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I had spotted this antique motorcycle alongside a white-washed fence in a back- alley of my Cedar Falls, Iowa neighborhood this past winter. When I returned this Spring, it wasn't there. Fortunately, the man next door knew the owner had moved it into his yard, leaning it against the detached garage, seen only from the front of the house. I asked the owner if I could come into his yard to sketch it. I never knew Harley's were once made in Italy. But then again, I'm no motorcycle buff. The neon beer signs in the garage windows were a bonus. This was the 1st of two I drew. May 19, 2015
Presidential debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, September 10, 2024, aired on ABC television.
- Great for charcoal, ink and graphite
- 120 pages (240 sides)
- 3.5" x 3.75" x 1.75" thick
- Nideggen paper
- Black cowhide cover, with removable wrap tie
- Sewn with strong natural linen thread
- Longstitch Style which allows the pages to open flat
Outside the kitchen window of the house where we stayed on Beals Island, Maine. I was leading up to one of my Inside/Outside drawings. August 30, 2014
A walk in the wash surrounded by canyon walls: a new definition of horizon line.
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Day 17
Rendered with watercolour.
@Pudu, Kuala Lumpur
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During a layover at the Phoenix airport on our way to Flagstaff, these treats captured my attention. Better to draw then to eat. May 13, 1024
At the Iowa State Fair Beard Growing Contest. August 16, 2016. Find out more about my day at the Fair www.urbansketchers.org/2016/08/longest-beard-fattest-boar...
Full story here. nymag.com/news/media/65494/
Lots of plugs for foursquare (and a few ITP shoutouts too). We also got a full page photo in there - me, Naveen, Evan and HarryH :)
Dense palm fronds pressed against the bathroom window in the house where we stayed in SE Big Island, Hawai'i. July 13, 2014
A soft pencil sketch in my pocket-size Moleskine is often the vehicle to grasp what I am seeing and what is of interest. Many times, these sketches lead-in to more developed color works .
On the flight between Tucson and Los Angeles on our way to Santa Barbara. A quick sketch of inside the plane and a glimpse of the outside view. I like when the sky is clear and I'm sitting in a window seat, forward from the wing. April 22, 2013
The way I've numbered them isn't according to which was born first but which ones I took photos of first.
This one here is almost completely white with a little grey/gray around her eyes and ears.
A glorious clear day in Seattle! While waiting to board our plane to return home after a week in the eastern Cascades. For more from this trip, go to Urban Sketcher Midwest Blog urbansketchers-midwest.blogspot.com/2013/06/snowcapped-mo...
Looking down from a pier at the Jonesport, Maine harbor on our last day before leaving Downeast. September 1, 2014
I hadn't been to the Sonoran Desert in 16 years. I was so excited to have saguaro cactus to draw. The first day of our weeklong stay in Tucson we walked from our rental to see the Hohokam petroglyphs on the property of the Catholic Redemptorist Retreat Center which bordered the Saguaro National Park. April 16, 2013
My daughter (not pictured here) is an Ethnomusicology graduate student at University of California Santa Barbara. While visiting the California Central Coast, she invited me to her gamelan rehearsal. Gamelan is a traditional ensemble music of Indonesia, primarily percussive. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamelan Here, Briana plays the Bonang Barung. April 25, 2013
Very nice all automatic camera, sharp 28mm Nikon lens, all pocketsized.
Panoramic cutout function.
Very unpleasant and noisy electric chainsaw-like motor.
This small travel journal has been bound with a gray metallic leather. A stamp from Rwanda is inset on the cover.
A map was used for the end papers and it has a blue ribbon to hold your place.
It has 64 pages that include itinerary, time zones, international clothing sizes, temperatures, international dialing, measurements, distances as well as pages to write down dates, travel destinations, who you traveled with, hotel, restaurants and all your adventures. It's all labeled/titled in English and Italian.
This book measures about 3 3/8 x 5 1/2" x 1/2" (8.5 cm x 14 cm x 1.25 cm)
My husband's interest in volcanos brought us to Flagstaff, Arizona. SP Crater is part of the San Francisco volcanic field. It is a cinder cone with a large lava field at its base, extending to the north for over 4 miles. Other cinder cones are observable into a great distance. According to Wikipedia, SP Crater is over 70,000 years old. I climbed as far as the flank of the cone (the diagonal line at the lower right) and stopped to draw while my husband and our friend went up to the rim. SP stands for Shit Pot, so named by the rancher who originally owned the land and thought the lava field resembled a "toilet catastrophe". May 19, 2014
At the Iowa State Fair Beard Growing Contest. August 16, 2016. Find out more about my day at the Fair www.urbansketchers.org/2016/08/longest-beard-fattest-boar...
