Northern California

[Jason Manley]

Here is one for u Northern Cali Artists!

[el coro]

hi i am a northern cali artist. i like to draw and paint things. and i live in san francisco.-c36

[Kirt]

Me likes to pretend I are an arteest! :D

PM me if you're going to be in the Modesto to Fresno area. I'm in Merced.

[stacy]

well......i got one of two...does that count?

not yet an artist but i do live in cali:cool:

[Main Loop]

Originally posted by el coro
hi i am a northern cali artist. i like to draw and paint things. and i live in san francisco.-c36

ditto.. except during school breaks im with the fam in Santa Rosa

[Deth Jester]

I am in Monterey.. that is sorta Central.. But I graduate in May and will probably be in the Bay Area for a while till I find a Job and an apartment or room for rent...someplace else.. :)

peace
-mike

[insane visions]

hello..my name is Richard Doble and I like DRAWLING!!!!

[el coro]

me too rich!!! i like drawling too. i also like dragging these sticks with hair on the ends into grease with dirt in it and slapping it on a piece of cloth...sometimes.

[Atomick]

Fellow NorCal artist, a recovering San Franciscan hiding in my crumbling chateau upon a spooky peak somewhere in Marin County...

;)

[macaco]

I'm in Davis, near Sacramento. Any Sac area artists?

[Jeff Gran]

hello fellow bay area artists. I live in Menlo Park, about halfway between san francisco and san jose.

[Jonny]

Yo. I live in Daly City and go to school in Frisco.

[WKB]

Fellow SF pimp slappin canvas man.
---www.wkbworks.com

[Kazz]

<- Animation slave attending the local Ai.

[Seung Ho]

Thought I'd chime in. I'm up in SF and don't really like to draw. Only when the big boss tell me I have to.

[insane visions]

Im a bit late for the reply since I stumbled to this thread again. justin you CRACK ME UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!! wow to think that the bay has a lot of design companies and this is all their is....we should all hang out go fishing or something....syke!!!

[insane visions]

me like glue

[TripBlue]

Sup fellow artist! I am currently studying Animation is SF.

[Kazz]

TripBlue: Cool which school?

-Kazz

[TripBlue]

Sup Kazz (Aruga right?)

AISF

[insane visions]

damn is this every single artist in the bay area????? man post post post post post post and show yourselves

[Dished]

SF Bay area. lol.

[Kazz]

TripBlue: Hey man, yeah that's my last name. Sorry just noticed your reply. Do I know you man what's your name?

-Kazz

[Jonny]

everybody vote for the next workshop to be in san francisco!

[Bloodstone]

SAC is close enough to the bay area ...I guess...
Damnit.

[wet-nap]

yeah, everyone vote for the next workshop to be in SF. twice if you can figure out how. i get the feeling we're going to need to win by an landslide if were going to have a chance of them staging two workshops so close together.
:jump1:http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=25886 :jump1:


i work and live in the in the the hell they call forster city.

later

[TripBlue]

Kazz: So it is you! I wasn't sure. Its just me TrippySkippy. lalallala

[Kazz]

Voted for SF! Yeaaaaaah baby!

TripBlue: Of cource im Kazz! Welcome to the boards.

[TripBlue]

I voted last week!!!!! hehe

[Dished]

yeah, everyone vote for the next workshop to be in SF. twice if you can figure out how. i get the feeling we're going to need to win by an landslide if were going to have a chance of them staging two workshops so close together.
:jump1:http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=25886 :jump1:


i work and live in the in the the hell they call forster city.

later

Foster City isnt so bad. I voted too. 62 to for SF now :alien5:

[Inukipachuki]

Live in Pleasant Hill and go to school at SJSU. :jump2:

[worldlydave]

I'm in Sunny San Francisco...well It's sunny when in principal, EVERY DAY EVEN, but all the bloody fog tends to hide most of it. I think we need to get a bit more active here on the ol' Northern California list. I don’t suppose there’s any chance of wanting to meet up in the really real world sometime? The workshop was great, not only for the chance to meet all my hero’s but all of you guys as well. But once just isn’t enough. I NEED MORE!!!

D

Oh, and I'd like your 2 cents please...
*Push Me* (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=26136)
(come on, you know you SF guys are used to being hit up for cash)

[Tengu]

Yo!!

Howdy NorCal Artists. Just got up here in Marin.
Didn't know there's a local artist group ?!!
so what else do you guys do here?

PEACE!!



;)

[U2DeathBear]

hello. Native San Franciscan here, right now living in Nob Hill and going to AAU.

[inspector Lee]

Another local boy.

