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Another airport sketch from my Thanksgiving trip. December 2, 2014

This was the 2nd of 3 drawings I would do of this very special bouquet, given to me by a stranger at the Maku'u Farmers Market in Pahoa, Big Island Hawaii. It was the lead-in sketch to a larger, color composition. July 15, 2014

A recently constructed pathway to see alligators and egrets and other wild things on Little Saint Simons Island. This was a preliminary sketch for a larger wax pastel. Early November 2017.

More about my recent time there www.urbansketchers.org/2017/11/color-or-not-last-visit-to...

I've visited Little Saint Simons Island many times over the years. Helen House is my favorite place to stay. A tabby house built in 1928 by Philip Berolzheimer, who had acquired the island in 1908. Finally, I got around to drawing this Great Room. I did 2 preliminary sketches--this one and Stuffed Chair--before I launched into a larger Neocolor II wax pastel drawing. Another one for my Inside/Outside Series. April 2, 2014

Continuing with my Inside/Outside Series: here a pencil sketch of the view from a bathroom window, looking across the lane to the neighbors house, from the house we stayed in on SE Big Island, Hawai'i. This was lead-in to a more developed, color drawing. July 10, 2014

At the Museum of Fine Arts Boston exhibit Goya Order and Disorder. November 25, 2015. See the link in comments below for my post on Urban Sketchers International about this exhibit.

Another air travel sketch from my Thanksgiving trip. November 24, 2014

William Combe’s “The Tour of Doctor Syntax: In Search of the Picturesque” was begun in 1809 and published in book form in 1812. Together with the accompanying aquatints by Thomas Rowlandson that inspired the poem, it satirizes the aesthetic ideals lying behind the picturesque and its frequently pompous followers. The poem tells how Dr Syntax, a curate, sets off in search of the ideal picturesque landscape only to be continually thwarted by bathetic and farcical inconveniences. During the course of the poem the unfortunate Dr Syntax stumbles into a lake while attempting to reach the perfect location from which to sketch a suitably ruined castle, is chased by a bull and driven to distraction by the incessant bleating of sheep. - See more at: www.bl.uk/collection-items/the-tour-of-doctor-syntax#stha...

 

This first tour of Dr. Syntax is accompanied by thirty colored illustrations by Thomas Rowlandson.

  

The third and final tour of Dr. Syntax in search of a wife is accompanied by twenty-five colored illustrations by Thomas Rowlandson.

 

At the Museum of Fine Arts Boston exhibit Goya Order and Disorder. November 25, 2015. See this and the exhibit blogged on Urban Sketchers International. Link in comments below.

 

The foundry is a couple blocks from Cedar Falls' downtown Main Street. This is from the back ally side. Beyond the woods is the RR tracks that lead to the coal burning plant and, beyond that, the Cedar River. Close to my house--I walk here regularly. I've been waiting for autumn to do this one. Late in the day, from my car, I drew this quickly in my pocket-size Moleskin. I went back the next afternoon to do a larger watercolor. flic.kr/p/h89wAE October 29, 2013

10 October 2018

watercolor sketch of a tree touched up with gouache.

Moleskine watercolor sketchbook, pocketsize

Standing with my back to the flank of SP Crater, I sketched Colton Crater with Arizona's tallest peak beyond. May 19, 2014

This tiny manual focus 35mm rangefinder camera arrived in near mint condition. It was introduced in the mid eighties, made by Kyocera in Japan and designed by FA Porsche. Mine came with the name 'Dr. Wolfram Hutterman' inscribed on the top plate.

  

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Quick sketches of fellow passengers. January 5, 2026

pocketsize moleskine watercolor sketchbook

On the northern part of Little Saint Simons Island there's a new bird viewing tower. January 6, 2015

Carpinteria, California seal preserve. From the bluff above this section of the beach, one can observe the large population (~100 adults) of harbor seals basking on the sand. This group gathers here from December to May to birth and raise their babies. January 14, 2014

Done on my pocket size Moleskine watercolour notebook.

  

This is a 50 year-old grocery store run by two Chinese men who claimed that the business was passed down to them by their former employer. Located at a corner lot of a row of shophouses in this old market. The interior space is small and congested but I find it rather interesting. Limited by time and space on my small watercolour notebook I decided to focus and pen down just a small corner of the store – where goods are hung up on the shutter doors. The owners were extremely friendly, supportive and happy to have my presence around drawing their store.

  

Pocket size Moleskine watercolour notebook, Lamy Safari Charcoal fountain pen – extra fine nib, Noodler’s Ink – Polar Black.

 

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Get your own pocket-sized Ansy at a toyshop near you!

 

Only 5cm in height! and fits snug in your pocket!

