What Happened to Summer?

I was doing some computer file maintenance and discovered some sketches from a spring vacation to California. What happened to summer? I don't even know what happened to spring! The first sketch looks like fall at the Getty Center in Los Angeles. It was actually done in April but that's how the colors looked to me. The second was done later in the week in San Francisco. Vermeer is one of my all time favorites and I was thrilled to catch this exhibit!

If you're going to San Francisco...

Never mind the flowers in your hair!  (Yes, I'm dating myself...)

I just added info on the 1st West Coast Urban Sketchers Sketchcrawl to our sidebar--if you can't go to Barcelona this summer, you might want to thing about going to SF instead!  Lots of good people involved...

(and NO idea why it's highlighted white)

This from Jim Bumgarner, event organizer:

July 12 - 14, 2013, this event will offer any and all urban sketchers throughout the world, who for whatever reasons, were not able to attend the Barcelona Symposium, a chance to meet new people, and to enjoy group sketching and socializing in the fabulous San Francisco Bay Area, located on the West Coast of the United States.

No fees or workshops, the event is designed for meeting with new people and friends, and sketching all day on Saturday, the "40th World Wide Sketchcrawl," in the city where Enrico Casarosa gave birth to the "World Wide Sketchcrawl," San Francisco.

And Many More

We just got back from a quick trip to San Francisco where we celebrated my grandson's and son's birthdays with robots and lighthouses –  different days, same month. It was a great time but all too short. Not a lot of time for sketching but I did manage a few.