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Draw & Sketch

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 [...]

Draw & Sketch Meet Up

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 [...]

Saturday Sketchbook: “Round Peg”

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 [...]

Saturday Sketchbook: “Sharing”

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

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

Sketchbook and musings: “Floating” painting

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

The Process of Making Art: The element of “firsts”

While the process of making art remains elementary, paint, its ever changing capabilities, as well as my own stories, will provide for a rich tapestry of future “firsts.”

Within the Calm…

Within calmness lies the foundation of self-confidence, of being assured of one’s own personality regardless of the place or situation.

New Figurines

Several stories began to take shape, and the flow to certain bodies, certain scenes appeared on the sketchbook pages.

Colors outside the zone

The neon colors were outside my comfort zone. I worked tirelessly with whites to try to tone them down – yet was I being counterproductive?

New canvas – updated

The sketches from last week were waiting, simmering, strengthening themselves in my mind and in my hands.