Draw What You See From Your Kitchen Table with USK San Diego

The San Diego Urban Sketchers had a virtual gathering today and we sketched what we saw from our kitchen table. I sat at my counter and drew my stove and Keurig area. I used a rapido sketch pen to draw and watercolor to paint. I also took a survey and asked the sketchers if they liked the pencil showing in a watercolor. Most of them said, "yes".

Urban Sketching at Balboa Park, San Diego

Sketching at Balboa Park with the San Diego Urban Sketchers. It's such a treat to welcome guests from all over the world and today we had special guests, Maria and Jim from Australia! This is my sketch of the Bell Tower and the top of the Old Globe Theatre.

The Spanish Village Art Center is home to over 200 working artists and a beautiful place to sketch and paint. I tried this piece in a large (10 x 11 inch) watercolor sketchbook a fellow urban sketcher made for me. (Thank you Alicia Hallett!)

Most of the building was in shadow and it was a bit of a challenge for me to keep the other parts of the building and plants pure.

Sketching at Spanish Village

It's been a while since I have sketched with the San Diego Sketch Crawlers and wanted to visit more than draw. I worked on several small sketches with my Rapido Sketch Pen and watercolor rather than concentrate on a full page drawing. I only stayed for a few hours but managed to sketch and take photos of the other artists.

This is a 1:07 minute video of the group and their sketches at Spanish Village in Balboa Park, San Diego. 

Oceanside Pier - San Diego Urban Sketchers 2018

I worked with a Rapido Sketch Pen and watercolor when I went sketching a the beach with San Diego Urban Sketchers. The video below is all of the artists, the Oceanside Pier area and finished sketches from the 2-hour event.

San Diego Steam Punk Picnic 2018

I created this watercolor while attending a San Diego Urban Sketching Event at Old Poway Park. We met during the San Diego Steampunk Picnic which gave us many costumed figures to sketch. It was a fun exercise even though it was hard to find one sitting still.  My sketches were done in an 11 x 14 inch Daler Rowney Sketchbook with pencil and watercolor.

View the 3:46-minute Lydeo of the event below.

Gouache Sketch and Contour Line Drawing of Museum of Man

Gouache on left contour line drawing on the right.

Still practicing gouache, I worked on a small part of the Museum of Man in Balboa Park, San Diego, CA. The building was built as part of the 1915-16 Panama-California Exposition. The museum features cultural anthropology exhibits and was one of the first buildings in Balboa Park.

Heritage Park near Old Town, San Diego

This is the sketch I did today at the San Diego Urban Sketcher event at Heritage Park in Old Town, San Diego. Pencil and watercolor in a Daler Rowney sketchbook.

I passed on drawing the Victorian Homes and drew a house on the hill instead.

Kate Sessions Park Watercolor Plein Air

Purchase on Etsy

Leo Carrillo Ranch, Carlsbad

This is my sketch done with the San Diego Urban Sketchers at Leo Carrillo Historical Park.
I used a Koh-i-nor sketch pen and watercolor. 

The other artists and their sketches can be seen on my YouTube channel here: https://youtu.be/OTJ39Dp0sfY

Lily Pond, Balboa Park, San Diego

Sketching at the Lily Pond at Balboa Park, San Diego. Saying good bye to friend before she leaves for Japan on deployment. I painted gesso over my bullet journal calendar for last month and painted in watercolor.

Tuna Harbor Park - San Diego Urban Sketchers 2016

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

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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

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.

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.

Embarcadero Marina Park South with SDWS

Painting with the San Diego Watercolor Society at the Embarcadero in San Diego

oil painting

I finally finished an oil painting started at Lake Hodges. 

Completed 5x7 inches on Ampersand Claybord

Lake Hodges where it started.

In progress

Leftover paint in my sketchbook.

Presidio Park, San Diego

The road in front of the Serra Museum in Presidio Park.