Urban Sketching

Sketching around the SF Bay Area and on travels with ink and watercolor is an endless source of fun! Click image to see enlarged view, click again to see full size.

View of Ferry Building from Atop Hyatt Regency, San Francisco
Teddy Bear Fountain, Berkeley, ink & watercolor, 8x11"
El Volado the Mexican Bus, ink & watercolor, 8x11"
Full page in sketchbook
Marmot Mountain Works, Berkeley, Ink & watercolor, 8x5"
Same Pastime sketch before adding the dark in the windows
Happy Lunar New Year ink & watercolor sketch
Cable Car Turnaround, Drumm & Market
Cathy Sketching at Le Bateau Ivre, Sepia pen and watercolor, 8x5
John Deere & Porta John, Ink & watercolor sketch of tractor
Ink and watercolor illustration of bare fig tree
Pest Control at Pastime Hardware, ink & watercolor, 5x8". Sketch of artificial owls and other pest control devices
Coit Tower, from Levi Plaza.. SF Sketchcrawl 40, ink & watercolor 7x5"
Bethesda Fountain Angel, ink and watercolor, 7.5 x5.5 in
Don't Play With the Fountain, ink and watercolor
Teddy Bear Fountain, ink & watercolor on hot press paper, 6"x4"
Toot's Bar, Crockett, Close Up, Ink/watercolor, 8x5"
Brennan's Bar Decked Out for Xmas, ink & watercolor
Putting Up the Xmas Lights by the Park, Ink & watercolor, 7x5"
Matthew's New Old Car, ink & watercolor, 7x5"
Kitchen on Fire Tools, ink & watercolor, 7x5"
Burger Depot, Ink & watercolor, 5x7"
K-9 Unit, Paramedics and Fire Truck, ink & watercolor, 7x5"
Richmond Plunge (AKA Natatorium), ink & watercolor 5x7"
Sylvia Painting at Berkeley Marina, ink & watercolor
Middle East Market Teapot, Berkeley, ink & watercolor 5.5 x 7"
Kensington Circus Pub, ink & watercolor, 5x7"
Crocker Art Museum New Building, ink & watercolor
A La Folie, Undies on 4th Street, ink & watercolor
Alcatraz Liquor Deli, Berkeley; Ink & watercolor
Wienerschnitzel, El Cerrito, Ink & watercolor
Vine Street Produce Store Roof, ink & watercolor
Borges Ranch Barn, Ink & watercolor, 7x5"
"Packing bread," ink & watercolor & collage
  • Whole Foods Oakland, ink & watercolor, 5x7"
  • World Journal News Box at Clark Kerr Campus, ink and watercolor, 7x5x5.5 in
  • Cozy Evening at The Pub, ink & watercolor, 5x8"
  • The Taco Maker, ink & watercolor, 5x7"
  • Lake Chalet on Lake Merritt, Oakland. Ink & watercolor, 5x7.5"
  • Loring Cafe, Oakland, ink & watercolor, 8x10"
  • View from Oakland Museum Sculpture Garden, ink & watercolor, 8x10"
  • Bella Vita Window, Oakland, Ink & Watercolor
  • Hiller 1099 Helicopter and N45LE Plane. Ink and watercolor, 5x15.
  • P51 Mustang. Ink and watercolor, 5x15.
  • Benicia Waterfront Street Light, ink and watercolor,7x5"
  • Picante Mask Lights, ink & watercolor
  • Picante Cocina Mexicana's Mask Lights, Ink & watercolor
  • Urban Angel, ink & watercolor, 8x5"
  • Rodin Sculpture Garden Trees, Stanford, ink & watercolor
  • Tower Bridge over Sacramento River, ink & watercolor
  • Eagle Theater, ink & watercolor
  • Crockett Main Street, ink and watercolor, 10x8 in
  • Brooklyn Bridge and Ice Cream Shop, ink and watercolor, 7.5x5.5 in
  • Washington Square Park Arch and Fountain, ink and watercolor, 7.5 x 5 in
  • Central Park Conservatory Water, NY, ink and watercolor, 5x5"x7.5"
  • Elmwood Theater, Ink & Watercolor, 8x5"
  • Zach's Snacks on Berkeley's Northside, ink & watercolor sketch, 5x7"
  • Castle Rock Park and Mt. Diablo, Spring, 8x10"
  • Craneway Pavillion and Rosie the Riveter Museum, ink & watercolor, 8x10"
  • John Muir Home and Orchard, ink, watercolor & gouache, 8x10"
  • John Muir Landscape, ink, watercolor & gouache, 8x10"
  • Mother Earth on Earth Day in Healdsburg, ink & watercolor, 6.5x4"
  • Gazebo in Healdsburg Town Square, ink & watercolor, 5.5" x 6.5"
  • Codex Book Fair inside Craneway Pavillion, ink & watercolor, 5x8"
  • Poultry and Pork on the Hook at 99 Ranch Market, ink & watercolor, 5x8"
  • Waiting and Watching at Peets, ink, 5x8"
  • Brennan's Bar Backsides, ink & watercolor, 6x8"
  • Theater, ink & watercolor, 6x8"
  • Actual Cafe Espresso machine and counter, ink & watercolor, 6x8"
  • 1948 Chevy Decoto Fleetline, ink & watercolor, 5x8" (drawn on site, painted at home)
  • Hotsy Totsy Club at Sunset, ink & watercolor 5x8"
  • Hotsy Totsy interior, ink & watercolor, 5x5"
  • Ruth Bancroft Gardens Old Barn, ink & watercolor, 5x8"
  • View from Bull Valley Trail Staging Area, Crockett, ink & watercolor 5x8"
  • Saints Peter & Paul Church, viewed from Washington Square, Ink & watercolor, 8x5.5"
  • San Francisco Bay from Aquatic Park, ink & watercolor 16x5.5"
  • 1908 Train #112 Redwood Empire Route, ink & watercolor, 5x10"
  • Chicken Pot Pie Celebration, ink & watercolor, 5x8"