Posted in Gardening, Moleskine, Outdoors/Landscape, Pen and Ink, Plants, Sketchbook Pages, Watercolor on March 31, 2007 | 4 Comments »
A neighbor’s beautiful front garden and purple house
Ink and watercolor in small Moleskine watercolor notebook
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The creek by Peets Coffee and Albany Hill
Today I woke to a beautiful spring day and went for a walk with my sketchbook and little paint set, planning to end up at the creek for [...]
Posted in Drawing, Life in general, Pen and Ink, Sketchbook Pages on March 29, 2007 | 14 Comments »
Memory Brush Pen in Aquabee 6×9 sketchbook
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Ink in my AM/PM sketchbook
These are ritual goodbye drawings of my ratty, old, gray hooded sweatshirt. I’ve been wearing it as a sort of housecoat/bathrobe for years. I put it on over my pajamas in the morning and wear it year-round to [...]
Posted in Drawing, Moleskine, Pen and Ink, People, Sketchbook Pages, Subway drawings on March 27, 2007 | 8 Comments »
Some drawings from my morning and evening BART rides today in ink in my small Moleskine sketchbook.
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A.M. Waiting for the train
AM Riding to Work
PM Riding Home
Posted in Sketchbook Pages, Watercolor on March 26, 2007 | 8 Comments »
Watercolor in Aquabee 6×9 sketchbook
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This is a sketch of how I’m feeling tonight. I was feeling too swirly (a made up word) to draw something particular so I decided to just play with colors for a little while, trying to draw what my mind feels like, and then call [...]
Posted in Moleskine, Pen and Ink, People, Sketchbook Pages, Watercolor on March 25, 2007 | 11 Comments »
Brown ink and watercolor in Moleskine large watercolor notebook
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A few days after I posted the drawing of Dane I received an email from Aileen, the beautiful woman in the photo below, who sent me her photo and asked me to draw her too.
I planned to do a quick sketch [...]
Posted in Life in general, Other artists on March 24, 2007 | 3 Comments »
I was looking for videos of painting with oils on the web when I came across this crazy video. I don’t usually post stuff like this, but I just loved watching this guy quickly paint a portrait using nothing but ketchup and fries from McDonalds. Since I spent the day with my friend Richard while [...]
Posted in Sketchbook Pages on March 23, 2007 | 5 Comments »
Ink & watercolor in large Moleskine watercolor notebook
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After I drew the stinky flowers I walked up the hill to the Berkeley Rose Garden. None of the rose are blooming but the surrounding trees and bushes were lovely shades of gold and red and green. I sat on a wall [...]
Posted in Flower art, Glass, Still Life, Watercolor on March 20, 2007 | 11 Comments »
Watercolor on Arches paper, 7.5″ x 10″
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Tonight was painting group and it was late by the time we got around to painting (after looking at each other’s paintings from the past week and random chatting). I snipped a camelia off my bush and had an idea of a [...]
Posted in Art theory, Drawing, Faces, Moleskine, Other artists, Pen and Ink, People, Photos, Portrait, Sketchbook Pages, Watercolor on March 18, 2007 | 13 Comments »
Brown Micron Pigma ink and watercolor in large Moleskine Watercolor notebook
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The other day I got a mysterious email from someone calling himself “Fake Dane.” He wrote, “Hey, I think your art is great. I was wondering if you’d be willing to sketch me from a picture. I’m [...]
Posted in Flower art, Moleskine, Pen and Ink, Plants, Sketchbook Pages, Watercolor on March 17, 2007 | 18 Comments »
Ink and watercolor in large Moleskine watercolor notebook sketched on site
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These are some weird plants. We spotted them yesterday on a walk and I couldn’t stop and sketch so I took some photos (see end of post). They look like calla lillies except the part that’s normally white and [...]
Posted in Acrylic, Gardening, Other artists, Outdoors/Landscape, Photos on March 16, 2007 | 5 Comments »
I’m doing something different today, inspired by a visit to my best friend Barbara’s house today — I’m sharing some of her wonderful artwork and photos of her garden. She truly lives an artful life and every corner of her little house and garden has something to delight the eye and spirit.
Images can be [...]
Posted in Acrylic, Art theory, Flower art on March 15, 2007 | 11 Comments »
I started this attempt at acrylic painting with a lovely bouquet of flowers and a plan to be free and easy, working from life but also from my imagination. I covered the canvas with a loose wash of orange and red and purple paint. Then I sketched in the flowers using a brush with [...]
Posted in Oil Painting, Pen and Ink, Pencil drawing, People, Photos, Sketchbook Pages on March 13, 2007 | 13 Comments »
Oil on canvas board, 12 x 16″
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Thumbnail sketch (1.75×2.5″ in sketchbook for painting
Ink in small Moleskine notebook
(original sketch at SF Museum of Modern Art cafe)
A few weeks ago I went to see the Picasso and American Art exhibit at SFMOMA and was inspired by this woman’s thick, grey hair [...]
Posted in Outdoors/Landscape, Pen and Ink, Plein Air, Sketchbook Pages, Watercolor on March 11, 2007 | 11 Comments »
Ink & watercolor in small Moleskine watercolor notebook
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Today was a glorious sunny day — perfect for a mid-day walk to Peets Coffee. This is Cerrito Creek, a little urban greenway hidden away a block from Peets beside the California Orientation Center for the Blind and Albany Hill in [...]
Posted in Drawing, Moleskine, Pen and Ink, People, Sketchbook Pages, Watercolor on March 9, 2007 | 9 Comments »
Ink & Watercolor in Moleskine sketchbook
Composed from memory, a quick scribble on a sticky note and a small photo (see below)
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When I was taking a lunchtime walk on Wednesday, I saw this guy playing his sax on the corner. A mom and little boy stopped in front of him [...]
Posted in Animals, Cats, Drawing, Dreams, Pen and Ink, People, Sketchbook Pages on March 8, 2007 | 6 Comments »
Art show update: Thanks everyone for all your good wishes. The opening was so much fun! All my best friends, family and local art buddies came, including a (formerly virtual) friend from the Everyday Matters art blogging group. Some people brought friends and neighbors, and there were a few unknown faces too. From all reports [...]
Posted in Pen and Ink, People, Puerto Vallarta, Sketchbook Pages, Watercolor on March 6, 2007 | 7 Comments »
Ink and watercolor in large Moleskine watercolor notebook
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I wish I could have actually done this sketch in person along the Malecon waterfront in Puerto Vallarta but there was no time alloted for outdoor sketching in my workshop. I noticed several different people selling both corn on the cob and [...]
Posted in Art theory, Cartoon art, Other artists, Pen and Ink, People, Sketchbook Pages on March 3, 2007 | 6 Comments »
Ink in Handbook Journal notebook
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Today I was tired after all the prep and then the party at last night’s opening for my show (which was great fun by all accounts). This morning I tried drawing little sketches of everyone who attended the opening in my AM/PM journal. It was [...]
Posted in Life in general, Other artists, Watercolor on March 2, 2007 | 25 Comments »
I had the most amazing experience tonight. Two very special people helped me hang the paintings for my show (well actually they climbed on ladders and hung the paintings while I nursed a beer to calm my nerves and said things like “Yep, you got it. Perfect!” or “Let’s move that one over there and [...]
A peek inside the sketchbook, studio, and world of San Francisco Bay Area artist and watercolor teacher Jana Bouc.
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