[MacJ]

Hey, my name is Josh Tiefer, I'm in Sunnyvale (5 min from San Jose). All I want to do is draw and paint. Send me an IM sometime, my AOL IM username is JoshScrilla.

-j

[bonedog]

Yo... I live in SF... I say we all meet up and sketch sometime...

-bonedog

[MacJ]

If anybody wants to get together and draw or paint, just let me know

cell: 408-242-3758

[Dished]

Hey, maybe we can have a mini-workshop? In SF? Maybe like a one day meet. Half the time spent on teaching the other half sketching and critiquing etc. What do you guys say? Maybe a mini art-con or something?

[Main Loop]

if we do that, i say we should do it at the AAU's fine art building.. they never check your id so anyone comes & goes, as long as you look like a student...:confident

maybe i shouldnt let that be known on a forum where so many sf heads post at.. fuggit

[el coro]

i wanna hang out with someone....-c36

[Tengu]

It's too quiet here. Let's do it !!!!

I don't care what...just do something.


;)

Ten

[Dished]

I say...we take over the largest starbucks in the city... Anyone know any good art schools or some kind of class i can take?? Not like a college one but just like some class i can take or learn from or something......like an atelier..but it doesnt have to be one.

[cartoonfox]

hey, just wait like one year and i'll be part of the 'cool gang' ^-^

im moving to san fran around august 2005. ooh, then you will have a real cartoonfox to play with ^-^




peace all :7up:

[teyekanik]

Hi.. my name is matt.. I do art ALOT I work graveyard at Kinkos here in San Francisco and sit on my laptop drawing away. I like marijuana and cheetos. Also video games and porn. Some of my dislikes include AA meetings and church! Drop me a note and we'll hang out.. first rounds on me! :$

[SeattleThunderdome]

heads up! come get some!

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?p=297222#post297222

[The Biocreep]

hey everyone!

i live in oakland but am down to go into the city for some drawings sessions, lemme know!

[Phuzion]

If only we had done this group thing in one of the 20 years that I lived up in Nor Cal! Now I'm suckin' the smog in Pasadena... AH! I miss the clean Sonoma County air! I envy you Bay Area pimps...

-Daniel

[jetpack42]

hey wimps

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?p=310051#post310051

Thanks to those who participated!

[Oliver23]

Hello everybody! I'm a student at UC Berkeley, but live with my parents in Oakland.

[Main Loop]

yeah thats right.. william whitaker will be doing a presentation at the "church" academy building next wednesday at 7:30.. its open to the public.. id be there if i were you..
He's also doing a demo in the morning at the Powell building.. find a way to sneak in if you're not an academy student..

[jetpack42]

results are in!

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=30693&page=3

thanks for participating! the finished works are awesome!

[morgandesigns]

Hey Kidds Just another bay area artist here. I am a grad from the AAC and enjoy long walks on the beach and doing coke off of hookers asses. Oh wait did I say that out loud. Just kidding to the uptight! I like chikks robots guns violence and motorcycles. anyone with me.
Cant wait to meet all of you at the SF workshop... Ha Ha we dont have to travel.. Suckazz
Peace/love>im out

[wes9000]

sf bay people-

heyey so.. im moving out to san francisco in about a month..

im just posting to see if anyone out there is looking for a roommate at the moment, or if anyone has any friends that might be needing a roommate come middle/late november or early december?????

please hit me up with a pm or email me!


looking forward to being out in the bay and meeting up with lots of people and seeing everyone at the workshop


-wes

[el coro]

hey wes, you are more than welcome to squeeze in bed with melissa and me and the two dogs...i like spooning tho.-c36

[cotron]

that's awesome that you're moving out there wes... my girl and I are currently saving up our money to move to the bay area next summer or so. can't wait to get out there, and out of here :)

[wes9000]

coro- haha do your dogs make good pillows?

cody- awesome man, i hear ya, ive been here too long, cant wait to be somewhere new



wes

[lmpnoodle]

Modesto over here. Used to be in Oakland, Hayward, Fremont, Castro Valley...

lmpnoodle

[SeattleThunderdome]

represent your coast, yo

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?p=348115#post348115

[Chaser226]

I'm in SF as well, will be returning to AICSF next quarter hopefully.
Wouldn't be a bad a idea if a few of us got together and draw. Maybe form an artist group and work on projects! :nohope:

[ExeCute]

Downtown san francisco, another AAU student.

Have you guys ever gotten around to meeting for some kind of sketch session? A get together with some CA talent sounds pretty cool.

I go sketching with some of my friends some times. We usually go to borders, or union square, even the Apple store can be a good place to sketch when they have a band playing. And that's right, there are like two starbucks on every block.

