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Back in the library for “Woman with wool cap and sweater, glasses, and mask, at a computer. “
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#stolenportait
#sfart
#drawing
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#quicksketches #drawing #portrait #workspaceartists
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#sfartist #sanfrancisco #sfwomenartists #sanfranciscoartist #sanfranciscoart #sanfranciscoartists #sanfranciso
An escape to Inverness and Pt Reyes for watercolor-pencil drawings, photos, and lots of beautiful walks an amazing nature.
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#sfart
#drawing
#workspaceartists
#watercolorpencil
#invernesscalifornia #ptreyesnationalseashore #ptreyes
Beauty in aging is inspirational. Sitting across from her at an outdoor party I had a little longer for this drawing. It felt as if I was using my red crayon to uncover the drawing already in the paper.
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#beautyinaging
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#drawing #portrait #workspaceartists
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#sfartist #sanfrancisco #sfwomenartists #sanfranciscoartist #sanfranciscoart #sanfranciscoartists #sanfranciso
Tiers on a bus: father and daughter below, masked woman in hat above.
#stolenportait
#sfart
#drawing #fatherdaughtermoment
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#womaninhat #sfmuniart #sfmuni
#calligraphypen
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#inkdrawings #scribbledrawing #inkdraw #quicksketches #drawing #portrait #workspaceartists
Rediscovered my magic sanguine “crayon” to draw SFGiants fan on the way to a game drawn on a recent bus ride.
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#stolenportait #sfgiantsfan
#sfart
#drawing
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#quicksketches #drawing #portrait #workspaceartists
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#sfartist #sanfrancisco #sfwomenartists #sanfranciscoartist #sanfranciscoart #sanfranciscoartists #sanfranciso
Long chin whiskers and mustache, no hair on top, and glasses (quick bus sketch).
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#stolenportait
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#drawing
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#sfartist #sanfrancisco #sfwomenartists #sanfranciscoartist #sanfranciscoart #sanfranciscoartists #sanfranciso
#watercolorpencil
#sfartist #sanfrancisco #sfwomenartists #sanfranciscoartist #sanfranciscoart #sanfranciscoartists #sanfranciso #womenartists
#drawingadaychallenge
Sunday Scottish tribute day sketches with the Golden Gate Park Band.
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#stolenportait
#sfart
#drawing
#goldengateparkband
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#inkdrawings #scribbledrawing #inkdraw #quicksketches #drawing #portrait #workspaceartists
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#sfartist #sanfrancisco #sfwomenartists #sanfranciscoartist #sanfranciscoart #sanfranciscoartists #sanfranciso
If you mask on transit (I do!)— it only works if covering nose and mouth…
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#stolenportait
#sfart
#drawing
#masks4all
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#inkdrawings #scribbledrawing #inkdraw #quicksketches #drawing #portrait #workspaceartists
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#sfartist #sanfrancisco #sfwomenartists #sanfranciscoartist #sanfranciscoart #sanfranciscoartists #sanfranciso
Man with top knot and mask a recent bus ride.
#stolenportait #topknot
#sfart
#watercolorpencil
#drawing
#workspaceartists
2 sketches of young woman in headscarf at outdoor cafe in SantaCruz. BTW— the chickpea/cauliflower dish @laili_sc may be best vegetarian dish ever.
#stolenportait #headscarf
#sfart
#drawing
#workspaceartists
Man with hat man-spreading on the bus.
#stolenportait #manspreading
#sfart
#drawing
#workspaceartists
Beautiful young woman in hoodie and mask with star between her brows, long flowing braids, and beads in her hair and around her neck.
#stolenportait
#sfart
#drawing
#workspaceartists
Profile of man taking a cat nap on the bus.
#stolenportait #catnapping
#sfart
#drawing
#workspaceartists
Young woman with topknot in my local library—great place to get in that daily sketch!
#stolenportait
#sfart
#drawing
#sfpl
#workspaceartists
Masked woman reading on the bus today.
#stolenportait
#sfart
#drawing
#workspaceartists
Teen at the library with fab pigtails.
#stolenportait
#sfart
#drawing
#workspaceartists
#calligraphypen
#sfpl
Man in the library doing research. When I’ve not gotten a sketch in yet I’ll often now go to the local library —open seven days a week for all!
#stolenportait
#sfart
#watercolorpencil
#sfpl @sfpubliclibrary #drawing
Woman at outdoor cafe with crossbody bag and coat on her chair.
