Bookstore and BART 7/13/2010

Happy Friday, Bloggers!  Well, here's the last part of my batch of sketches I did while showing my sister around SanFrancisco.  These were done at the Borders Bookstore in San Francisco and on the subway BART station on the way home to Berkeley:

Have a great weekend everyone, and keep on drawing!

Blue Bottle Coffee and Ghirardelli Square 7/13/2010

Hey Bloggers!  Here's more drawings from my sketchbook while I was showing my sister and her fiance around San Francisco.  I'm an avid coffee lover and lucky enough to be able to drink Blue Bottle Coffee which I consider to be some of the best coffee I've ever had.   

They have a fancy Japanese siphon that looks like something out of a crazy steam-punk movie:
The Bella Donovan is a great default brew if you're not sure what to get...
Later that day we made our way to Ghirhardelli square and had some chocolate shakes.  I drew the locals and even a lamp post or two:)

Monterey, Napa 7/12/2010

Hey everyone!  Here's another batch of sketches I did while I was out and about with my sister in the Bay Area.  As you saw from my previous post, we drove down to Monterey to see the aquarium and proceeded down the pacific coast highway to see the sights.  Later that night, we had dinner at 'Roy's" in Pebble Beach.  Here's some sketches I did of the patrons while we waited for our food:

Well, the food finally came and so I had to stop drawing.  I mean, who could resist this:  Blackened Tuna....YUM!

The next day took us to Napa where we enjoyed some sun, and wine....Here are some people I sketched while relaxing at Sterling Vineyards:
You really don't need wine to enjoy this view.  But it certainly doesn't hurt:)

Stay tuned this Friday for sketches at Blue Bottle Coffee in San Francisco!

DeYoung Museum and Monterey Bay Aquarium 7/07/2010

Hey Bloggers!  Thanks for bearing with my lack of posts lately.  My sister and her fiance came into town for a week so I was dashing about the Bay Area showing them around.  Anyway, you didn't think I'd leave my sketchbook behind did you?!  This first page was from the DeYoung Museum:

This next set was from the Monterey Bay Aquarium.  The had some wonderful exhibits with all sorts of interesting looking fish.

...Some penguins

...an egret was also at the aquarium:
This picture was taken a few blocks away outside of the Aquarium.  An amazing day indeed!