I'd like to try going to the zoo on one of the free days, i haven't been there and i usually hate zoos..but i feel like drawing aminals.. but whatever, we wouldn't need to do something like every AAU student always does- legion of honor, for every field trip of every class every semester..:P

[Jonny]

I think the zoo is free on the first wed of each month. Maybe all us bay area peeps can meet and draw on the next free day.

[ExeCute]

jonny you go to AAU? that drawing of the cast model of the ..cat..dog..thing..man i don't know. But it's in the anatomy classroom at post :P

just curious

[Jonny]

haha yes the scary beastly thing. I think it's a bobcat or something. Yes I go to AAU too.

[Sam0s]

whattaaafakk
Henrik, e du i sanfransisco?? vore ball o träffas vid om du ngnsin har tid, NÅGONSIN, HAH!

ppl seeem reluctant to meet in rainbow city
hopefully confidence will rise and meetings will be held after the CA wrkshop, would love to meet up with CA:ers in frisco

[Tanem]

wussup peps!
I'm another SF Artist. Although I just got an inhouse 3D Artist position and I have to move to Monterey. Oh Well that how it goes, right?! It's only two hours away.

Anybody see Coros' work at the Canvas! Man! Thats some awsome stuff!

See y'all at the workshop.
-T

[satire]

heya- posted this in the lounge, maybe more people will see it here.

improv comics group


howdy, y'all
yes, yes, i know i havnt posted in a very, very long time. so sue me.

so, im here to let you know about this group a buddy of mine and i started. its called "jam comics" (cheesy name, yes i know). essentially what we do is we all meet at a cafre and do improv comics- lets say, i draw panel one ona page. someone else inks it, or draws another panel. last time we had a stack of unfinished pages (each mini-story is a page long) in the center and youd grab one and work on it.
we just started a week ago and had some friggen' awesome turnout- as well as some seriously awesome artists.its a friggen' good way for some (artistic) excersise. it was great. we're having our next meeting this thursday, dec. 2nd at canvas cafe and gallery at 9th and lincoln in san francisco, from 6-10 pm. (possibly later) id love to see some conceptart.org kids out there as ive only met a couple.
after we have a few more meetings were going to make a compilation of the pages that are finished and get a table at APE (alternative press expo) and sell them, or whatever.
heres the site from the origianal group in minneapolis:
http://www.cartoonistconspiracy.com/

PM me or email me with any questions. all you have to bring is supplies (pens and stuff, we'll have regular printer paper) and maybe some some comics to check out while drawing.canvas cafe has good food, good coffee, and , most importantly, a full bar. you dont have to be there for the full time but if you could that would be awesome.
cmon- you know you wanna.
-meredith

[James Kei]

YAY AREA reprezent!

I'd like to get out and mingle with fellow artists, drink beer and talk art. Can't wait to meet everybody at the workshop.
Staying here in my studio all day, everyday is taking it's toll i think. ....need........sunlight.

5' 11" black hair, brown eyes...likes to take windy walks. :perv:

[ExeCute]

maybe after we meet at the workshop we SF bay area people would feel more comfy to actually get together and have one of those sketch group things going on.

I know i want to!

It doesn't sound like any of us have tried...

If any of you are interested, try and find me at the workshop, and i'll be on the lookout for SF people too.

My name's Yasmin, you might recognize me by A) being one of the few females at the workshop, and B) my hair's brown/black and it's pink at the tips..

[el coro]

well hey i sure hope so. im out here, wes9000 is out here, as is my other girlfriend jason manley and insane visions too. not to mention bomba, james kei, tanem, daarken, main loop, kress, shit man the list goes on and on. i for one would love to hook up and draw with any of these people. so far i have wes living in my basement, and i hang out with bomba on the regular, but we should definitely think of mobilizing at some point. id be down as fukk to do some sort of weekly figure drawing shit, but in the very least we could hook up and sketch somewhere. we'll see how things go after the workshop. hopefully lazy muthafukkaz like me will be motivated enough to actually leave my house and hang out.-c36

[Sam0s]

oh no itz cool, you stay where you are
we'll come to you :^^:

[Main Loop]

ahhh yasmin i know you are now, the "pink haired girl" from bill sanchez's saturday class.. the one daisuke had a crush on, heh.. I was one of the guys that would go crash that class every now and then.. hmm, cool, see you a workshop or something

well hey i sure hope so. im out here, wes9000 is out here, as is my other girlfriend jason manley and insane visions too. not to mention bomba, james kei, tanem, daarken, main loop, kress, shit man the list goes on and on. i for one would love to hook up and draw with any of these people. so far i have wes living in my basement, and i hang out with bomba on the regular, but we should definitely think of mobilizing at some point. id be down as fukk to do some sort of weekly figure drawing shit, but in the very least we could hook up and sketch somewhere. we'll see how things go after the workshop. hopefully lazy muthafukkaz like me will be motivated enough to actually leave my house and hang out.-c36

Hey Coro, Im there. Just name the time and place. Bring those guys along and itll be llike the workshop i never had! all kidding aside, i'd like to hang out with some more "Conceptorgians", talking to only Academy students has a way of isolating you.. If yall get a group together, im down....