#stolenportait
#calligraphypen
#sfart #drawing
Woman with cowl neck and glasses at the library in purple water-color pencil.
#stolenportait
#watercolorpencil
#drawing #workspaceartists #sfart
Back to the colored pencils for woman with mouse-ear hairdo and mask on Bart.
#sfart #sfbart
#stolenportait #drawing
I’m guessing she was a designer or architect—wearing yellow, spotted faux fur, and working on a laptop at an outdoor café table.
#sfart #sfbart
#stolenportait
#calligraphypen #drawing
Masked couple waiting for the next train.
#sfart #sfbart
#stolenportait
#calligraphypen #drawing
“Long hair, backpack, and leggings” in just a few calligraphic lines before the train arrived.
#sfart
#stolenportait
#calligraphypen #drawing
Today’s 3 calligraphic pen drawings on transit to and from my studio.
#sfart
#stolenportait
#calligraphypen #drawing
Profile of woman with blue rose in her headband.
#sfart
#stolenportait #bluerose #sfmuniart #drawing
“Spaghetti and kuri squashes” watercolor pencil drawing emerged out of a week with the flu. Hoping 2023 will be healthy and better in all ways!
#spaghettisquash #kurisquash #watercolorpencil #sfart #drawing
Quick calligraphic ink sketch of a young pregnant woman on the bus.
#stolenportait #maskedrider #sfmuni #sfart #drawing
3 sketches of a fellow rider on a longer bus ride.
#stolenportait #sfart #drawing
“Man in Nepalese cap and glasses” I tried to capture key details in the few seconds I had. #sfart
<1 minute to sketch “Young man with cascading locs, backpack, skateboard, and phone” between stops on the BART subway—with calligraphic pen. #sfart #drawing
Pouting teen in knit cap bus sketch.
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#stolenportait #sfmuniart #sfmuni #sfart #drawing
Calligraphic sketch of Woman sitting on a concrete cube in the park (coat tied around her waist).
#stolenportraits #concretecube #sfart #drawing
I thought I was taking a night picture of the spooky moon but instead I captured a magical world…
Here’s the process peek of colorful Delicata squashes drawn with colored pencils.
#delicatasquash
#watercolorpencil
#drawing #workspaceartists #sfart
Delicata squashes were so colorful I had to sketch them with colored pencils. I’m trying to get a stop action to post… will do when I figure out the issue…
#delicatasquash #sfart
#watercolorpencil
#drawing
Bus sketch of man with Glasses, mask, and no hair.
#stolenportraits #sfart
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I didn’t get to meet this cowboy leaning on a rail before he left our neighbors’ garden party.
#cowboyhat #stolenportrait #sfart
Profile of woman on the next park bench. #sfart
Super quick man with backpack and hat leaning against a subway wall.
#stolenportraits
#sfbart #subwaydrawing
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#calligraphypen #inkdrawings #scribbledrawing #inkdraw #quicksketches #drawing #portrait #workspaceartists
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#sfartist #sfart #sanfrancisco #drawing #sfwomenartists #sanfranciscoartist #sanfranciscoart #sanfranciscoartists #sanfranciso #womenartists
#drawingadaychallenge @deusen7989
Masked woman in Mickey and Minnie Mouse shirt on a recent bus ride.
#minnieandmickey #stolenportrait
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#calligraphypen #inkdrawings #scribbledrawing #inkdraw #quicksketches #drawing #portrait #workspaceartists
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#sfartist #sfart #sanfrancisco #drawing #sfwomenartists #sanfranciscoartist #sanfranciscoart #sanfranciscoartists #sanfranciso #womenartists
#drawingadaychallenge @deusen7989
#masks4all
“ Masked woman tucking her foot under her shopping cart” —I sometimes have a bit more time for detail on longer transit rides.
#stolenportraits #shoppingcart
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#calligraphypen #inkdrawings #scribbledrawing #inkdraw #quicksketches #drawing #portrait #workspaceartists
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#sfartist #sfart #sanfrancisco #drawing #sfwomenartists #sanfranciscoartist #sanfranciscoart #sanfranciscoartists #sanfranciso #womenartists
#drawingadaychallenge @deusen7989
#masks4all
Little wiggly dog waiting for the next train.
