urban sketching

Jewelry vendor Permanent marker, watercolors, watercolour Moleskine 2015 We took our urban sketching to the beach when we popped down to sunny Puerto Vallarta, Mexico for quick spot of winter sunshine. Each sunny morning, we’d start our day with a nice hour or two at the beach near our hotel. The vendors come along with […]

Duelling sketchbooks Urban sketching in action at Molly’s Reach, Gibsons. My husband and I often sketch up a storm between ordering breakfast and having it arrive. Here are our tiny travel paintboxes in action. For info on how I made them see in a blush compact and in a slide top tin. Black Rapidograph, watercolors

The band shell Gibsons Harbour with the big band shell in Winegarden park at Jan Poynter’s wonderful Paint Out 2014 event. Black and white China marker, watercolors on hot press paper 2014 Related Works Colorful House Economy Rentals Traditional Home

Saltwater Chophouse Urban sketching in Saltwater Chophouse, Gibsons. Black Rapidograph, watercolors, colored pencils Moleskine Watercolour Album 8 1/4″ x 5″ 2014 Related Works Colorful House Economy Rentals Traditional Home

More Café, urban sketching Urban sketching in More Café, Gibsons. You can see the good use of waxy white China marker used as resist for the white chalk words on the blackboard. Black Rapidograph, watercolors Moleskine Watercolour Album 8 1/4″ x 5″ 2014 Related Works Colorful House Economy Rentals Traditional Home

Children by El Jardin San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, plein air watercolor painting Waxy China marker, watercolors on watercolour paper 2014 These kids watched as I sketched and painted the building near El Jardin so eventually I asked them to sit still for a few minutes and did this one of the two of them