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Wow, a lot of great work here by everyone. It's good to be in such company. Here's Portsmouth square at the start of the day. http://www.clairebcotts.com/sc22_01b.jpg On Grant St, I noticed they were getting ready for a lion dance celebration. Here are two of the lion heads before the dancers put th...

Great weather again. My buddy Justin and I sketched on Haight St. Here's a sleeping man and his snapple, and a double exposure of the buildings across the way. We left some money in one of his bags for his trouble. http://www.clairebcotts.com/sc21_1.jpg The hippy fiddler was accompanied by her boyfr...

What a great day for a sketchcrawl! Lots of nice work posted. I like seeing different points of view on the same subjects. Here's the view outside of Que Tal. http://www.clairebcotts.com/sc20_01.jpg Justin, Jason C., and Larry, and I headed up 24th St. and happened upon the Noe Valley Harvest Festiv...

I got there much later than I wanted to. I saw Enrico on his way out of the fort as I was on my way in and didn't know what he was talking about it being cold and all until I sat down to draw. Here is the lighthouse looking like a Victorian lunar landing module beneath that spectacular arch of the G...

Hi Tom. Nice work on the cathedral, and I like your blog. Is that man fencing with his umbrella or merely pointing?

Nice work, Pete. You're making me nostalgic for my home town. I have no idea who the red folks in the park were either, but I've seen some pretty strange things there myself. Glad you were there to catch it!

Here is the record of my muni adventure trying to get to Ghirardelli Square, and some sketches from when I finally got there. The turtle is part of the mermaid fountain but Ronnie thinks it looks like Gamera rising out of the ocean to trample Tokyo. http://clairebcotts.com/sc18_01d.jpg I love old sh...

let's try it like this, then. I hope the images come through.

Hi everyone. I finally got around to scanning these in. Lanterns over the street http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2278/2219809768_50ed14778f.jpg Card players in the plaza http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2306/2219017485_80db8fb9ff.jpg the ubiquitous lamppost http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2403/221980978...

Sorry I'm so late to post. I usually crawl with the sf bay area crowd, but this time I was is Oaxaca Mexico. I started out by the church of Nuestra Senora de Soledad. Services were going on inside. http://www.clairebcotts.com/oaxaca05.jpg A couple of kids who came over to watch me draw stood for a m...

Here are mine. You can't really see much of the sf jug band festival from this angle (they're there, performing behind the potted tree) so you'll just have to imagine the strains of "richland women blues" filling the plaza here. http://www.clairebcotts.com/sc15_01a.jpg Here are three views...

I had a great time. The best part of the day for me was in Chinatown. My buddy and I sketched scenes through the shop windows and attracted some attention from the passers by and the shopkeepers who kept taking turns to come out and watch us, smiling and expressing approval. These fish were actually...

These are beautiful.
I'm glad you've come back to drawing. Please make more.

I started out at the life sciences building. Here is the t. rex as seen from the balcony. http://www.clairebcotts.com/gary1.jpg This little guy was suspended overhead. I drew him twice. http://www.clairebcotts.com/gary2.jpg This bust is on the south side of the campanile where we met up at 2:00. It'...