#dogsketch #calligraphypen
#dogsketches
#stolenportraits #sfbart
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#inkdrawings #scribbledrawing #inkdraw #quicksketches #drawing #portrait #workspaceartists
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#sfartist #sfart #sanfrancisco #drawing #sfwomenartists #sanfranciscoartist #sanfranciscoart #sanfranciscoartists #sanfranciso #womenartists
#drawingadaychallenge @deusen7989
Hot mess or “happy accident”? Scribbling out unfinished drawings of people who left the subway car, were made into the next people… sketched while riding the BART to the studio from dentist downtown.
#stolenportraits #bartsketch #subwaysketch
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#calligraphypen #inkdrawings #scribbledrawing #inkdraw #quicksketches #drawing #portrait #workspaceartists
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#sfartist #sfart #sanfrancisco #drawing #sfwomenartists #sanfranciscoartist #sanfranciscoart #sanfranciscoartists #sanfranciso #womenartists
#drawingadaychallenge @deusen7989
“Woman with hat in front of a redwood tree” and a few of the other quick ink sketches at the Flower Piano music happening in the San Francisco Botanical Garden.
#stolenportraits #flowerpiano #sfbotanicalgarden #redwoodtree #gardensketch
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#calligraphypen #inkdrawings #scribbledrawing #inkdraw #quicksketches #drawing #portrait #workspaceartists
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#sfartist #sfart #sanfrancisco #drawing #sfwomenartists #sanfranciscoartist #sanfranciscoart #sanfranciscoartists #sanfranciso #womenartists
#drawingadaychallenge @deusen7989
“Man w/ backwards baseball cap, mask, and backpack on BART platform” 1 minute sketch with a calligraphic pen running out of ink.
#stolenportraits
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#subwaysketch #subwayplatform #sfbart
#calligraphypen #inkdrawings #scribbledrawing #inkdraw #quicksketches #drawing #portrait #workspaceartists
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#sfartist #sfart #sanfrancisco #drawing #sfwomenartists #sanfranciscoartist #sanfranciscoart #sanfranciscoartists #sanfranciso #womenartists
#drawingadaychallenge @deusen7989
#masks4all
Ink sketch of older dude with his bike in cafe parklet.
@pinholecoffee
#stolenportraits
#bikedrawing #bikesketch
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#inkdrawings #scribbledrawing #inkdraw #quicksketches #drawing #portrait #workspaceartists
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#sfartist #sfart #sanfrancisco #drawing #sfwomenartists #sanfranciscoartist #sanfranciscoart #sanfranciscoartists #sanfranciso #womenartists
#drawingadaychallenge @deusen7989
1 minute ink sketch of young man with backwards cap, glasses, iPhone, and mask on a short bus ride tonight.
#stolenportraits #masks4all
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#calligraphypen #inkdrawings #scribbledrawing #inkdraw #quicksketches #drawing #portrait #workspaceartists
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#sfartist #sfart #sanfrancisco #drawing #sfwomenartists #sanfranciscoartist #sanfranciscoart #sanfranciscoartists #sanfranciso #womenartists
#drawingadaychallenge @deusen7989
Ink sketches of a pair of older dudes (probably my age!) talking in an outdoor café today.
#stolenportraits #masks4all
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#calligraphypen #inkdrawings #scribbledrawing #inkdraw #quicksketches #drawing #portrait #workspaceartists
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#sfartist #sfart #sanfrancisco #drawing #sfwomenartists #sanfranciscoartist #sanfranciscoart #sanfranciscoartists #sanfranciso #womenartists
#drawingadaychallenge @deusen7989
Some of today’s stolen portrait ink sketches on transit and in outdoor cafés—one of those rare, soft, mild days in San Francisco summer with no cold wind or fog.
#stolenportraits #masks4all
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#calligraphypen #inkdrawings #scribbledrawing #inkdraw #quicksketches #drawing #portrait #workspaceartists
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#sfartist #sfart #sanfrancisco #drawing #sfwomenartists #sanfranciscoartist #sanfranciscoart #sanfranciscoartists #sanfranciso #womenartists
#drawingadaychallenge @deusen7989
Ink sketches of a young masked woman with lovely, long, black curly hair—first waiting for, then on the bus.
#stolenportraits #masks4all
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#calligraphypen #inkdrawings #scribbledrawing #inkdraw #quicksketches #drawing #portrait #workspaceartists
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#sfartist #sfart #sanfrancisco #drawing #sfwomenartists #sanfranciscoartist #sanfranciscoart #sanfranciscoartists #sanfranciso #womenartists
#drawingadaychallenge @deusen7989
It’s summer In San Francisco: “Man in wool cap, hooded coat, mask, holding his phone” quick ink portrait.
