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deliberate sketching thinking about my sketches and paintings deliberate sketching thinking about my sketches and paintings skip to content home about this blog my goals about me older posts along the trail posted on april 27 2026 by sarah sullivan we camped at william heise county park near julian and spent the afternoon painting as i watched the occasional hiker pass across the meadow i was tempted to abandon this painting and hike this trail myself share this email a link to a friend opens in new window email share on pinterest opens in new window pinterest share on facebook opens in new window facebook print opens in new window print like loading posted in landscape plein air tagged gouache hiking plein air william heise county park 3 comments tropical nights posted on march 29 2026 by sarah sullivan there is something magical about palm trees and a night sky share this email a link to a friend opens in new window email share on pinterest opens in new window pinterest share on facebook opens in new window facebook print opens in new window print like loading posted in landscape uncategorized tagged gouache night sky palm trees leave a comment a building and a bird posted on march 18 2026 by sarah sullivan the artist who set up for our weekly tuesday night art group had several photos of apartment buildings with laundry i liked how cheerfully individualized each apartment seemed in the photo reference i used and i tried to convey that feeling in my painting i used acrylic markers to draw the structure then went back with gouache to paint the sky and parts of the building i added the bird telephone pole and foliage for the fun of it share this email a link to a friend opens in new window email share on pinterest opens in new window pinterest share on facebook opens in new window facebook print opens in new window print like loading posted in telling a story tagged abstract acrylic gesture gouache 1 comment saturday morning at miramar reservoir posted on march 15 2026 by sarah sullivan yesterday a wonderful local artist jami wright gave a demonstration at our san diego watercolor society s monthly paintout she showed us how to use a variety of tools sponges scrapers brushers and materials salt mediums splatter and sprays to increase the feeling of texture in a painting i had a lot of fun using these in this plein air painting of miramar reservoir this is a 13 x 13 inch gouache plein air painting on dark paper share this email a link to a friend opens in new window email share on pinterest opens in new window pinterest share on facebook opens in new window facebook print opens in new window print like loading posted in plein air telling a story tagged black bristol paper california gouache landscape plein air san diego 4 comments game point posted on march 7 2026 by sarah sullivan i sketched the two figures at the wednesday figure drawing session and then later added the background i did these during the warm up and had several two minute gouache sketches of the same model on the same dark surface these two figures stood out as special because the way they overlapped suggested a connection between them and they both seemed to show a bit of anxiety that i could build on in a more polished painting the model was barefoot and when i was looking for a setting that made sense i remembered some sketches i had done of beach volleyball which i used as a reference because of the tension in their poses i titled this game point share this email a link to a friend opens in new window email share on pinterest opens in new window pinterest share on facebook opens in new window facebook print opens in new window print like loading posted in body language figures tagged gouache san diego 1 comment birders at santee lakes posted on march 5 2026 by sarah sullivan i stood with plein air painters on one side of the lake while a group of birders meandered along the other side it was good that i began the painting with the birder in white and the strong reflections in the lake because the reflections like the birders came and went this is a 13 by 13 inch gouache painting on dark paper share this email a link to a friend opens in new window email share on pinterest opens in new window pinterest share on facebook opens in new window facebook print opens in new window print like loading posted in plein air telling a story tagged gouache plein air santee lakes 7 comments a california driveway posted on february 25 2026 by sarah sullivan a friend who has a lifelong love of volkswagen vehicles had a few of us over to paint she parked several out on the driveway and we had a fun few hours painting on a perfect southern california spring day share this email a link to a friend opens in new window email share on pinterest opens in new window pinterest share on facebook opens in new window facebook print opens in new window print like loading posted in plein air telling a story tagged black bristol paper california gouache san 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