When I grow up...

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Cabrillo National Monument

The San Diego Urban Sketchers met at the Cabrillo National Monument this morning. These are my sketches, the group and the group sketches.



Valentine's Day Cake

feeling

San Diego Botanical Garden, Encinitas

I met with the San Diego Urban Sketchers for a morning of drawing in the gardens. This is my sketch, the group and the groups sketches.

San Diego Zoo Safari Park

The San Diego Urban Sketchers met on Friday to sketch in cold, rainy weather. There were 5 of us.
These are my sketches, the group and our group sketches.

Worldwide Sketchcrawl #42

With the San Diego Urban Sketchers at Balboa Park today! We participated in the World Wide Sketchcrawl #42.

My sketch.

 

 

Video of the group and our sketches.

San Diego Art Institute

2 of my pieces were juried into the monthly show at the San Diego Art Institute! The show runs thru February 23rd. http://www.sandiego-art.org/
Not very good photos but these are the pieces:

Yoga Studio Meetup

Sketching an performing yoga class was quite a challenge but fun. Met with the San Diego Urban Sketchers at Affirmations Yoga in Poway.

Birds

Feeling Retired

Balboa Park Club

Sketching at the Balboa Park Club with the Weekday Sketchers.

Santa Fe Train Depot and Plaza

Today I met with the San Diego Urban Sketchers at the train Station on Kettner and Broadway, the photos show my sketch, the group and the group sketches. YOu may also view a video of the sketchers and the area here: http://youtu.be/8C4XzAqtTlY

Torrey Pines Gliderport, La Jolla

My sketches while at the Torrey Pines Gliderport with http://www.meetup.com/San-Diego-Urban-Sketchers/ You can also view a 2 minute video of the artists and their sketches here: http://youtu.be/kt6N1uENC9Y

San Diego Botanical Gardens in Encinitas

An outing with the San Diego Plein Air Painters and my friend Ella Whitehead. We worked large and didn't complete our pieces but it was a fun morning.

 



Crow Raven on Etsy

 

 

Joe's Glass Shack

Sketching while on a conference call waiting for Joe's Glass Shack to open.

Balboa Park Botanical Building

Sketching with Rachel and friends in Balboa Park.

West Coast Clydesdale Ranch

Today I met with the San Diego Urban Sketchers Meetup group at the West Coast Clydesdale Ranch in Lakeside. The owners, Betty and Mark gave us a tour of the property and then we settled in to sketch. There were so many things to sketch! I settled on one of the buildings.

Sketching on Jennisse's property

I got to go the Santa Ysabel yesterday to see my friend's property. On the way we rode through the Indian reservation, passed a casino and also the Santa Isabel Mission. It was a great ride.

a section of her land

Santa Ysabel Mission

Sketching at Mira Mar Lake

Today was the San Diego Urban Sketchers Meetup at Lake Mira Mar. I sketched the view from the south side. I worked in pencil, watercolor and watercolor pencil in a Moleskine sketchbook.

The video shows the location, the sketchers and their work.

Bodhisatlva

My friend Ella and I went to the San Diego Museum of art to view some Charles Reiffel pieces. They didn't have that many, we looked at some of the other art and did some sketching as well.
My sketch is of a seated Bodhisatlva, Chinese, 565BCE. Limestone.

San Diego Central Library

today I got to sketch with the San Diego Urban Sketchers at the San Diego Central Library downtown.

 

I did this sketch of the street from the library plaza.

Rancho Buena Vista Adobe, Vista, CA

Today I had the pleasure of attending the San Diego Urban Sketchers Meetup group at the Rancho Buena Vista Adobe in Vista.

This is my sketch of the fountain and statue.
Rancho Buena Vista is the best-preserved of the fabled land-grant ranchos.  It looks much as it did over 150 years ago,