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:

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