Title: Draw & Sketch
Location: Santa Cruz Mission State Historic Park
Description: Meet up with other artists (any age, medium, and talent welcome) for a morning of free drawing. Gather inspiration for new artwork to take back to the studio or simply come out and sketch with a group of people. This is a FREE event. Meet [...]

Title: Draw & Sketch
Location: Santa Cruz Mission State Historic Park
Description: Meet up with other artists (any age, medium, and talent welcome) for a morning of free drawing. Gather inspiration for new artwork to take back to the studio or simply come out and sketch with a group of people. This is a FREE event. Meet [...]

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This new piece of art is a perfect emblem of a January morning (with a December sky). I am not, by nature, an early riser. However, I can, when needed, get up at the crack of dawn, without a frown or complain. [...]

The first drawing of the year brings me back to my initial love: child art! This pastel art work was all about the possibility of childhood and the daring view of seeing the world for the first time, with all it’s possibilities, regardless of the initial surroundings.

From initial quick sketch…to something more substantial…

to a more [...]

First step: Practice sketch and color scheme.
Final drawing being colored in.

“Sharing” :: 12×12″ pastel pencil on textured paper. 2009 Pia f. Walker

This drawing is an attribute to facing a fear, and either slowly overcoming it or simply jumping in and letting it go.

What harm could there be in simply, just, floating?

Pushing or forcing sketches never works, and it becomes a drain on my conscious.

Sketching your way to a different future, starting with one doodle at a time.

“The Seashell” :: 12×16″ Mixed media on canvas. Painting by Pia f. Walker. Copyright 2009 Attaining Creativity.