April sketching begins

On my day off I took my car to the auto shop for its maintenance check-up on April 1. While the mechanics did their thing, I did my thing. I did some sketching at a Peet's shop on San Pablo Avenue near the El Cerrito Plaza.

A day at the food park

What a blast! Food trucks, tables and benches, a little sunshine. The wonderful aromas from the barbecue truck, Mexican food, waffle truck -  didn't buy anything there but it sure did smell good. Oh yeah, I did do a little sketching. Here are some folks at the slider truck.

January 1

We began a new year of sketching in Emeryville, on the roof of the Ikea parking lot. The biggest challenge was actually drawing in the cold -- at least in San Francisco Bay Area standards. It had to be in the high 40s thanks to a brisk wind. I was all layered up and even donned my fingerless painting gloves. I'll add a better photo of this tomorrow.

Museum visit

I could have stayed at the Wells Fargo Museum in San Francisco all day just drawing things. For some weird reason I tried to sketch one of the stagecoaches. BAD IDEA! I don't even draw cars because they end up looking like sausages....with wheels. I think the vehicle's red exterior did it. Red is my favorite color and I had to try to sketch it.

Eating in

My sketch group visited the Pyramid Brewery in Berkeley recently. The place also has food. However, I was nether hungry nor thirsty. I just focused on draw the restaurant employees and guests.

Ukulele player

Argh, I'm having technical difficulties - I'm to blame, of course - so I'm hoping that this will work. This is a quick sketch of a ukulele player I did while attending a ukulele workshop earlier this month.