[ExeCute]

main loop... which one are you? did we ever talk? introduce yourself next time you see me

...did everyone know about daisuke or what? and how creeped out should i be?

[britt]

Yo guys,
I'm in the San Jose bay area and would love to go sketching soon.
I like to landscape paint in my sketchbook. So, Let me know if you guys are scheduling anything.

[Main Loop]

main loop... which one are you? did we ever talk? introduce yourself next time you see me

...did everyone know about daisuke or what? and how creeped out should i be?


hahaha.. he's in japan now so you wont hafta smell him anymore.. just kidding, he's a good guy

Hmm i dont think we ever talked, Im the quiet skinny mexican one of the group.. I was always hanging around Arnie, the filipino dude with glasses and a 45-year old hairline (i know you're gonna let me have it once you read this, dude).. but i'll say wassup next time i see you

[ExeCute]

haha..nah nah daisuke and I are friends. He said he was gonna come to the workshop tho :(

I know Arnie, and I'm pretty sure i know who you are now, so yay

aim me if you like so we dont have to make this our chatroom anymore...

[BRAT_777]

Hey this sounds like a really good idea! I have been wanting to have a figure drawing session or atleast a group of people to go sketch with...but it seems that it's something that gets talked about alot but then nothing ever happens.
B.T.W I go to AAU too so I am in SF alot, and it would be really cool to have something to keep my skills up while I'm on break.

[Main Loop]

brat 777 - i checked your profile.. you were in my illustration 2 class with diana thewlis.. cool, its always fun to see people i recognize on the boards..

ratatouille - thanks for the heads up, i'll consider going

[PHiLMePHLo]

Wattup Northern Cali folks,

I'm in the east bay...San Leandro to be exact.

Since I'm here, I just wanted to let those interested know of the Palo Alto life drawing tonite. My friends said it's $5 from about 7-10. There's more info here: http://www.artistresource.org/lifedraw.htm

But don't quote me, cuz it looks like the site hasn't been updated for a LONG time...

This is the closest place I know of without having to venture out to my alma mater (SJSU).

Any takers?

P.S. Sketching trips? Please keep me posted on the sketching trips as well

[PHiLMePHLo]

ratatouille,

Yeah, thanks for the info. Even though I planned on going this past Tuesday, I couldn't make it. Some classmates did though, and they said it was PACKED. That, plus what you said and what I remember from being there last time, it sounds like it's grown really popular.

The marathon sounds like a good idea...it's local and I might finally put money to good use. Not to mention, I could use the practice painting.

Thanks for the info!

P.S. Your homepage: an e-bay link? Have any traditional 2d work posted?

[wet-nap]

PA Tuesday Figure Drawing (Drawing starts at 7:15 and ends at 9:45. doors open at 7pm. ): i regularly go to the Palo Alto figure drawing sessions (i know at least one other person from this forum also attends frequently). all of ratatouille information is current and correct. I guess its all a mater of personal taste but i was able to eventually (after a couple weeks of trial and error) find some comfortable spots (to my taste). they've got tables at two different heights and some easels you can squeeze in the corners (no horses though) and a variety of cushions and books to prop up your board (kinda lame). its gotten pretty crowded over the last couple months so you need to get there early (before 7) to get a good spot (if not you'll have very little chance of getting anything but a complete crap spot). I personally hate when they have two models. its hard enough to draw one.

Drawing Marathons: to clarify there are two bay area drawing marathons. they each happen about once every two months. the supposedly schedule them so they alternate but sometimes they ignorantly happen on the same day.

January 30th @ Palo Alto Art Center (buried in the "Adult" pdf) (http://www.paenjoy.org)
Febuary 6th @ Merritt College (Organized by BAMG - they've got a mailing list for their marathon) (http://bayareamodelsguild.tripod.com/marathon.html)

[godsbane_zero]

Yeah, Peter From Palo Alto, but i'm in the city for school(AAU).

[Layil]

Hey everyone!

recovered from the workshop yet??

well, im back in barcelona at the moment, but ive decided to move back to san francisco this october, so i figgd id drop in and start making friends now.

cant wait to hang out with you guys!!!

