All Posts On: Berkeley

One Hundred Bottles of Wine on the Wall   February 8th, 2007


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I always enjoy spending time in my favorite tapas bar, César, in the heart of Berkeley’s “Gourmet Ghetto”. It’s a foodies dream; the food is divine and the drinks superb.

It’s always packed in the evenings, but afternoons are calm and quiet. It’s also a fun place to sketch; this is the same restaurant where I did the tapas sketches that ended up on my note cards.

This sketch shows just one of the many wood lined pantries behind the bar. The sketch is done on half of a spread in my (reloaded) Pocket Moleskine, so it’s a small one. It still required a full glass to wine to complete, however!

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A Winter Day   December 26th, 2006

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I made this sketch from my car this morning on Shattuck Avenue in North Berkeley. A storm was coming in, which is now pelting us with rain.

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Thai To Go   December 13th, 2006

A quick sketch while waiting for takeout at my favorite Thai restaurant, Cha-Am.

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SketchCrawl 12: Berkeley   December 9th, 2006

Today was SketchCrawl 12, a worldwide sketching event.

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I did some sketching around Berkeley in between errands. Started at my favorite fountain, decked out for the holidays. Then it started to rain so found a place to hide out in. The drawing did not come easily today, but the point of SketchCrawl is to do it anyway! And so, I did.
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Fire!   November 19th, 2006

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We live in the Berkeley Hills not far from the area of the devastating 1991 Firestorm; fire is a big concern. On September 27th this year we were awoken at 3:00am by the crackling and whooshing of a fire. The fire was huge, embers were raining down on our house and yard, and we prepared to evacuate. Luckily the firemen did come and got the fire under control, no one was hurt, and only one house was destroyed. It was a scary experience, though.

I drew the sketch from memory a few hours later. The next day, I found this photo online; they are amazingly close, I think!

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