#stolenportraits #masks4all
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#inkdrawings #scribbledrawing #inkdraw #quicksketches #drawing #portrait #workspaceartists
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#sfartist #sfart #sanfrancisco #drawing #sfwomenartists #sanfranciscoartist #sanfranciscoart #sanfranciscoartists #sanfranciso #womenartists
#drawingadaychallenge @deusen7989
Ink bus portrait of young man in knit hat, hoodie and mask.
#stolenportraits #masks4all
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#inkdrawings #scribbledrawing #inkdraw #quicksketches #drawing #portrait #workspaceartists
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#sfartist #sfart #sanfrancisco #drawing #sfwomenartists #sanfranciscoartist #sanfranciscoart #sanfranciscoartists #sanfranciso #womenartists
#drawingadaychallenge @deusen7989
SOLD and in transit to a collector who purchased it at the Breast Cancer Action “Drawing the Connections” Auction.
The work is a uniquely imperfect transfer/monoprint of “The Supreme Court Stopped Big Pharma from Patenting My DNA, page 9” —BCA is an activist non-profit advocating for environmental and social-justice centered on surrounding breast cancer.
@bcaction
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#traditionalanddigital #collage #digitalart #dna #geneticsurveillance #bigpharma #medicalprivacy #sfartist #sfart #sanfrancisco #drawing @artspansf #fabricart #fabricartist #digitaloriginal #workspaceartists #sanfranciscoartist #sanfranciscoart #sanfranciscoartists #traditionalanddigital #collage #digitalart #workspaceartists #sfartist #sfart #sanfrancisco #drawing #sfwomenartists #womenartists #breastcancer #breastcanceraction #breastcanceractivism #drawingtheconnections #art #artist #activism #socialjustice #bcaction
’Twas super cool to see my drawing in the DeYoung Museum’s digital display for “Pictures of People” exhibit! (“Man in Ninja Turtle hat, Black Sabbath shirt, beard, and glasses,” watercolor pencil transit drawing.).
#picturesofpeople #peoplecomefirst #aliceneel
#sfmoma
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#watercolorpencil
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#ninjaturtle #blacksabbath #muni #sf #sfart #sketch #drawing #sketchbook #portrait #sanfrancisco #bussketch @artspansf #watercolorpencil #bussketch
#munidiaries #sfmuni #sfmuniart #24bus
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#sfartist #sfart #sanfrancisco #drawing #sfwomenartists #sanfranciscoartist #sanfranciscoart #sanfranciscoartists #sanfranciso #womenartists
#drawingadaychallenge @deusen7989
My drawing in the DeYoung Museum’s open invitational inspired by the Alice Neel show—heading there to see if I can spot it in the display at the museum (“Man in Ninja Turtle hat, Black Sabbath shirt, beard, and glasses,” watercolor pencil transit drawing).
To search for my piece and see all the drawings submitted: https://picturesofpeople.art all.org/pages/webgallery
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#picturesofpeople #peoplecomefirst #aliceneel
#sfmoma
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#ninjaturtle #blacksabbath #muni #sf #sfart #sketch #drawing #sketchbook #portrait #sanfrancisco #bussketch @artspansf #watercolorpencil #bussketch
#munidiaries #sfmuni #sfmuniart #24bus
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#sfartist #sfart #sanfrancisco #drawing #sfwomenartists #sanfranciscoartist #sanfranciscoart #sanfranciscoartists #sanfranciso #womenartists
#drawingadaychallenge @deusen7989
Scribbly drawing of a woman in a sun hat and dress sitting at a picnic table.
#stolenportraits #sunhat #sundress
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#calligraphypen #inkdrawings #scribbledrawing #inkdraw #quicksketches #drawing #portrait #workspaceartists
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#sfartist #sfart #sanfrancisco #drawing #sfwomenartists #sanfranciscoartist #sanfranciscoart #sanfranciscoartists #sanfranciso #womenartists
#drawingadaychallenge @deusen7989
“Tuscan” fountain in watercolor pencil— in a motel about an hour out of the city. It was 102 degrees there when San Francisco was 60’s!
