Recent Posts Tagged With 'san francisco'

• The Old Milk Farm

  Posted on Monday July 13th, 2009 at 10:00 in san francisco, watercolor, sacramento, ink, watercolour, banderas, milk farm

  Along Interstate 80 is the remnant of a site that served many a traveler in years past. When we would travel toward San Francisco, we always stopped at the Milk Farm, a fantastic bustling restaurant with great food and huge milk shakes. The restaura...

• Celebrate At The Golden Gate

  Posted on Friday February 13th, 2009 at 20:05 in san francisco, California, watercolor, ink, visual arts, watercolour, banderas, golden gate bridge

  Terrific angle showing both land masses on either side of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. When the day is sunny there is nothing more beautiful. Even when it's overcast the bridge is an awesome site.If you need to get away to celebrate an an...

• Cable Car 21 At The Top

  Posted on Wednesday July 23rd, 2008 at 08:30 in drawing, illustration, san francisco, California, watercolor, ink, watercolour, cable car

  A San Francisco cable car reaches the top of the hill as the bay and Alcatraz appear in the background. These vehicles are a major source of transportation in "The City" and have been around for many years. Convenient and casual for the general publ...

• San Francisco Living

  Posted on Saturday April 5th, 2008 at 07:22 in drawing, san francisco, living, homes, watercolor, apartments, condos, san francisco chronicle, watercolour

  Rows of homes, apartments or condos gleam as the sun reflects off their fronts in San Francisco which is California's fourth largest city. "The City" does not sit on a large plot of land (~47 square miles). So as the city grew, all structures needed ...

• Palace Of Fine Arts

  Posted on Sunday March 9th, 2008 at 10:00 in painting, san francisco, watercolor, san jose, oakland, ink, giants, palace, Sharks, warriors, raiders, watercolour

  The next time you are in the San Francisco bay area to watch the Giants, Warriors, Sharks or the 49rs play, allow some time to visit other spots. Here is one you should see--Palace of Fine Arts. This was built in 1915 for the Panama-Pacific Internati...

• San Francisco Landmarks

  Posted on Sunday February 3rd, 2008 at 12:05 in painting, drawing, san francisco, watercolor, ink, watercolour, landmarks, transamerica pyramid, coit tower

  This painting captures a distant view of two of San Francisco's outstanding landmarks. While it appears the Transamerica Pyramid building (pointed structure) is immediately behind the Coit Tower structure it actually is a good distance away. 11" x 14...

• Waterfront Fire Protection

  Posted on Tuesday January 22nd, 2008 at 08:20 in san francisco, watercolor, ink, drawings, watercolour, bay bridge, fire boats

  The Port of San Francisco has some cool looking fire boats that protect the waterfront area when fires break out. Just because there is water nearby doesn't mean there won't be fires. During earthquakes, it's surprising how much the fire boats are u...

• San Francisco Apartment

  Posted on Wednesday October 3rd, 2007 at 09:10 in san francisco, ink, drawings, apartment, faber castell, line art, japantown, micron

  Sketch of a very neat apartment building near Japantown in San Francisco. These are lots of fun to draw because there is so much to draw. This building was very well kept and newly painted. I used Micron pens with Faber Castell "Shades of Grey" brush...

• Japantown

  Posted on Wednesday August 15th, 2007 at 19:55 in drawing, san francisco, watercolor, ink, watercolour, japantown, hotel tomo, califonia

  In mid-July, we took a trip to San Francisco to attend the grand opening celebration for the Hotel Tomo located in Japantown. My son Derek is the manager and he coordinated the multi-million dollar renovation of this property. We had an "in" so we go...

• Commuter Station

  Posted on Wednesday July 18th, 2007 at 21:45 in drawing, san francisco, watercolor, sacramento, ink, station, railroad, watercolour, rocklin, capitol corridor

  This painting is of the new passenger terminal in Rocklin, California which is located about 20 miles north of Sacramento. This station is one of the stops for the daily Capitol Corridor commuter train that travels to the San Francisco bay area. My c...