Recent Posts Tagged With 'auburn'

• Auburn Victorian

  Posted on Sunday October 11th, 2009 at 09:25 in California, watercolor, ink, victorian, watercolour, auburn, banderas

  During a hot summer day at a plein air paint out, our group was up in Auburn, California, for our weekly outing. On one of the back streets of the town, we came across this totally redone Victorian home which is an office for attorneys. The detail is...

• Old Lines

  Posted on Saturday June 27th, 2009 at 10:00 in drawing, architecture, California, watercolor, ink, sketch, watercolour, auburn, banderas, wash

  Since I am in my old home town of Auburn at least once a week, I find it difficult to not stop to sketch this fascinating architecture at this old renovated hotel. It was once called the Auburn Hotel and now it is referred to as the Auburn Promenade ...

• Country Barn Two

  Posted on Monday February 23rd, 2009 at 10:30 in drawing, country, California, watercolor, sacramento, ink, watercolour, barn, auburn, banderas

  Country Barn Two is a repeat for this blog. I redid this from scratch (whatever scratch means--everyone uses that term so I am using it, too) and it is similar to a painting of a barn done previously. This was done as a demonstration for a class and...

• Old Town Panorama

  Posted on Thursday February 5th, 2009 at 09:00 in art, drawing, illustration, watercolor, etsy, ink, old, watercolour, auburn, banderas, city scene, califonia

  This view is across the wide street in lower Auburn, California, which shows the old firehouse, the post office, and some very old bars. Normally, there are many more cars on the road but my scene shows only parked ones. This part of town gets a lot...

• A New/Old Marquee

  Posted on Tuesday December 30th, 2008 at 10:20 in drawing, illustration, California, watercolor, ink, visual arts, watercolour, auburn, theaters, banderas, marquee, state theater

  The City of Auburn, California, reinstalled an exact replica of the old theater marquee as it was when I was a kid. The old marques began to come down many years ago. I sketched this during the past summer not long after it was installed. Now cities...

• Trees Still Dropping Leaves

  Posted on Tuesday December 9th, 2008 at 08:40 in drawing, Color, illustration, California, watercolor, trees, ink, thanksgiving, Autumn, leaves, watercolour, auburn

  I drew this while sitting on a comfy chair on a pleasant day before Thanksgiving in my mom's front yard. Surprisingly, there are still lots of leaves on these trees some of which are still very green. Seems like the leaves are staying on the trees l...

• No Hands Bridge

  Posted on Monday June 9th, 2008 at 09:10 in painting, drawing, watercolor, ink, bridge, watercolour, auburn, no hands, american river

  The no hands bridge is called that because at one time there were no guard rails for you to use for support. That's my explanation for it anyway.This historic bridge crosses the American River east of Auburn, California. The bridge was completed in ...

• Tsuda Grocery Is Disappearing

  Posted on Thursday June 5th, 2008 at 12:10 in painting, California, watercolor, ink, grocery, watercolour, old town, auburn

  This cozy little market in lower Auburn was owned by the Tsuda family and the business has been in this part of town since 1918. The family was moved to wartime camps in 1942. The market reopened at this location in 1951. It has survived the good an...

• My Old Hotel

  Posted on Sunday May 11th, 2008 at 08:15 in painting, watercolor, ink, old, watercolour, auburn, califonia

  I previously posted this in black and white. I am re-posting now that I applied watercolor which I believe makes this art much more interesting. This ornate building sits in the middle of uptown Auburn, California, and is now called the Auburn Prome...

• My Lion Head

  Posted on Wednesday April 9th, 2008 at 11:35 in watercolor, ink, pen, watercolour, auburn, lion

  As I was walking through uptown Auburn the other day, I noticed a beautiful lion head sculpture attached to the Auburn Promenade building staring at me. Unfortunately, he is located barely above the shrubs facing the street and most people don't noti...

• Auburn Promenade

  Posted on Monday September 3rd, 2007 at 21:10 in Hotel, ink, drawings, showcase, auburn, promenade

  The newer Auburn Promenade is the old Auburn Hotel located uptown Auburn, California. The refurbishment of the outside facade of this structure is really very nice--still old looking but updated. I love the detail on this building and I kept everythi...

• Old Auburn Historic

  Posted on Friday July 6th, 2007 at 09:36 in drawing, watercolor, ink, historical, sketch, pen, watercolour, auburn, line art

  This old structure, is located in the heart of Auburn, CA at High St. and East Placer St. It is beautiful and unique in architecture. Built in the early 1900s, this historic building for many years housed a liquor store on the first floor and and a...