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| Our July public sketching night was held at the hospitable Ocean View Brew Works, on San Pablo Ave., Albany. We had such a good time, sketching, sipping, and meeting new sketchers. I need to come back to learn more about the brewing process (to sketch the equipment better). Thank you Veronica and Melina for welcoming us! |
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| Between showers, I could see the mustard growing by the slough. |
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| The small yellow entrance to the boardwalk. |
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| The clouds over the hills were reflected in the water. |
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| I was able to spend a quiet day in San Francisco, watching the Bay, and sketching a few scenes. |
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| GIRL meets DIRT at the Eastsound Farmer's Market One of the highlights of my annual visit to Orcas was meeting and visiting with the folks from GIRL meets DIRT. This small enterprise located in Eastsound, Orcas Island, Washington State supports local orchards and heirloom produce. The jams reflect the "taste of place". Thank you Audra Query Lawlor for the work that you, your staff and local growers do. And thank you for letting me sketch! |
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| The jam shop/tasting room/kitchen and crew on Enchanted Forest Road. |
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| I was able to get very close to the vines to sketch and paint! You may see a few little raisins left on the vine among the blaze of color. |
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| Pinocchio Thanks to C.J. Hirschfield (Executive Director) and Shannon Taylor (Director of Art & Restoration) for welcoming us back to Fairyland. Some of us are returning after childhood visits. (See previous posts). Some, like myself, are transported back to classic nursery stories come to life. After a few minutes, I am not working to get the picture "right"; I am playing with my sketchbook, pen and watercolors. Fairyland is a sketcher's dream. Fairyland is also a jewel among the treasures of Lake Merritt for everyone to visit (with a kid) and enjoy! |
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| The White Rabbit from Alice in Wonderland |
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| Swimming fish, metallic spiders and other critters clustered underneath the Blue Oak. |
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| Down the path were the sculptural cacti. Please see previous sketches. |
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| Oscar's served so many Berkeley students over the years., including friends. I'm glad we could pay respect to this local landmark by sketching it before it is gone. Please see other sketches in this blog and on Facebook. |
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| I was reminded about a poem: so much depends upon a red wheel barrow glazed with rain water beside the white chickens William Carlos Williams (1883-1963) |
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| No chickens, but at the curve of a path--a lily pond with hummingbirds and dragonflies! |
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| I love sketching at Tacubaya because of the vibrant colors, casual atmosphere, hospitality, and great food. I was going to focus on people, but first had to draw the bottles at the window enclosing little glass cacti. Then on to the cooks rapidly cooking and serving myriad dishes, including take-outs. I also sketched a selection of people as they sat or waited in line, backlit by the hot pink wall. |
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| This little van is parked in my neighborhood. Skylite Snowballs, "its a baltimore thing", features shaved ice infused with seasonal flavors according to its website: www.skylitesnowballs.com. The bottles at the window reflect a rainbow of colors and, I imagine, tastes. I hope to try one out sometime when this van is open for business. In the meantime, I'll content myself sketching it! |
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| We stepped out of the cold grey dusk into Serrahna where we were welcomed by Andrea Serrahn to sketch. I was dazzled by the beautiful colors and textures of the clothing and handicrafts in her boutique. It was hard to select what to sketch (and not browse)! |
