Apple-Pine

San Antonio Park

2009-07-18T21:20:00.001-07:00

San Antonio Park, originally uploaded by apple-pine.

We had a great time at friend's birthday party at the park. I posted a quick shot of me sketching right form the spot but had a chance to scan this sketchbook only later :)

Hidden Villa Trip: June 13, 2009

2009-07-17T23:51:00.001-07:00

Hidden Villa Trip: June 13, 2009, originally uploaded by apple-pine.

Poppy field trip ending in a tree

2009-07-16T20:58:00.001-07:00

Poppy field trip ending in a tree, originally uploaded by apple-pine.

Hydrangea and Roly-Poly

2009-07-14T15:55:00.001-07:00

Hydrangea and Roly-Poly, originally uploaded by apple-pine.

Blogged at:
naturesketchers.blogspot.com/2009/07/hydrangea-and-roly-p...

Wunderlich Park - 3 images

2009-07-11T21:46:00.001-07:00

Wunderlich Park - 3, originally uploaded by apple-pine.

Plein Air Trip to the Park

2009-07-09T17:28:00.001-07:00

Plein Air Trip to the Park, originally uploaded by apple-pine.

And another self portrait after the run ;)

Sketches from kid's GYM

2009-07-07T21:19:00.001-07:00

Sketches from kid's GYM, originally uploaded by apple-pine.

And anther portrait after the run :)

SF Zoo Visit May 25 2009

2009-07-06T22:54:00.001-07:00

I did not take with me my sketchbook - and ended up drawing on little pages I carry with me just in case ;)

SF Zoo Visit May 25 2009, originally uploaded by apple-pine.

lunch time

2009-07-05T15:54:00.001-07:00

lunch time, originally uploaded by apple-pine.

Palm trees in the park

2009-07-03T22:23:00.001-07:00

Palm trees in the park, originally uploaded by apple-pine.

Park again and evening hand ;)

2009-07-02T16:19:00.001-07:00

Park again and evening hand ;), originally uploaded by apple-pine.

What do you draw when it's late and you just need to draw something? well, I have a lot of drawings of my hands and feet... Bottom part of this page - a sketch from the park - I realized that all I had with me was my son's magic pencil and I loved it! :)

The Sierra Club Loma Prieta Chapter Newsletter

2009-07-01T10:42:00.001-07:00

The Sierra Club Loma Prieta Chapter, originally uploaded by apple-pine.

I had a wonderful opportunity to illustrate two articles In the latest issue of the The Sierra Club Loma Prieta Chapter Newsletter.

Sierra Club is a great grassroots environmental organization. These two articles cover two important local (for SF Bay area) issues:

Future California High Speed Rail and it's impact on Peninsula:

And proposal of the largest shoreline development on the SF Bay in 50 years and how it will affect local wetlands:

Click on images to see them in detail.

Full text of the articles should be available soonish online at:
http://www.lomaprieta.sierraclub.org/newsletter.asp

Opening Page to sketchbook #31

2009-06-29T22:52:00.001-07:00

Opening Page to sketchbook #31, originally uploaded by apple-pine.

I am almost done posting form this book - it's all in one sent on my Flickr :)

Day Report

2009-06-28T20:53:00.001-07:00

Sketching at Kid's GYM, originally uploaded by apple-pine.

May 2009: Trip to New York - The End

2009-06-26T20:51:00.001-07:00

May 2009: Trip to New York 19 - Flying Home, originally uploaded by apple-pine.

May 2009: Trip to New York - 16: Minnewaska Forest

2009-06-24T20:55:00.001-07:00

May 2009: Trip to New York - 16: Minnewaska Forest, originally uploaded by apple-pine.

May 2009: Trip to New York: Minnewaska Forest

2009-06-23T21:17:00.001-07:00

May 2009: Trip to New York - 13: Minnewaska Forest, originally uploaded by apple-pine.

May 2009: Trip to New York- continued

2009-06-21T20:47:00.001-07:00

May 2009: Trip to New York 9 - Sunny afternoon in Central Park, originally uploaded by apple-pine.

Jacaranda Tree Stop

2009-06-19T21:35:00.001-07:00

I was a little early for an appointment and decided to hunt for a 20 min adventure on my way. Jacaranda trees are painting my life in a beautiful, lace lilac color - so the choice was obvious ;) I sketched a tree, took a picture of me sketching (while waiting for paint to dry a little more) and picked up a couple of flowers and seed pods to look closer.

I am trying to use some soapy water with watercolor since I ended up with a moleskine sketchbook again - it works much better - and bubbles are fun ;)

Illustration Friday: Drifting

2009-06-19T16:36:00.001-07:00

if09_drifting, originally uploaded by apple-pine.

I really enjoy the way light plays on my working table :) This came out much more purple than I expected somehow but it is what it is ;)

Illustratio Friday: Unfold

2009-06-19T16:34:00.001-07:00

if09_unfold, originally uploaded by apple-pine.

May 2009: Trip to New York - part IV

2009-06-17T21:11:00.001-07:00

May 2009: Trip to New York - 9, originally uploaded by apple-pine.

My mini gouache set worked perfectly in a busy Manhattan street - right between a road workers, taxi drivers whistling and honking, a team of begging-singing locals and a herd of children off school. That is what I call a kaleidoscope ;)

Buildings: rood tops, trees on roofs, pipes, I even got some people in my sketches :)

Book review: The art of field sketching

2009-06-17T16:25:00.001-07:00

The Art of Field Sketching by Clare W. Leslie

My review

rating: 5 of 5 stars
I enjoy looking at how other people work with text and images in their sketchbooks, especially if it's a naturalist sketchbook. And this is a great collection of different pages by different artists dealing with nature as they see it every day. This book is very similar in the content to the "Keeping a Nature journal" and "Nature Journaling" by the same author though has more instructions if you are interested in techniques and starting points, it also talks a little more about sketching in the city, at home ans sketching as an ongoing part of your life.

View all my reviews.

May 9, 2009: Stanford Powwow

2009-06-16T21:25:00.001-07:00

May 9, 2009: Stanford Powwow, originally uploaded by apple-pine.

Our friends invited us to visit Stanford Powwow and, until little one started to crash, it was a blast!

I tried to sketch some :)

Park

2009-06-15T09:00:00.001-07:00

Park, originally uploaded by apple-pine.