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Groovy Link of the Month: Urban Sketchers, Brazil
Some of the Brazilian correspondents for the Urban Sketching site have formed their own group blog to showcase the urban sketching movement in Brazil. The new blog is written mostly in Brazilian Portuguese with some English translations, and is named … Continue reading
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Urban sketch: Window watercolor
Just a quick sketch of the view out my back window, done this last Friday. I did a series of abstract window-views while I lived in Norway. Maybe this will evolve into a new series documenting the neighborhood?
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Sketching in the park
Yesterday, my friend Sharon (Artl8dy of E-14 Studio) and I went sketching at the West 11th Street Park in Houston. The weather was absolutely glorious, sunny but cold. After walking around the park, we chose a comfortable log and began … Continue reading
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Tomorrow is International Sketch Crawl Day!
Saturday, January 22, is International Sketch Crawl Day, when people all over the world get together to enjoy sketching with friends old and new. The forums at the International Sketch Crawl site have notices for organized sketch crawls in locales … Continue reading
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Thinking ahead: New Year’s resolutions?
Val Webb, of The Illustrated Garden, has written in a recent post that she intends to get out to a local nature spot at least once a month during 2011 to paint and sketch. That sounds like a simply wonderful … Continue reading
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