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Last sketch in Chicago! I completely underestimated the sunset time and got too cold sketching in the dark but this was a fun/challenging view point. I hope to be able to take another stab at this when returning to this city in July! #urbansketchers #usk
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Lunch sketching the "Bean" and the sun finally came out too! How can you come to Chicago and not get a sketch of this amazing sculpture! I had a 1.5 hour lunch break - just enough time for a quick sketch and grabbing food to bring back to the afternoon d
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Chicago style deep dish pizza! This actually might be my first time trying it. I got the small 6" individual pizza which looked harmless and was excellent but was like a small bomb - crazy filling!! #uskchicago #urbansketch #usk #penandink #watercolor #ch
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Lunch sketching one of my favorite structures in Chicago: Chicago Water Tower. It was cold but I finished right before it started raining so the timing was great! I noticed after sketching that this building looked like a spaceship! #usk #urbansketch #chi
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1st meal after landing in Chicago - Shio Ramen. I was starting to feel weak from yesterdays rain + cold weather but the roasted garlic topping made me feel much better. I also love the vibe of this food mall with lots of great looking food stalls. I think
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Japan festival Boston. It started raining pretty hard so a lot of us went inside the indoor parking staircase to stay dry and warm. 2 cosplayer girls let me sketch them so i had a whole lot of fun even while it rained outside! #japanfestivalboston #boston
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Cafe sketching at L'Aroma cafe. Such a nice relaxing cafe that people fall asleep while reading. #laromacafe #newtonma #usk #urbansketch #penandink #watercolor
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Brooklyn Bridge sketch in progress. Beautiful day but crazy windy and crazy cold. I tried all sorts of gloves to draw with during the winter time but none have worked and decided it's best to just draw barehand until they become numb and unbearable!
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4 course tasting meal at PAGU in Cambridge MA. It's a new restaurant offering the combination of Japanese + Spanish inspired small dishes. Our server was super friendly and the dishes were excellent! I loved the little Pug icon used.
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Here's my wife's monthly flower arrangement class results! It seems she's getting better every month and i've been enjoying capturing the results. My cats learned not to eat the flowers but they still enjoy sticking their heads into it :). #usk #urbansket
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100 year old pen
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20 minutes of sitting under the warm sun sketching this beautiful church in Cambridge MA. I find this so soothing! #cambridgema #boston #usk #urbansketch #watercolor #penandink
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Sketching my all time favorite building in NYC. I needed to draw Grand central station first though which is a pretty cool building too #chryslerbuilding #nyc #usk #urbansketch #penandink
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Mega Paitan Ramen @ Totto Ramen. It was a 45 minute wait to get into this small midtown Manhattan store but boy was it good. This was a late lunch and i shared this dish with my wife. I wasn't hungry until the next day! #ramen #nyc #newyorkcity #tottorame
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Night game at Fenway Park. It's freezing outside and Red Sox is losing really badly. Somehow managed to stay focused by working on a double page spread so it was a fun night out! #usk #urbansketchers #boston #fenwaypark #redsox #watercolor #penandink
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Winter is finally over! Being able to sketch after work with the sun still being out feels like such a luxury in New England! I felt a need to capture this huge snow plowing bulldozer before they store it somewhere during the warm season.
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Paul Revere Mall. Considered to be one of the most photographed spots in Boston! What a beautiful day today in the 60's. Sketching with the Boston USk gang was a whole lot of fun! #usk #urbansketchers #uskboston #paulrevere #boston
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Glowing sculpture in central park. It's hard to ignore anything that shines this much and just had to geta quick sketch! #urbansketchers #usk #newyorkcity #centralpark #williamtecumsehsherman
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Shuck an oyster like a pro! Here's an infographics illustration I made for B&G Oysters. They offer a class where you can eat what you shuck over a glass of champagne! I got to shuck a few myself and it definitely tasted better when you shuck yourself and
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Weekend trip from Boston to NYC on the LimoLiner bus for the 1st time. I got a little motion sickness from drawing but somehow managed to complete the sketch! It was a nice bus ride. #usk #urbansketchers #limoliner
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Weekend trip to New York City spent staying at Chambers Hotel. What a great little hotel with friendly service and relaxing atmosphere in Midtown! I loved the drawing table in the room with a roll of tracing paper attached to the table. My wife drew our 2
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PABU Boston: I finally had the chance to go to this high end Japanese Izakaya that opened up in the newly built Millennium Tower in downtown Boston. Food was spectacular and the sake selection was nothing like i've ever seen in the US. We even had a chanc
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The June 17th workshop sold out so 1 more day has been added! Hope to see you then!
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My very first Sketching Workshop in my hometown Boston - Very Excited! For more details please visit www.urbansketchers.org and scroll down to the workshop section on the right hand side. #urbansketchers #uskboston #usk #workshop #boston
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While sketching, a little boy came in, looked at the sculpture and blurted out a comment. Kind of made me chuckle too since I was just drawing his double chin. #mfa #mfaboston #usk #urbansketchers #urbansketchersboston
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Part 4 of my wife's monthly flower arrangement class. This one is called "Nage ire". My cats TenTen and Totora also posing for the camera :) #usk #urbansketchers #flowers #flowerarrangement @yukafloral
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Part III of my wife's monthly flower arrangement class taught by Yuka Sensei. Since the theme was a flower bouquet, she wanted the sketch of the flowers lying on a table top. She uses the sketch to add notes about what she learned. #flowerarrangement #fl
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New Years Day Osechi in Boston!
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Sketching my wife having her favorite drink - Milk Tea with Boba! #urbansketchers #usk #watercolor #hmartusa #boston #cambridgema #uskboston
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Finished drawing of #theredbury in Hollywood. What a great hotel! What a challenge to draw! #usk #urbansketchers #hotels #watercolor
