Roma Cafe on Hopkins Street in Berkeley and made this...
View ArticleSketchCrawl 17: Chinatown, S.F.
Washington St. from Waverly Place (larger) Saturday was the worldwide SketchCrawl 17 event, and over sixty of us gathered in the Chinatown neighborhood of San Francisco to spend the day sketching. It...
View ArticleBerkeley Cafe Sketching
Cappuccino (larger) At SketchCrawl #17 I met fellow sketchblogger Lee-Roy for the first time. He drove up from Los Angeles for the event and to spend a few days in the Bay Area. The day after the...
View ArticleRestaurant Sketching
Sketching in restaurants can be a real challenge: people move around a lot, and food and dining companions expect some attention as well. I usually end up sketching quickly, and always add the...
View ArticleCabin Daze
Five Days at the Cabin (larger) We recently spent five days with good friends at our cabin in the Sierra mountains, eating, relaxing and inventing cocktails. Inspired by Amanda Kavanagh’s wonderful...
View ArticlePaint Those Apples
Still Life: Apples (larger) Someone said “paint those apples”. So I did.
View ArticleSanta Fe 2008 Sketch Grids
Canyon Road Grid (larger) Last month I went on a lively trip to Santa Fe with book club friends. There we met up with former member and fellow sketchblogger Lisa Reed and had a fabulous time...
View ArticleSketchCrawl 20: Austin
Austin Skyline, from Town Lake Park (larger) Saturday October 25th was SketchCrawl #20. I flew to Austin the night before to meet up with Lisa who drove down from the Dallas area. She got the word out...
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