 

thanks Stacy for your excellent title suggestion!

This puppy is almost white, contrary to n°2, except for his face and a couple of spots down his back.

On the Yellow line, on my way to the airport. March 28, 2025

On BART Yellow Line. Because she had luggage, I assumed she was returning from the San Francisco Airport. I loved her hair! Rows of salt & pepper braids were gathered at the nap of her neck. January 3, 2024

Some 50,740 runners — including the millionth person to start the race in its 43-year history — pounded the pavement though the five boroughs as the beloved ING New York City Marathon returned a year after it was canceled because of Hurricane Sandy. Ref: www.nydailynews.com/new-york/marathon-underway-tight-secu...

 

Camera: GR

Lens: 18.3 mm f/2.8

Focal Length: 18.3 mm

Exposure: ¹⁄₈₀₀ sec at f/2.8

ISO: 400

First drawing of the New Year. Waiting to board before dawn at the Waterloo, Iowa airport. First drawing in a new pocket-size Moleskine. January 1, 2015

 

My previous pocket-size Moleskine was recently stolen along with another sketchbook, a Stillman & Birn Alpha--both chock full of drawings, not all of them scanned. Also, my take-everywhere sketch kit was snatched. I'm certain it wasn't the art or the art tools that the thief was after, but the worn but wonderful leather satchel that looked like a handbag.

Common things around the house

 

pen and ink with watercolor

 

Moleskine sketchbook, pocketsize

Many hunting trophies are displayed at the Hunting Lodge at Little St. Simons Island. The lodge and the trophies date back to the 1920s when Philip Berolzheimer, of Eagle Pencil Company fame, made the island a retreat for his friends and family. Now, the Hunting Lodge is the main gathering place for the guests (32 max at a time)-- dining room, great room and natural history museum. December 8, 2013

on the flight from Chicago O'Hare to Albuquerque

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October 10, 2016

The last two persimmons from our trip to California's Central Coast are ripening. Here, a sketch in my pocket-size Moleskine as lead in to a more developed drawing in color. November 27, 2013

 

Here's the drawing that followed www.flickr.com/photos/marciamilner-brage/11108138785

Preliminary sketch for "Tomatoes in a sunflower bowl inside, Jemez Mountains outside"

Camera: GR

Lens: 18.3 mm f/2.8

Focal Length: 18.3 mm

Exposure: ¹⁄₈₀₀ sec at f/2.8

ISO: 250

Sketching from the TV screen as I watched game 5 of the 2014 World Series. L to R: the Giant's Bumgarner on the mound; Giants up at bat--Shields pitching, Blanco batting, Perez catching; the 2 starting pitchers--the shut-out, winning Giant pitcher Baumgarner (L) & the Royals Shields (R); Herrara, Royals relief pitcher. October 26, 2014

It's really hard to not keep posting up these shots, but they're so darn cute!

Last page and back cover to a pocket size Moleskine that I started in May 2013. This is the view from the house where we stayed in the Edna Valley. It was intended to be a working sketch for a larger drawing that I have not yet finished. November 18, 2013

 

Here's the drawing that came from this sketch: www.flickr.com/photos/marciamilner-brage/11074593994

She is 2.5 inches(6.35cm) tall to tips of ears, 3 inches(7.6cm) long from her nose to the tip of her tail, 3 inches(7.6cm) across her antlers tip to tip, 1.25 inches(3.2cm) wide across her back paws.

Chicago O'Hare Airport

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Day 10

October 10, 2016

Flight out of Chicago's O'Hare airport delayed for 5 hours. Everyone stranded. January 8, 2015

19th century copper weathervane on display in the American Art gallery at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston. November 28, 2014

I traveled to Baltimore to see this much revered artist's work at the Baltimore Museum of Art. After three hours of absorbing myself in this vast exhibit, I sat in one of the galleries to sketch. "painting is a release from emotion," Joan Mitchell. May 12, 2022

MARATHON ROUTE.

 

Camera: GR

Lens: 18.3 mm f/2.8

Focal Length: 18.3 mm

Exposure: ¹⁄₈₀₀ sec at f/2.8

ISO: 280

this is what i look out to everyday while working hard in my office. keep that door closed...i'm taking this photo! :-)

 

pine street, san francisco

 

camera: agfa isolette

film: tri-x 400

 

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Camera: GR

Lens: 18.3 mm f/2.8

Focal Length: 18.3 mm

Exposure: ¹⁄₈₀₀ sec at f/2.8

ISO: 400

instead of pocket pool, play pocket paint pen.

We drove east from Prescott to Mingus Mountain to hike on the mountain ridge. Hang gliders (although none on this day) soar from this 7815 foot elevation to the Cottonwood airport. June 30, 2013

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