Fishermans Wharf

Matt sketches the sea lions at Pier 39

More from the pocket sketch-book, this time from a sketch-outing few weekends back, when Matt and I went on a walk-and-draw around Fisherman’s Wharf and North Beach. Honestly, probably more time was spent in sitting outside at a cafe, drinking coffee and nattering but ah, what the heck… One detail that the sketch of Matt … Read more

Sketchcrawl #30

Sketchcrawl, Ronnie & Matt

Last weekend I attended my very first SKETCHCRAWL here in San Francisco and had a wonderful time out and about sketching and socialising with friends. Over the past year or so, I have been trying very hard to re-acquire the habit of going out and sketching in the real world. I used to do this … Read more

Commuter scribble

mystical cat

Here’s a ballpoint pen doodle scanned from the pocket sketch-book I carry with me now. Most of the contents are nonsensical, scribbly, shaky drawings such as this one, done on the train during my commute. If I can get a seat, I don’t mind the journey; it allows me to read, draw or even write. … Read more

20 years in SF?!

On January 7th, 1991 I arrived in San Francisco and, a few days later, I showed up to work on what I thought would be an 8 month job at an animation studio called Colossal Pictures… I still cannot quite believe that THIS week marks my TWENTY YEAR anniversary of living and working here in … Read more