:yayca:

[steak-tron]

Whatup fellas' :D I'm moving out to the bay area nxt week, I'd like to hang and draw and such. If you guys don't already get together I'LL make it happen dammit!

I'm looking for housing/roomates if anyone's interested or has any advice for a yokel from the dirty souff :perv:

steaktron@gmail.com

Glad to see all you gorgeous people from the workshop are living/or will be there. If we ever get a group together we should go up to twin peaks and draw the city! I only got to see it at night...

[Main Loop]

im looking to rent a place for the semester, preferably close to downtown, and preferably furnished.. and i need a quiet room to study..I am 21 years old and dont smoke or do any sort of drugs, and im usually out and about during the day.. let me know if you know anyone thats looking for a roomie pm me as soon as possible since class starts next week! thanks

[Jeff Gran]

Howdy everyone

--I go to the Palo Alto sessions as often as I can, almost every week. It has been very crowded the past few weeks for some reason, but it's been like that before and it always fluctuates. I usually get there at 7 and grab a spot at a table. It's perfect for me, 'cause I'd rather stand than fuck up my back sitting on one of those damned horses.

--I would be down for any kind of sketch session. Isn't there anyone with the authority gene in the area?

--Layil--You *decided* to move here from Barcelona? I was lucky enough to stay at a house right on the "beach" there for a week last summer, and it was tough to leave. I'll trade you houses(in my dreams)?

--I'm moving up to Eugene, OR in a couple of weeks so now's the time.

Jeff

[PHiLMePHLo]

Hey all you Northern California folks.....

Quick question: who's going to the WonderCon this year??

[Main Loop]

im planning on it, also planning on hitting up APE

[wes9000]

wondercon is a comic convention no?
when and where is it held at?
ive never been to a big comic convention before. just ones back home in kansas city while i was in middle school/high school... would be interested in going to it

[ExeCute]

http://www.comic-con.org/
it's at metreon, feb 18-20
it's cheaper if you reg before the event

ape sounds interesting

[britt]

I'll probably go,

I've never seen it before, but my friends went and returned with some awsome books. Seems like a good opportunity, so I can't miss out this time.

[AngetheSlayer]

its that time of the year , wondercon is here , i love wondercon , i have been going there for like 4 years now , ill be there all 3 days becuaes i have to help out my boss , if any of you want to meet ill be wearing a black t-shirt that say NPC on the front. hope to make some new freinds there . see ya

[ExeCute]

i'll be dressed as r2d2 but you'll know it's me by my shoes that say "n00b.exe" on them.

i'll see you there, ange ;)

[ExeCute]

PS- i said it was at metreon before.. sorry, i meant Moscone Convention Center..which is right by metreon anyway but whatever.. Moscone!

[Main Loop]

i will be dressed as my avatar... i'll be talking like him too

[PHiLMePHLo]

i'll be camped out <mostly> at Bud Plant or Stuart Ng Books trying to figure out how i'm gonna pay for all those books...

see y'all there

[AngetheSlayer]

yay everyone is going to wondercon , i hope to meet all you guys

[plsangel]

damn...I wish I'd discovered this thread before the comic con! Ahhh...anyway...I'm planning on busing in to the city this Sunday (february 27th) and wandering around w/ my sketch book....maybe get some good thai food. If anyone's around it'd be fun to meet up and wander/sketch together =)

Ember

[PHiLMePHLo]

Did anyone find anything interesting?

I dodged Bud Plant's books but still managed to leave the con with the Claire Wendling book "Drawers 2.0" and "the Art of Silver" by Stephen Silver.

Two great books, but I'm wondering if there's anything out there I missed...anyone?

[Kazz]

Hey SF artists. Like I said somewhere in this thread I'm a Art Institute student here and would love to hook up with you crazy people. I started looking into space to meet and what the rates for live models were etc. and realized.. uhh we're artists man.. we can entertain ourselves. hah! So I say we just meet up somewhere like the zoo, GGP, or the beach or whatever and start drawin. The only thing that it will ever cost us is the 1.25 for muni.

How many people would be interested? Personally I can't wait to meet other talent, something like March 12th?? :)

EDIT: A bit late but welcome to SF Wes + Steak!

-Kazz

[steak-tron]

thanks for the welcome Kazz, If you're looking to hang out the world-wide sketch crawl is on the 6th. I think it meets at noon or so in union square but check the lounge for the info. I'm definetly going to try and make it (right down the street from my place) and wes said he might go. Sounds like alot of fun.

PHiL: I got that wendling book too, luckily I got a deal on a damaged copy.

Hope everyone had fun at the con.

[Kazz]

Sweet find dude! I'll be there for sure.

