Saturday, September 26, 2015

Cafe Sketching...

...the perfect thing to do on hot summer days around Los Angeles!
From August and September...


Quick sketching with ink and watercolor on a Saturday morning at a bakery in La Canada, in the hills above Los Angeles...the bicyclists have already had their ride and the shoppers are just getting started...

...afternoon coffee at Lamill, an elegant little bistro in the Silver Lake neighborhood of Los Angeles...

More leisurely sketching with pencil, watercolor and gouache on tan paper...Blue Bottle Coffee had just opened, but was already attracting a crowd in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Echo Park...
A morning sketch over breakfast at the Highland Cafe in the northeast Los Angeles neighborhood of Highland Park.  The lady on the phone stopped briefly in front of me as I sketched...
...and back at Lamill, this time enjoying the street-side view of Silver Lake...the business of the week is discussed on a Saturday afternoon...

5 comments:

  1. Enjoyed your last 2 posts. Always interesting to see sketches of places I'm familiar with & you do a wonderful job.
    Thank you for sharing

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  2. Thanks very much, Marie, I really appreciate that!

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  3. Hi, just wondering if you have any new sketches to share. Always looking for more inspiration.

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  4. Hi Marie, I have been very behind in updating this blog, and I so appreciate your kind message!

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  5. Hello, Virginia. I've been following your blog for quite a while and we were wondering if I could use your "Silverlake" sketchwork as a decoration element for a restaurant in Surabaya. I had an idea to make a mozaic artwork of the said work and it would have your copyright. Let us know what you think. Thank you!

    If you'd like to discuss more about this, you could reach me by my email michaelliansyah@yahoo.co.id

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