Sunday, October 16, 2011

Sketch of the Week: Descanso Gardens

For 33rd Worldwide Sketchcrawl, Los Angeles group went to Descanso Gardens. The day was the perfect combination of summer and autumn, with warm air and long shadows. I also met my fellow Los Angeles Urban Sketcher, Virginia Hein, for the first time!

These sketches fits this week's Illustration Friday theme, "scattered", because sunlight was dappling through the leaves. I played more with dabs of color and negative spaces in my painting to emphasize the patterns created by light and shadow.



A curious boy peering into the pond at the café near the entrance to the gardens. Amid all the green, an orange pumpkin placed in the background to celebrate Halloween really popped against the background.
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5 comments:

  1. neiko ng12:32 PM

    beautiful sketches!

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  2. Linda Hensley9:14 AM

    Nice sketches!

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  3. Shiho Nakaza12:31 AM

    Thank you for liking them, everyone!

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  4. Happy2:17 AM

    Hi Shiho!

    I borrowed your illustration Pretend (the sheep and the wolf) to a short note on my private blog on http://happyontheway.blogspot.com (in Swedish) and linked back to you. Beautiful illustrations. I hope that was ok (if not, let me know and I remove it).

    Best regards,
    Happy

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  5. Shiho Nakaza9:15 PM

    Hi Happy,

    Sure, you can borrow "Pretend", thanks for posting the link back to my site!

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