I think people from CA.org need to shave mohawks like me so we can easily identify ourselves.

-Kazz

[Main Loop]

what's this sketch-crawl thing all about? .. so i can possibly spread the word at school?

[Kazz]

http://sketchcrawl.com/

^pretty sweet water colors

[StrangeAlchemist]

Hmmm.. I seem to be a little behind the curve here. What's up folks. I'm in San Francisco attending CCA(C). But then, half of you already knew that because I met you at the sketchcrawl today.

Anyways, I'm always down to meet up and doodle, check out fresh sketches, grab some drinks, whatever. Meeting talented people who make me ashamed of my skills is always a good time. Yep.

[Main Loop]

i feel bad, i forgot most of your real names already.....

has anyone posted up their sketch-crawl fruits of labor yet? i think i'll scan mine in later today...

[ExeCute]

alright you fucks. sounds like we all want to hook up and sketch again, so why keep just saying that we should? let's just do it.

sundays seem like good days for generally everyone
Kazz is thinkin next week sun is best, sun the 20th.
I'm itching to do it sooner but hell i'm up for both this weekend and next.

Shall we go to the zoo? I haven't been there yet
i want to do a crawl too around a different city, all i see is downtown SF

Let me know!

PM me if you need my cell number.

[Oliver23]

Hello everybody!
I have a younger brother who is interested in jobshadowing a concept artist. He's a senior at Piedmont High School near Oakland and a student of the AP Art class. He is especially interested in concept art for the film industry, but is also enthusiastic about illustration, gaming art etc. He needs spend a day with an artist at work, although a couple hours would be enough. Anybody in the SF bay area who could help would be very much appreciated. Let me know ASAP. Also, for anyone who is posting, a brief description of what you do would help alot.
Thanks!

[Jeremy]

Hey everyone, I'm new to this site but I think it's a sweet deal. I live in Oakland and I'm a senior at CCAC. I was lucky enough to have s.f.'s own n8vandyke as a substitiute teacher once, made me want to quit drawing at first but eventually I got over it and just found his art inspirational. I have a website but I can't figure out how to post images from it yet because it's all constructed in flash. If anyone knows how I can do that it would be great because I'm lost.

[DYNASTY510]

Berkeley

Holla

[Wizard of KOZ]

Hey all, I'm moving to San Fran in like 2 weeks to start a new job. I don't really know anyone, so I'm looking to hang out with some cool people and jam some art!

I'm a 3d guy, but I really want to beef up my 2d skills.

[AngetheSlayer]

Hey is anyone going to Supercon :}

[Wizard of KOZ]

Is anyone from SF out there?

[Main Loop]

Since it's break, im staying with my folks in Santa Rosa.. i dont know any other artists around here, so if anyone who also loves to sketch and is in the area that wants to get together for some sketch sessions, let me know.. PM me if you're down.. I want to keep my momentum going, and its hard to do it alone..

[storyForge]

Hey, i'm in the east bay area (other side of teh caldecott) if you guys know where that is. I'm interested in hangin out with other people to sketch, so give me a pm and let me know!

[REEF]

Heya, really sad that I ddint find this before couldve gotten to know you guys more

Anyways im a Senior about to graduate and go into the AAU, I really should sketch more. My coloring skills are weak as is my architectural drawings. Right now I live in Berkeley trying to finish my Senior year. :nohope:

[orgee]

whats up? im in Union City. seems that most of the peeps here are from Frisco, thats cool im down to head over there.

[hawaiianpunch]

Hey all,

I'm in Berkeley but I go to SF for school (AICASF) and work so I'm there on Market almost everyday of the week. Anybody gonna actually pull a group together can PM me with the details. Would love to meet all of you. Who knows? Maybe I already have.... :bashful:

[Saving_the_World]

reviving the nor cal thread... recently moved to SF (like, uh, 2 days ago) and looking for a decent public life drawing session/class/thing...

the ONLY life drawing opportunity where i used to live in san luis obispo was so dead.. they had maybe 5 or 6 people attend per session, sometimes these two old guys would come in and just stare... and not draw... AT ALL.. and the other artists were all like 20 years older than i am (no student aged people ever showed up) so it was hard to identify with the people at all...

and they never varied their models, always middle aged women.. no men, no older/younger people.. EVER..

any recommendations?

[TripBlue]

reviving the nor cal thread... recently moved to SF (like, uh, 2 days ago) and looking for a decent public life drawing session/class/thing...

any recommendations?

I still get them for free because I have school, but Google would be the place I start if I were to look for a workshop. I used to know this place that charged 4 bucks per session, but I lost the link to their site. Silly me. Anyway, I did quick search on google, and here some results to get the ball rolling.

