Old Los Angeles

...is not an oxymoron!  As a native, I love rediscovering the places that are really Los Angeles history...so, starting with Olvera Street, the oldest street in Los Angeles, and the original center of El Pueblo de Los Angeles...

 Olverita's...

...and across Cesar Chavez Ave. is the old Terminal Annex building...

Pasadena

I've had a studio in old town Pasadena, California for many years...here are sketches around the neighborhood...

Views from my studio fire escape...

The Green Hotel...

 

 ...and views of old town...

A bit further east, and heading into nearby San Marino...

The Chinese Garden

...the "Garden of Flowing Fragrance" at Huntington Gardens, is a favorite location of mine...built around a man-made lake, in fact it's the most designed garden I've ever seen...with Chinese stone bridges and pavilions, and to me the most interesting feature, the elegantly weathered rocks around the lake from China's Lake Tai.

in spring... 

summer, fall and winter...

and celebrating Chinese New Year...

Drawing at Huntington Gardens

A favorite location that I keep returning to is nearby Huntington Gardens.  It constantly changes with the seasons...

 Dionysus and the original Huntington Gallery...

Diana
in her temple..

More High Speed Sketching...

A continuing favorite subject...high speed sketching on the road, as a passenger, that is!
Always a challenge to see how much can be caught in the moment...