Fletcher Cove Park, Solana Beach, San Diego - Urban Sketchers 2016

A 4 minute video of the Urban Sketchers at Fletcher Cove.

My sketches from Fletcher Cove

Meerkats at the San Diego Zoo - 2016

Quick Sketches of the Guanacos at the San Diego Zoo - 2016

Midland Railroad, Old Poway Park, Lyd's Listing

12 x 12 inches,  Signed Oil Painting Available on Etsy.

Queen Califia's Magic Circle - San Diego Urban Sketchers 2016

Spanish Village with San Diego Weekday Sketchers July 2016

San Diego County Fair, Del Mar 2016

San Diego Zoo, Flora and Fauna in the Children's Zoo 2016

Orangutans - San Diego Zoo - with Weekday Sketchers 2016

San Diego Zoo Lagoon Terrace - San Diego Weekday Sketchers

Torrey Pines Glider Port

This is a 4:23 minute Lydeo of the Torrey Pines Glider Port showing the hang gliders, the artists I was with and their urban sketches.

Poway Lake - SDWS and NCSFA - 2016

My piece done in a large sketchbook.

Orly Avineri workshop Journal Entry

Mission De Alcala, San Diego Mission - 2016

A 2:13 minute lydeo of the mission.



Mission Basilica San Diego de Alcalá was the first Franciscan mission in The Californias, a province of New Spain. This video shows a few parts of the mission, and artists oil painting en plein air during an impressionism class. Video by Lydia Velarde, LydiaVelarde.com Music: Sunday Drive, Silent Partner

L and 5th at the Gaslamp - San Diego Urban Sketchers 2016

AT the Gaslamp

This is my first sketch in a very large sketchbook my friend Doris Bertch gave me. The watercolor paper pages are 11 x 14.5 inches. It was a bit scary at first, and I had to practice holding it on my lap before going out with it. I think I am going to enjoy this book.

watercolor and brush pen

Sketchbook Flip - Lydia Velarde - Dec 2015 thru May 2016

a 5:05 minute video

Old Cactus Garden, Balboa Park

This cactus garden was developed in 1935 for the California Pacific International Exposition. It contains some of the largest cactus and succulent specimens in Balboa Park. This is were the San Diego Weekday Sketchers met. Below are my sketches and a 3:46 minute video of the area, sketches, and my artist friends.

San Diego Urban Sketchers Celebrate Our 3 Year Birthday

Sketching together for 3 years. A 3:30 minute Lydeo:

Supplements

Old Mission Dam - San Diego Plein Air Painters

A 6:03 minute Lydeo of the painters, the demo artists and some of the paintings done on location.

Working on my piece.

Origami Box with Lid

I found the instructions to this box on YouTube, it was very difficult for me to make and it didn't close very good. The button and string were added to help keep it closed.

Balboa Park Rose Garden - San Diego Weekday Sketchers 2016

Views from the Rose Garden in Balboa Park

La Mesa Train Depot

This sketch was done at the 100th Meetup of the San Diego Urban Sketchers in La Mesa.

Rapido Sketch Pen and Watercolor

Making Mosaic Turtles

A friend and I decorated some turtles with mosaic today. We will be putting on the grout next week.
Old dishes, 1 sunshine tile and concrete yard ornaments.

Department of Motor Vehicles People

Keeping busy while waiting at the DMV

My adventure at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park

Santa Ana Regional Transportation Center

These sketches were created at The Santa Ana Regional Transportation Center. I went with a few friends on the Metro Link from San Diego to Santa Ana (an hour ride). It was an all day adventure due to 3 train delays. These were not mechanical Amtrak issues but caused by individuals.  This was a joint meetup with San Clemente and San Diego Urban Sketchers.


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This is a 2:17 minute video of our meetup.

Poisson d'Avril with the San Diego Weekday Sketchers 2016

An exercise from a Marc Holmes, Craftsy lesson.

Hotel Del Coronado - Urban Sketchers Meetup - March 2106

Waiting

Waiting at the car wash.

Pi Day at Spanish Village with Week Day Sketchers March 2016

Looking toward the San Diego Zoo from Spanish Village

Huntington Manor, Poway and San Diego Watercolor Society 2016

Tom Ham's Lighthouse and San Diego Watercolor Society Mar. 2016

A 2 minute Lydeo of Tom Ham's Light House with the San Diego Watercolor Society.

Tools and Techniques of 6 Plein Air Sketchers - March 2016

Paste Paper Written Instructions and Examples - March 2016

Kensington, Adams Avenue and Kensington

Seaport Village, San Diego

A watercolor painted on location at Seaport Village with the San Diego Watercolor Society.



A 4 minute video of the area and the San Diego Watercolor Society Wednesday Morning Painters.

Lake Mira Mar, San Diego

This sketch was created on illustration paper and from a photo reference.

Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, San Diego

With the San Diego Urban Sketchers

The Cemetery, the artists, their sketches and views of the harbor and Coronado Bridge.Fort Rosecrans is located on the grounds of the former Army coastal artillery station Fort Rosecrans and is administered by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs. The cemetery is located approximately 10 miles west of Downtown San Diego, overlooking San Diego Bay and the city from one side, and the Pacific Ocean on the other.

Leo Carrillo Ranch, Carlsbad

International Cottages

A Lydeo and my sketch created with San Diego Sketch Crawlers at International Cottages in Balboa Park .

Made in America, Mingei International Museum, Feb. 2016

Just a peak and my favorites from the Mingei

San Diego Watercolor Society, Craig Anderson Demo & Paint Out Feb. 2016

Kensington, San Diego Watercolor Society Feb. 2016

Painting with the Watercolor Society today in Kensington.

February 7, Journal page

A post card, a leaf print and an envelope.

Alta Vista Gardens, Vista

A watercolor sketch while at Alta Vista Gardens, in Vista.

February 5th Journal Spread

A Mariachi on Ampersand

This 3 x 4 sketch was created on an Ampersand  Claybord. I tried a watercolor sketch of a mariachi from a photo. Then I used a sketch pen for the lines.

Belmont Park, San Diego, San Diego Watercolor Society Feb. 2016

A 1:30 minute video of the SDWS Paint Out.

My painting.

Book making

I taught one of the books and 2 friends taught the other books. A fun day with the Sarah Group.

Pamphlet Stitch Book, Accordion book, and X Book with Pockets