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5 days a Week - San Francisco

23rd St. Gallery (figure) Drawing Studio

Instructor = Michael Markowitz
Days = Sun (2) Mon (3) Tues, Wed, Thur
"The models are really top-notch, and it's a good atmosphere to create in."
Classes and non-instructional drawing sessions are available- the prices are for 22 weeks:
Prices may change. Classes with instruction cost more. Non-instructional sessions also available.
Times = varied times (3-4 hours each)call for more info
Address = 3747 23rd st San Francisco Ca 94114
(corner of Chattanooga betw Church / Dolores)
Phone = 415 824-3408
Class email = mcm@dnai.com

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Mondays - San Francisco

Life Drawing
Coordinator = John Kaeuper
Information = Any media. Live nude model in small studio setting.
Reasonable per session cost. Annual membership includes 10 free classes, a mural tour, and other benefits.
Days = Mondays
Times = 7:00 to 9:30
Address = Precita Eyes, Mural Arts Center, 2981 24th St., San Francisco.
URL = http://www.precitaeyes.org/2981classes.html
Phone = 415-285-2311
Class email = john-k@worldnet.att.net
____________________________

Monday and Wednesday - San Francisco

Precita Eyes Mural Center
Life drawing sessions cost five dollars and are held Monday night at 7-9:30pm, and Wednesday nights, which is one long pose, at 7-9:15pm.
348 Precita, near Cesar Chavez (Army St.) and Folsom, San Francisco.
______________________________

I never tried any life drawing workshop outside of school, because time doesn't permit me. But hopefully this helps.

Man this thread is so dead....LOL.

[Main Loop]

if anyone is ever looking for me, i'll be the only stupid asshole with his school id painted on his tote bag
http://www.remtek.net/0/mainloop/default/images/13/343.jpg

[Main Loop]

http://www.thinker.org/deyoung/index.asp

[britt]

Good to know Mail Loop...Im a big fan of Frederic Edwin Church and the rest of the Hudson River School. I see his work is there... Can't wait to see it up close and personal.

[Sir Vincent]

I didnt read all the thread but im hellza close to frisco (sausalito)

[wet-nap]

Bay Area figure drawing info : :

I think some of this has already been posted (I know i did awhile back) but...

There is a huge list of Bay area figure modeling sessions at http://www.artistresource.org/lifedraw.htm (some seem to be outdated. some are still ongoing - PA, SOMA)

Also there are two groups that put on figure drawing marathons about every two months....
Oakland - http://bayareamodelsguild.tripod.com/
Palo Alto - until recently http://www.paenjoy.org/. But now this site doesn't seem to list them anymore. The next one is on the Nov. 20th. I think I overheard someone saying they might stop having the PA marathons cause attendance has been slumping of late. I'd encourage some of you to show up to the next one so we don't loose it for good.

[Main Loop]

for anybody interested,

they're trying to get a sketchcrawl going this sunday... if you're interested check out the forum thread, give em your input...

http://www.sketchcrawl.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=406

[Main Loop]

For those in the sonoma county area, i just found out about a free life drawing session every thursday night in downtown santa rosa.. thats a big YAY for me..

http://sonomaarts.com/workshops.html

[Layil]

Hey all

Ive moved to SF and ive been here a month and just now am i getting on here to let yall know!!

im working at MB, but itd be cool to do some sketch jams wit yall on the weekends or afterwork sometime.

drop me a line and let me know if youre up for it!
Layilumbralux@gmail.com

hugz!
Layil

[Main Loop]

I'll be showing some works here (http://www.fecalface.com/calendar/calendar.php?mode=view&id=33)

[robinchyo]

I'll be showing some works here (http://www.fecalface.com/calendar/calendar.php?mode=view&id=33)

Congrats on the show!

[Destinatus]

Hey everyone I'm a sorta new member, newly registered anyway. Im a Sacramento artist, dreading the (mostly) innevitable move to SF (can't stand the crazy streets, traffic and hills)

[Layil]

if there isnt already?

I want to meet the CA people around SF, and maybe start somekind of weekly sketch group.

Whaddya say? whos interested?

does anyone know of any good live drawing sessions in the city we could hit up on a regular basis? Ive heard of one down in the mission on tuesdays, have any of you gone there? Mayhaps we start our own?

ideas?

[steak-tron]

The Figure session in the Mission is pretty cool, it's 10 bones but there's free wine and the model's are usually pretty good. Unfortunately the lighting isn't the best.

But there's also one on saturday mornings from 10-1 for $5 at the SOMArts center on 9th and Brannen. The room is not big enough but it's a decent session. I think I'm going to try and go tomorrow... if i wake up :)

If anyone else has been to another one lets hear it!


