Art in the Park Aug. 31 2013

Art in the Park Aug. 31 2013, a photo by carried away on Flickr.

I spent all day on Saturday, Aug. 31 in San Francisco (pier 27/29) participating in an Art in the Park even put on by the America's Cup folks. There were a few races going on, the best place to view the action, however was in front of one of the giant video screens in the viewing area. Viewers could stretch out on bean bag chairs or on the grass. It was a beautiful day, somewhat breezy but I forgot to get cold because I was so busy sketching and painting.

practice sketch

IMAG0714, a photo by carried away on Flickr.

I had forgotten that I sketched this but I didn't care for it but decided to post it anyway.

5th String

Another Berkeley establishment to close!

on oakland's piedmont ave

IMAG0678, a photo by carried away on Flickr.

i'm on vacation - or should i say staycation - and i've been home cleaning and corralling kittens. so i got out of the house and found myself on piedmont ave. it's rather warm so i'm standing in the shade across the street from st. leo church

drawing of Lake Merritt

drawing of Lake Merritt, a photo by carried away on Flickr.

I also did this sketch of Lake Merritt during the last Sunday's (July 14) sketchcrawl.

1st Annual West Coast Urban Sketchers Sketchcrawl

What a blast - sketchers from San Jose, Chico, San Francisco, Oakland, Los Angeles - and a few from out of state - came to the sketchcrawl organized by my sketchgroup the San Francisco Bay Area chapter of the Urban Sketchers movement.