We had a lovely evening cozily ensconced in a corner across from the musicians at Sahara, a Moroccan shop on Piedmont Avenue. Mostafa, the o...

They grind organic corn daily to make  their own tortillas - enough said! We had an appreciative audience! Add capti...

Always something wonderfully curious to be seen here!  The Cane Toads were an all-over, even brown color, sort of like chocolate milk.  S...

From a week ago Thursday — my fellow sketchers at Saul's (well, one reader, one sketcher, really). Somehow I always take too much time t...

Playland-not-at-the-beach is slightly hard-to-find — on San Pablo Ave just over the border into Richmond going North. The warren of rooms me...

It was so great to be able to sketch in the lovely peace and quiet of the store after-hours - Thank you Paula! I was happy to hear she is no...

 We visited a sweet yarn shop on Piedmont! Their collection of yarns is lovely, samples of knitting and felting are beautiful, and they even...

Two special sketching nights at Children's Fairyland back-to-back, tonight the Urban Sketchers, and tomorrow a sketching event, Drawn To...

From Piedmont Third Thursday Stroll. I got there pretty late, but there were quite a few nice little art-ish parties going on, a large karat...

The Greek Theater at UC Berkeley sold out for this event, 8500 spectators. Yo-Yo Ma played three of Bach's cello suites. Magnificent. ...

Late afternoon at the crossing of Park Avenue and Hollis in Emeryville. The new Town Hall, the old one and the perfect late night diner, Can...

Saturday around Marin County, dip pen and ink and watercolor Every year the Marin County Firefighters spend a day doing free CPR hands...

Tierra Mía Cafe, dip pen and ink and watercolor,  9x12in The new Tierra Mía Coffee is located at the corner of Broadway and 20th Street ...

I enjoyed seeing Margo Elberg's miniatures together as they might  go separate ways after next weekend's sale. They are exquisite. ...

We spent a warm and beautiful May 1st evening sketching in the The   Cathedral of Christ the Light in Oakland.   Also called the  Oakland ...

Diesel Books, dip pen and ink and watercolor, 8x5in. We enjoyed our sketching night in Rockridge in a good independent bookstore. The n...

Chinese Lanterns, ink, watercolor and gouache, 9x12in. We have been enjoying indoor sketching in the East Bay area during the winter mon...

I tried a wide view of the main entrance of the Berkeley City Club. The building is an eclectic mix of styles and materials, they all work t...

I used my complete palette to color the sketch from our night at Serrahna. The colors were overwhelming, a real delight and it was hard not ...

Birdhouses - just a few! Gnomes? Elves? Santas? Joanne Fabrics has a huge variety of things to sketch. Fabric stores are sort of li...