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Sunday sketching: Small direct watercolor studies from original photos of various SW landscapes, with a Daler Rowney Aquafine palette. Thanks @sketchwell for virtually keeping me company as always! . . . #watercolor #directwatercolor #southwesternlandsca
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“Autumn Light,” 11x14, watercolor. Like the last one, this was inspired by the stunning vistas at Zion National Park in Utah. Direct watercolor on Fabriano Studio hot press paper. . . . #zionnp #utah #cottonwoods #coloradoriver #watercolor #watercolorpa
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“Showstopper,” 11x14, watercolor. The colors in November at Utah’s Zion National Park are stunning, especially on a misty day. Painted from my original photograph, taken during last year’s Thanksgiving trip. // Because I like a challenge, I painted this o
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A work visit to NYC last week happened to coincide with the monthly Drink & Draw @salmagundiclub, how fun! Thanks @alison.horne.rona.designs for joining me for a lovely evening of dinner and drawing! . . . #sketching #lifedrawing #figuredrawing #strathmo
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Small studies with watercolor and Inktense pencils in preparation for an upcoming trip. . . . #sketchbook #sketching #pencilandwatercolor @derwentart_us #inktense #inktenseandwatercolour #imaginarylandscapes
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Found a tiny (3.5x4.5) frame in our storage shed; it inspired me to do this mini painting of the view from the trail above our house, based on a photo I took the other day as the sun went down after some showers. Used the Winsor & Newton gouache paints pr
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Swatches and mark making, with ink and Holbein watercolors. . . . #sketchbook #swatches #watercolor #markmaking #holbeinwatercolors
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A little mixed media sketch of the post-shower clouds above the Diablo Range last night, from the trail above the house. @dalerrowney1783 watercolors with a @pentelofamerica Aquash waterbrush and @staedtler watercolor pencils in a @hahnemuehle_global sket
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Thanks to everyone who joined my fall watercolor sketching workshop today @colibrigallery in Morgan Hill! Excited for the grand opening of @cura_contemporary on Nov. 16! . . . #morganhill #mohi #sketchingworkshop #urbansketchers #outdoorsketching #southc
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Post-symposium play: doodling with the @filgoargentina colored pencils from the #uskbuenosaires2024 goodie bag. Vibrant hues on black paper. And they play well with my @holbein_art gouache. . . . #usksponsor #usksymposium2024 #buenosaires #coloredpencils
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Another quick ink and watercolor sketch from Iguazu Falls, done from the Argentina side. . . . #iguazufalls #argentina #cataratas #urbansketchers #pleinairsketching #outdoorsketching #iguazu #parana #misiones #waterfall @rosemaryandco @holbeinartistmater
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Just north of Buenos Aires are the towns along the delta, with coffee shops and markets at the train stations and plenty of sports on offer (we saw roller hockey, stand-up paddleboarding, tennis, and a climbing wall, among others). While Tigre is likely t
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My last workshop at #uskbuenosaires2024 was with the fantastic @inmaserranito. We started with rapid gestural drawings of the space at San Telmo Market and then captured the people in subsequent sketches. . . . #buenosaires #uskbuenosaires2024 #usksympo
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Tango! Argentine tango is supposedly “like walking” yet still hard (for me, at least) to learn. Sketching tango dancers proved to be no less challenging. Thank you @norbertdorantes and @uskbuenosaires for the close-up look, and @orafaquedesenha for the ex
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My first workshop at #uskbuenosaires2024 was with the fabulous and energetic @marugodas, in which we played with gouache and other media on brightly colored paper while watching tango dancers and listening to live music. . . . #gouache #coloredpencil #wa
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Before heading to the Urban Sketchers Symposium in Buenos Aires, we visited Iguazu Falls - the largest waterfall system in the world. It’s challenging to convey the scale of the falls. They are simply spectacular, from both the Brazilian and Argentine sid
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This one was inspired by a photo I took from the tour shuttle @winterthurmuse - visited it for the first time a few weeks ago. Salvaged it (sort of) after a palette-fill fail - I put cerulean blue where the cobalt blue should have gone, so had to scrub o
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📣Join my fall watercolor sketching class in Morgan Hill on Oct. 26 @colibrigallery 👉 Register now at ColibriGallery.com/workshops Get loose and gestural with this watercolor urban sketching workshop! Learn to capture seasonal downtown
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Sunday play: Started with a basic gouache & watercolor painting inspired by the Smoky Mountains. Drew into it with colored pencil, then chopped it with a paper cutter before remixing into a weave. (Shadows, because I haven’t taped it down quite yet.) . .
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‘Light in the Foothills,’ 11x14, watercolor. Inspired by the rural landscapes set against the hills here in the South County . . . #bayarea #california #watercolorpainting #watercolor #watercolorartist #landscapepainting
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On the way to Pacific Grove, stopped at @vallejostdahlias to pick an armful of blooms. (Of course they just begged to be drawn during the Sunday studio session with @sketchwell!) . . . #dahlias #flowersketching #watercolor #watercolorsketching #flowers #s
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A little sketch from this weekend - Lovers Point Beach, Pacific Grove. . . . #montereycounty #pacificgrove #pacificcoast #inkandwatercolor #urbansketchers #loverspointbeach #outdoorsketching #sketching #sketchbook
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Despite a ton of traffic, made it to the @californiaartclub Monterey chapter paint out in Pacific Grove yesterday. Watercolor on Arches paper. . . . #montereycounty #pacificgrove #pacificcoast #watercolor #watercolorartist #watercolorpainting #pleinairpai
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This one was inspired by the bright color of Crocosmia ‘Lucifer’ (I think!) in bloom next to a rock wall in Mystic, CT. For the flowers I used a cadmium-free red watercolor - plus a teeny bit of carmine gouache for opacity. . . . #watercolor #watercolora
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Here’s the watercolor demo painting I did last Saturday at the @frank_bette_center Plein Air Paint Out Show and Sale in Alameda. Just needed a few touch-ups. ‘Low Tide at Crab Cove,’ 11x14. Available on my website. . . . #alameda #alamedaisland #pleinair
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So excited to find out that my painting, ‘Ballena View,’ won the Alameda Award Honorable Mention at today’s awards ceremony for the Frank Bette Plein Air Paintout @southshorecenter. Thank you to juror @barbara_tapp_ as well as the award sponsor, @trabocco
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Decided to frame this one too: ‘Inspiration Point II,’ 8x10, watercolor and pencil, from yesterday’s visit to Tilden Regional Park. ️ Our big show and sale for Frank Bette Plein Air Paintout will be tomorrow, Aug. 3, from 10 am to 5 pm at South Shore Cen
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‘Once Upon a Lagoon,’ 8x10, watercolor. Last one before framing! ️ Our big show and sale for Frank Bette Plein Air Paintout will be tomorrow, Aug. 3, from 10 am to 5 pm at South Shore Center in Alameda. A portion of the proceeds benefit @frank_bette_cent
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‘Ballena View,’ 11x14, watercolor. I was at this spot to paint something else, but unfortunately that piece didn’t work. So I turned around and saw this. ️ Our big show and sale for Frank Bette Plein Air Paintout will be tomorrow, Aug. 3, from 10 am to
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‘Inspiration Point,’ 8x10, watercolor. Today was “Off Island Day” at the Frank Bette Plein Air Paintout, where artists can paint in surrounding locales. I decided to go to the hills above Berkeley, to paint the view from on high at Tilden Regional Park.