1st day in Goleta, a neighbor near the house where we were staying encouraged me to pick some Swiss Chard. I picked a snail too! April 22, 2013
Learn more about the abbreviated palette I used on Urban Sketcher Midwest Blog urbansketchers-midwest.blogspot.com/2013/05/goleta-califo...
I spent the day at Tucson's excellent Desert Museum. I was excited to draw the animals. The rattlesnake was in an enclosed display case. The military macaw, ringtail and porcupine were shown by a handler in an auditorium. The bighorn sheep and tortoise were in zoo-like outdoor enclosures. April 19, 2013
In between flights at Washington, D.C.'s Ronald Reagan airport on my way to Maine. Everyone's walking around with a device in their hand, but the blue pants and Clark Kent glasses are what grabbed my attention. The young man with the jaunty hat was sitting with his family in the food court. So handsome! August 21, 2015
On the Yellow Line going into San Francisco. I was able to draw more people because I was staying on for more stops. Also, maybe because it was the beginning of the President's Day weekend, there were more people riding. February 16, 2024
On the Yellow line on my way to the airport. Both were engaged with their smartphones. March 28, 2025
As a part of my exhibit Drawing The Town at the Hearst Center for the Arts in Cedar Falls, Iowa, is my being an artist-in-residence for 3 partial days, where I will draw on-site and engage patrons who visit the center in observing and asking about my process of art making, and join in--if they so choose--with some of their own sketching.
Here a result from the first session on February 2, 2013: a rough sketch on the back of a letter of performance space, Mae Latta Hall, Mauricio Lansanky's print "Maria J" (part of the permanent collection) hanging on the left, and a window looking out to a green space on the right. I hope to do a larger, perhaps colored drawing of this in the course of the other residency dates.
Drawing the Town: Works by Marcia Milner-Brage flic.kr/s/aHsjDHxc1R
At the Iowa State Fair.
See more about my day at the Fair on the Urban Sketcher Midwest Blog urbansketchers-midwest.blogspot.com/2013/08/iowa-state-fa...
The tides varied by 16 feet while we were in Jonesport, Maine. Looking down from the deck, my husband John, along with many birds are scavenging for choice morsels in the exposed mud. August 30, 2015
See more about drawings from this trip on the Urban Sketchers Blog www.urbansketchers.org/2015/09/discovering-bones-of-drawi...
An all homemade chocolate buffet for Mary Huber's retirement party at the Hearst Center for the Arts, Cedar Falls, Iowa. The talented chocolatier stood by her creations. March 26, 2013
At the Iowa State Fair cattle barn.
See more about my day at the Fair on the Urban Sketcher Midwest Blog urbansketchers-midwest.blogspot.com/2013/08/iowa-state-fa...
A new group watercolor exhibit opened at the Hearst Center for the Arts on Saturday. The wife & husband jazz duo, Heart Consort, from Mt. Vernon, Iowa, was performing.
This is the first scan using my newly installed computer operating system. I'm not thrilled with the drawing. Nor sure if I have my settings correct with my scanner. I rescanned with settings closer to what I had in my previous settings and this is better. February 3, 2013.
On our way to Tucson, taking the first flight out from the Waterloo, Iowa airport. Fellow passengers, waiting to board, check their devices. April 15, 2013
Six Buddhas convened to discuss events.
Number 4 said that he doesn't mind that people rub his belly for luck and wisdom but why do they feel compelled to touch him, the one with his hands positioned permanently over his head, the most. The other five Buddhas laughed.
We went to the Tohono O'odham Reservation, south of Tucson, to visit the San Xavier del Bac Mission. I had anticipated drawing interior details of the mission church's artistry, but ended up being captivated by the often times gaudily decorated graves in the Tohono O'odham tribal cemetery. We had read in the guidebook that taking photographs of the cemetery was taboo. Also, non-tribal people were not allowed to enter. So I drew from across the chain link fence. April 18, 2013
At the Iowa State Fair Beard Growing Contest. August 16, 2016. Find out more about my day at the Fair www.urbansketchers.org/2016/08/longest-beard-fattest-boar...