Fun Weekend
Last week was a staycation in San Francisco; a chance to be lazy, & hang out with pals, and do some sketching in Golden Gate Park.
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A fave sketching spot.
New Sketch Gear
For Christmas I received new drawing paraphernalia. A monogrammed sketchbook given by John Hoffman and a pocket-sized set of handmade watercolours, from Julia.
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More Academy of Sciences sketches
A few weeks ago, Julia and I went back to the California Academy of Sciences in Golden Gate Park, for another free day of relaxing and sketching. On our previous visit, I sat in the mezzanine (and sketching a dodo bird) and this time I visited that exact same place, but sketched instead a view … Read more
California Academy of Sciences
Last weekend Julia and I took advantage of our Neighbourhood Free Weekend at The Academy of Sciences. After doing a full sweep of the museum to scope out our targets, we went to a room full of skeletons and taxidermy where I sketched a model of a Dodo bird. The area was quiet enough that I was … Read more
February Sketches
Here are some watercolor sketches done on location around San Francisco in this past month.
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For posterity, here are some of the very first location sketches drawn with my left hand. I’d already done a lot of lefty drawing at home, (including some illustrations for my childhood stories on this blog) but had not ventured outside to draw from life until last September, when both Julia and I went drawing … Read more
Sculpture Sketches
Some pencil sketches done a few weeks ago at The De Young Museum. This time Julia and I focused on some sculptures. A small bronze by Remington, two marble sculptures by Joseph J. Mora and an Ogoni mask from Nigeria.
Golden Gate Park Sketches
Here are some watercolour sketches done LAST weekend in Golden Gate Park. Julia and I spent some time drawing the Conservatory of Flowers and the nearby Dahlia Garden. We also did some sketches inside the De Young, I’ll post those later.
De Young
Last weekend I did some sketching with MATT JONES at the De Young Museum in Golden Gate Park, where, along with my pals Bosco and Steve, we saw the FANTASTIC Jean Paul Gaultier exhibit, FROM THE SIDEWALK TO THE CATWALK. Seeing a 30 year retrospective of his work made it clear how much of the … Read more