Tuna Harbor Park - San Diego Urban Sketchers 2016

The Lydeo and my sketch of the statue at Tuna Harbor Park

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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.

Dixon Lake, Escondido, California

A 32 second Lydeo of Lake Dixon where I painted this morning.

Orange County Museum of Art with North County Society of Fine Arts 2016

A few of my favorites at the Orange County Museum of Art

Houser Wirth & Schimmel Bus Trip with North County Society of Fine Arts ...

A 1:51 minute video from a recent trip to Los Angeles with a visit to Houser Wirth & Schimmel Gallery

Black Cow 3 x 3 Inch Oil Painting

New Listing in my Etsy Store, LydiaVelardeArt

Met filmmaker Anjalika Sharma at Balboa Park today!

Today I met filmmaker Anjalika Sharma at Balboa Park. We might collaborate on a project. She is a very inspiring woman, I'm glad she reached out to me when she saw me sketching  with the Urban sketchers a few weeks ago. This is a link to our first Facebook Live video we tried together. Lots of fun!
https://www.facebook.com/lydia.velarde/videos/10210841408611641/

I also drew a lady while I was waiting for Anjalika.

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.

Sketching the Southern Ground Hornbill at the San Diego Zoo 2016

Avenida De La Playa with the San Diego Watercolor Society

finished piece

SDWS Wednesday Morning Painters at Avenida De La Playa, La Jolla 2016

New listings on Etsy (Pirate and Garden)

Pirate Watercolor

Zoro Garden, Balboa Park 

Reddi-wip

Couldn't Sleep

Old Poway Park, Street Signs

Watercolor with ink pen and ink brush

67 VW Bus

watercolor

Zoro Garden, Balboa Park, San Diego

Zoro Garden is a 6-acre sunken garden within Balboa Park in San Diego, California. During the 1935-36 California Pacific International Exposition it was the site of the Zoro Garden Nudist Colony, which featured mostly-nude performers rather than practicing nudists. It is now planted as a butterfly garden.

Plaza de Panama - Toronto visits San Diego Urban Sketchers 2016

Map of our seating arrangement at Broken Yolk

Map of my Neighborhood

Map of My Neighborhood
August 1, 2016

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