Draw What You See From Your Kitchen Table with USK San Diego

The San Diego Urban Sketchers had a virtual gathering today and we sketched what we saw from our kitchen table. I sat at my counter and drew my stove and Keurig area. I used a rapido sketch pen to draw and watercolor to paint. I also took a survey and asked the sketchers if they liked the pencil showing in a watercolor. Most of them said, "yes".

Virtual Sketch Meeting

Today was a San Diego Urban Sketcher Virtual Event. We were to sketch our art corner at home. I sat at my art table and sketched my view, which is the (messy) top of one of my book cases. I used a rapidosketch pen and watercolor. I didn't finish in the 2 hours we were on Zoom so much of this was painted after the event.

The group.

Our sketches after 2 hours.

Urban Sketching With a Zoom Gathering

The San Diego Urban Sketchers had a zoom event where we all sketched "together" using our internet devices. The prompt was to draw a room from another room. One of our attendees was a frequent visitor we have had from France. He did his sketch earlier and just dropped in to say hello. I did not catch him in the photo.  : (

 I created mine in pencil, watercolor, and a bit of watercolor pencil. The pages in this little handmade book are about 4 x 4 inches and the first few sheets are thin paper - not really suitable for watercolor but I still liked the effect.

Cotton headed ninny muggins

Aside from wondering who I can call a cotton headed ninny muggins I participated in a zoom meeting that had 6 Urban Sketchers drawing in their homes. The subject was produce.

Part of the Urban Sketchers Manifesto states that urban sketching is not a "still live" but something with its surroundings. It must show context. The first drawing was a still life but after we all shared our drawings I realized that I didn't do it properly. I didn't want to take the time to do another large drawing so I stopped what I was doing and created a small drawing to fit on the same page.

Poway Lake en plein air

We found some shade at Lake Poway and stayed long enough to get some plein air painting done. This is a small sketchpainting created with casein. 

Oceanside Harbor

Sketching with the San Diego Urban Sketchers at Oceanside Harbor. My eyesight is still bad, that's probably why I painted in large shapes. Details don't show up very good. I painted this with watercolor then added lines with a Rapido Sketch Pen.

Main Street, Vista Village with San Diego Urban Sketchers

This sketch was created on location on Main Street in Vista, CA. The location of the San Diego Urban Sketchers event on Sunday. The area has many outside sculptures and murals to enjoy. The first minute of this video shows the artists and their work and the second minute shows the street art. Enjoy!

Los Rios Street with Urban Sketchers

This sketch was created on Los Rios Street this weekend while attending an event with Los Angeles Urban Sketchers, San Diego Urban Sketchers, San Clemente Urban Sketchers and Long Beach Sketch Meet Up. I normally sketch for 2 hours but this event was 4 hours which included coffee, visiting, taking photos and sketching. This extra time allowed me to tackle a full spread in this handmade sketchbook.

This is the video I created for the event: 

Coronado Ferry Landing with San Diego Urban Sketchers

Yesterday I got to sketch with the San Diego Urban Sketchers at the Ferry Landing on Coronado. This video shows the artists, their sketches and a bit of the area.

Sharpie september

Sketching with the San Diego Sketch Crawlers at Spanish Village.

Sharpie September using a Sharpie pen and watercolor paint.

Sketching at Spanish Village

It's been a while since I have sketched with the San Diego Sketch Crawlers and wanted to visit more than draw. I worked on several small sketches with my Rapido Sketch Pen and watercolor rather than concentrate on a full page drawing. I only stayed for a few hours but managed to sketch and take photos of the other artists.

This is a 1:07 minute video of the group and their sketches at Spanish Village in Balboa Park, San Diego. 

Oceanside Pier - San Diego Urban Sketchers 2018

I worked with a Rapido Sketch Pen and watercolor when I went sketching a the beach with San Diego Urban Sketchers. The video below is all of the artists, the Oceanside Pier area and finished sketches from the 2-hour event.

San Diego Steam Punk Picnic 2018

I created this watercolor while attending a San Diego Urban Sketching Event at Old Poway Park. We met during the San Diego Steampunk Picnic which gave us many costumed figures to sketch. It was a fun exercise even though it was hard to find one sitting still.  My sketches were done in an 11 x 14 inch Daler Rowney Sketchbook with pencil and watercolor.

View the 3:46-minute Lydeo of the event below.

Watercolor with Urban Sketchers at Mission Trails Visitor Center

These sketches were created at the Mission Trails Visitor Center in San Diego while at an event with the San Diego Urban Sketchers.  I used my favorite drawing tools which are the koh-i-noor rapidosketch  pen and a set of Holbein watercolors. The Mission Trails Regional Park encompasses 7,220 acres of both natural and developed recreational land with 60 miles of hiking trails. 

This is a video of the event:

Heritage Park near Old Town, San Diego

This is the sketch I did today at the San Diego Urban Sketcher event at Heritage Park in Old Town, San Diego. Pencil and watercolor in a Daler Rowney sketchbook.

I passed on drawing the Victorian Homes and drew a house on the hill instead.

Waterwise Botanical Garden, Bonsall

 A nursery in San Diego was the location of the San Diego Urban Sketchers today. They had a lot of nice displays of the cactus and succulents. Luckily we had a break in the heat wave while we were there. This is my sketch done in my new Stillman & Birn Alpha Series.

Farm Stand West with San Diego Urban Sketchers

This 3:46 minute video shows the San Diego Urban Sketchers at Farm Stand West. We sketched for 2 hours.

Farm Stand West

Sketching the tractor at Farm Stand West in Escondido.

Conrad Prebys Theatre Center, Balboa Park - Urban Sketching 2016

This is our video of the San Diego Urban Sketcher and San Diego Sketchcrawler event at the Old Globe in Balboa Park and my sketch.

I drew some of the architecture visible from the center and the Grinch peeking over the ticket office.

Sketching at Mt. Soledad Veterans Memorial in La Jolla

This sketch was done on the back side of the watercolor paper. No matter how hard I tried to put in my darks they were soaked up by the paper. It was a fun morning anyway, I met with the San Diego Urban Sketchers. A 3:38 minute video of the morning is shown below.

This video shows the San Diego Urban Sketchers, their sketches, and views from the Monument.