[By Richard Sheppard in Cloverdale, California] Over the past two weeks, massive wildfires have ripped through Sonoma and Napa Counties destroying entire communities. It began on a Sunday night just before midnight with high winds carrying the flames across miles of land in a matter of hours, igniting businesses and homes as inhabitants slept in […]
[By Richard Sheppard in Cloverdale, California] I admit it. I love art books. Drawing, watercolor, illustration, animation, and of course, sketching are some of my favorite subjects. This stack represents approximately 15% of my total art book collection, but even still, I feel my library is no where near complete. What are some of your […]
[Por Richard Sheppard en Cloverdale, California] Anoche, Paul McCandless, ganador de un premio Grammy y superestrella del jazz de renombre mundial, tocó con el trío de jazz de la zona de la bahía, Charged Particles, para calentar The Jazz Club en Cloverdale, California. McCandless celebró recientemente su 45º aniversario con el supergrupo de jazz Oregón. McCandless toca saxos soprano, tenor y sopranino, oboes, corno inglés, [...]
“In the 1980s, I earned a B.A. in Studio Art at Arizona State University. After relocating to San Francisco, I studied illustration at the Academy of Art University, under Barbara Bradley, Barron Storey, and Howard Brodie. At the Academy, sketchbooks were required and it was there that I began plein air sketching. Sketching in public […]
Guest Post by Richard Sheppard in Cloverdale, California After searching many years for the perfect sketchbook, I finally gave up on the commercial brands and decided to make my own. For weeks I stayed up all night tearing paper, threading needles, poking holes in mat boards, and utilizing all kinds of gadgets, until finally I […]
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