Shrinking

Kit Carson Park Urban Sketching

Watercolor sketching for a few hours at Kit Carson Park.

Eating Bad

The Persimmon Incident

Sketching at Bernardo Winery

5 x 8 inch watercolor sketch facing V's Coffee Shoppe at the Bernardo Winery. 

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