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Back to Karen's Home Page Cortona Sketches Drawing Atelier Lakeview Mural

When I'm not working, I enjoy sketching around town, on hiking trips, and at my weekly 3-hour life drawing class. Outdoors I like to use acrylic paints on canvas board or Prismacolor pencils on toned paper, but when I don't have much time I'll do an aquatint with a fine-point pen and brush pens. I've recently started using Prismacolor for life drawing, instead of charcoal, because it offers more control (and less mess!)

Sketches from Oregon, Washington, Yosemite, and Palm Springs.

Sketches from around the Bay Area.

Life drawing class begins with 2-minute poses and ends with 20-minute poses.