April 30, 2013
April 29, 2013
April 28, 2013
Supply Sunday: The Art of Urban Sketching
It is a great book, full of a diversity of sketchers and styles of sketching.
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April 27, 2013
My Lunch Spot
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April 26, 2013
Follow Friday: Carl Moore
Carl Moore is one of my favorite Memphis artists. One of my favorite artists, really. He uses paint very succinctly to say a lot about the human condition.
Check out his blog here.
Here's my favorite painting by Carl, and here he is next to a sketch portrait I made of him (click images for more detail).
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April 25, 2013
Notes, Snazzy Outfits, Overheard Conversations at the Starbucks
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April 24, 2013
Studio Night Last Night: Tiniest of Paintings
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April 23, 2013
April 22, 2013
Memphis Monday: India Palace
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April 21, 2013
Supply Sunday: Derwent Inktense Pencils
Right after I got them I tested them out at my desk, and compared them to watercolor pencils. They are more vibrant than regular watercolor pencils!
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April 20, 2013
April 19, 2013
Follow Friday: Martha Kelly
My friend Martha Kelly is in Paris right this very minute making sketches! Really I don't know what she's doing right this very minute, but knowing her it's either sketching, walking or playing the banjo. She's posting some great sketches already - take a look here!
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April 18, 2013
Urban Sketching in Memphis
Gabi Campanario, founder of Urban Sketchers and author of the Art of Urban Sketching, said some great things about urban sketching on facebook recently, which I wanted to share here. He said... "Urban sketching is about drawing places that can be put on a map, and everything that happens in those places."
My place is usually Memphis, but sometimes it's London or New York or Greensboro, GA. For a week this summer it will be Barcelona for the Urban Sketching Symposium!
But mostly it's Memphis.
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April 17, 2013
Evergreens
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April 10, 2013
Winter Trees and My Ideal Bookshelf
I had started a list of books to share on My Ideal Bookshelf: Memphis Edition. But I had trouble narrowing it down to ten and then I ran out of time because I went out of town. So here's a list of books that I really liked and/or had a big impact on me.
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April 09, 2013
Family Time
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