Sketches from Southern California

Frank and I had a great workshop in Laguna Beach and San Juan Capistrano.  You can check out what we did with the Line to Color Group.  It was great fun and we made a some good friends.
Here are some sketches I did while I was there.

San Juan Capistrano

San Juan Capistrano

Main Beach Park

Lumberyard Plaza

Line to Color Workshops for 2015

Two great opportunities to take the Line to Color Workshop this year.  Frank Ching and Gail Wong will be giving their Line to Color Workshop in Orange County the weekend of May 1-3.  Enjoy the warm weather and Beaches along the Pacific Coast Highway.
We will be sketching at Mission San Juan Capistrano and the Laguna Beach area. For more information  click the Line to Color Icon in the header above.

In late August or early mid September we will be doing the workshop in Portland Oregon.
If you are interested in that workshop contact Gail Wong at the following email address gail(at)glwarc(dot) com.  Further information on that workshop to come.

Line to Color Workshop

Sketch geek heaven! That's how I'd describe last weekend's Line to Color Workshop with Gail Wong and Frank Ching. It started in Ballard amidst the throngs gathered to celebrate Norway Day. The streets that were cleared for the parade served as a perfect spot for Frank to give some basic instruction and a demo... until we got pushed to the side. Undaunted we carried on. Her's a few of my sketches from the different locations. 

Ballard Livery and Transfer

Freemont Statue of Lenin

Gasworks Park

Pike Place Market

a few more on my personal blog

Line to Color Workshops

Frank talking about horizon line

Frank Ching and I just finished two workshops. A one day workshop in Mount Vernon and a two day workshop in Seattle. Both were great experiences. Between the two workshops we had people from all parts of Washington state, Vancouver, B.C., Denver, Wyoming, Oregon, Illinois and California.  We immediately realized after the first workshop in Mount Vernon that we had too much material to cover effectively in a day, and even a 2 day workshop would not be enough time, but it was too late to change it. We've learned a lot from both experiences and will continue to fine tune it. Thanks to Frank for teaching this with me. It was great and I always learn a lot from him. Thanks to all the participants, both were great groups to work with. Mount Vernon participants' comments were so helpful in modifying the workshop for Seattle. I am already thinking of how we revise this workshop as I read the comments from the Seattle participants. Photos from both.