#waterfountain
#watercolorpencil
#drawing #workspaceartists
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#sfartist #sfart #sanfrancisco #drawing #sfwomenartists #sanfranciscoartist #sanfranciscoart #sanfranciscoartists #sanfranciso #womenartists
#drawingadaychallenge @deusen7989
Man with big stash and shades at outdoor cafe.
#bigmoustache
#stolenportraits
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#calligraphypen #inkdrawings #scribbledrawing #inkdraw #quicksketches #drawing #portrait #workspaceartists
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#sfartist #sfart #sanfrancisco #drawing #sfwomenartists #sanfranciscoartist #sanfranciscoart #sanfranciscoartists #sanfranciso #womenartists
#drawingadaychallenge @deusen7989
The dog definitely caught me sketching. I was wishing the guy wore a mask as I leaned my head towards the open window—like a dog.
#dogdrawing
#stolenportraits #masks4all
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#calligraphypen #inkdrawings #scribbledrawing #inkdraw #quicksketches #drawing #portrait #workspaceartists
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#sfartist #sfart #sanfrancisco #drawing #sfwomenartists #sanfranciscoartist #sanfranciscoart #sanfranciscoartists #sanfranciso #womenartists
#drawingadaychallenge @deusen7989
Jeff incognito on BART heading downtown. Though if you know him, you’ll recognize him here!
#stolenportraits #masks4all
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#calligraphypen #inkdrawings #scribbledrawing #inkdraw #quicksketches #drawing #portrait #workspaceartists
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#sfartist #sfart #sanfrancisco #drawing #sfwomenartists #sanfranciscoartist #sanfranciscoart #sanfranciscoartists #sanfranciso #womenartists
#drawingadaychallenge @deusen7989
Drawing of a well-masked woman with John Lennon glasses, reading an actual book!
#johnlennonglasses #masks4all
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#calligraphypen #inkdrawings #scribbledrawing #inkdraw #quicksketches #drawing #portrait #workspaceartists
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#sfartist #sfart #sanfrancisco #drawing #sfwomenartists #sanfranciscoartist #sanfranciscoart #sanfranciscoartists #sanfranciso #womenartists
#drawingadaychallenge @deusen7989
Scribbly bus sketch of badly-masked man in profile with cap, glasses, and protruding paunch.
#stolenportraits #masks4all
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#calligraphypen #inkdrawings #scribbledrawing #inkdraw #quicksketches #drawing #portrait #workspaceartists
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#sfartist #sfart #sanfrancisco #drawing #sfwomenartists #sanfranciscoartist #sanfranciscoart #sanfranciscoartists #sanfranciso #womenartists
#drawingadaychallenge @deusen7989
Sketched my bus driver from his rear view mirror —I was solo rider, at the open window— almost a full bus-length away from his unmasked face.
#masking
#stolenportraits #masks4all
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#calligraphypen #inkdrawings #scribbledrawing #inkdraw #quicksketches #drawing #portrait #workspaceartists
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#sfartist #sfart #sanfrancisco #drawing #sfwomenartists #sanfranciscoartist #sanfranciscoart #sanfranciscoartists #sanfranciso #womenartists
#drawingadaychallenge @deusen7989
Big fish little duck in the shower soap dish sat still quite well.
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#littleduck
#watercolorpencil
#drawing #workspaceartists
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#sfartist #sfart #sanfrancisco #drawing #sfwomenartists #sanfranciscoartist #sanfranciscoart #sanfranciscoartists #sanfranciso #womenartists
#drawingadaychallenge @deusen7989
Two women on the bus—one still needs help understandingbhow masks work.
#stolenportraits #masks4all #urbansketching #muni #masks
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#calligraphypen #inkdrawings #scribbledrawing #inkdraw #quicksketches #drawing #portrait #workspaceartists
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#sfartist #sfart #sanfrancisco #drawing #sfwomenartists #sanfranciscoartist #sanfranciscoart #sanfranciscoartists #sanfranciso #womenartists
#drawingadaychallenge @deusen7989
My first time lapse drawing session! Another watercolor pencil drawing of Indonesian kitty—this is stage 1–the base drawing.
(NOTE: I hate how Instagram cropped this after I ok’d it—in cropped on Facebook.com/SharonSteuer )
#timelapsevideo
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#kittydrawing #kittyart #timelapseartwork
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#womenartists #drawing #watercolorpencil #workspaceartists #sfartist #sfart #sanfrancisco #drawing #sfwomenartists #sanfranciscoartist #sanfranciscoart #sanfranciscoartists #sanfranciso
@deusen7989