Champagne Brunch
We were at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco over the weekend and had Champagne Brunch in the beautiful Garden Court. What an amazing room; I could have sketched there for days.
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We recently spent an interesting day in Alameda, California with friends. Alameda, an island in the San Francisco Bay, was dominated by the Alameda Naval Air Station until 1997. It is now becoming a...
View ArticleSketchin’ on the Dock of the Bay
San Francisco from the Berkeley Marina (larger) We’ve been having (mostly) fabulous weather for the past few weeks. Did this little (2.5×5 inch) sketch very quickly today before heading home after an...
View ArticleSketchCrawl 14: San Francisco
On the Filbert Steps (larger) On Saturday I joined the San Francisco SketchCrawl group for SketchCrawl 14. I hooked up with fellow art blogger Jana Bouc and we spent the day wandering and sketching....
View ArticleAll Over Coffee: the Book
Paul Madonna’s All Over Coffee Paul Madonna is an artist in San Francisco who does amazing drawings of local scenes. With a loose but detailed focus he captures the essence of the city so well it’s...
View ArticleSketchCrawl 16: San Francisco
Lunch at MarketBar (larger) Last Sunday was the 16th SketchCrawl event. My husband and I spent the day in San Francisco sketching and exploring at the Ferry Building. We had a great day! Lamps at...
View ArticleSketchCrawl 17: Chinatown, S.F.
Washington St. from Waverly Place (larger) Saturday was the worldwide SketchCrawl 17 event, and over sixty of us gathered in the Chinatown neighborhood of San Francisco to spend the day sketching. It...
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Last Sunday Lisa and I joined the intrepid San Francisco SketchCrawl group on a chilly grey morning at Ghirardelli Square, where over 60 artists turned out to sketch in and around the Fisherman’s Wharf...
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