Sergio: Congratulations on the show man.

[character]

hey guys, i'm driving up from LA today to check out sean barber and coro's shows. is anyone here going? did a sketch group ever form? where do babies come from? omgz? i'd like to hang out and get a sketch session going or something. hit me up. i'll check my email somewhere when i get up there. there's gotta be some kind of internents cafe or something up there right? *crosses fingers* anyways, email me or pm me or post in here =D

-character

[vigostar]

Wats up Cali. people. I am traveling to San fran March 22-26th and was hoping to meet up with some of you and maybe do a little late night drinking. Let, me know who's up for linking up. It be nice to have some people show me around. Never been out there.

[Main Loop]

http://www.artbusiness.com/1open/031106.html

go see these paintings! they're huge, they're rich, they're glorious!

[Layil]

Ok, so i know theres a bunch of you out there....

Ive been mulling over the idea of starting a sketch group and/or figure drawing session sometime during the week and i want to know whod be interested in doing it and what days would be best for everyone.

any interest here?

what stuff like this is already going on? theres doesnt seem to be much activity on here and i know youre all out there lurking. Anybody know of drawing sessions already going on? i know of one in the mission on tuesday nights and one on saturday mornings in SOMA, but i imagine theres gotta be more out there.... AAU/AI students, is there any way we can get in on the school stuff?

shout out.

EDIT= never mind, theres plenty goin on already (see below) so why dont we meet and hit one up?

:)

[Layil]

ooh, looky what i found....

http://www.artistresource.org/lifedraw.htm

:)

[Dutton]

Hey Layil, I was actually thinking of putting together a plein air/sketch outing within the next couple weeks. Possibly even Sunday. Anybody interested? I'm thinking somewhere within the City; an urban scene or some of the more outdoorsy areas like GGPark, or the Sunset area.
I should have my new guerilla paint box in a couple days so I'm pretty excited about taking it out for a spin.

[Layil]

theres some gorgeous industrial areas down by Hunters Point ive been dying to go paint. Id love to join up! whos for it???

[Main Loop]

Hey Layil, I was actually thinking of putting together a plein air/sketch outing within the next couple weeks. Possibly even Sunday. Anybody interested? I'm thinking somewhere within the City; an urban scene or some of the more outdoorsy areas like GGPark, or the Sunset area.
I should have my new guerilla paint box in a couple days so I'm pretty excited about taking it out for a spin.


that sounds pretty cool, send me a pm if it happens..thanks

[Dutton]

Just finished working on a very intense project tonight, so I'm gonna pass on going out tomorrow and enjoy some free time with the lady instead. I think next weekend should be open if anyone is interested. The industrial area near HP sounds interesting.... is it relatively safe? The mere mention of HP makes me a little uneasy.

[Layil]

i live in a dangerous industrial neighborhood (west oakland) and i never have any problems... people tend to leave artists alone by and large i think. regardless, during the day and in a group, we wont have anything to worry about. Getting down there can be a pain in the ass though, so we should find someone with a car to get us down there.

any volunteers? cmon, with the gorgeous weather we've been having, theres factories just screaming to be painted.

alternately, theres some nice places by me, and easier to get to perhaps...
just a thought.

:)

[Dutton]

Hehe, West Oakland is definitely not HP (I believe cops won't even come to a complete stop when patrolling HP), but you know the painting spot better than I do.... and you obviously survived scouting it out so that says something. ;)
Let's do this! I can supply the car .... er, I should say my pimpin' minivan. How does this Saturday sound?

[Dutton]

Looks like we have a few people on for Saturday. Main Loop and a couple of his friends, and an old friend of mine from art school so far, and Layil if you're good for Saturday. Anybody else? PM me for info, phone# etc.

[kip]

I start at Visual Concepts next Wednesday(31), in San Rafael. I'd liked to maybe meet up at a coffie shop or pub and draw every once in awhile. Maybe go to the Zoo on weekends. I need to start painting and modeling my sketchy sketches. I'm going to take a beginning painting class start painting my sketches. Well nice to meet you all, Kip

I'll try to update this gallery every week, but let me warn you they are sketchy sketches, pure fun. Cools,

http://www.cgkip.com

[Dutton]

I'm looking into renting an art studio in the near future and am looking for another CA.org artist or two to share the space with. Possibly West Oakland/Emeryville, or somewhere in the City. My own needs include a well lit space that's large enough to step back from a painting without bumping into your station. I could pay up to $200 (I could go solo, but I like company and saving expenses and can probably get us a space for roughly $150/mo each). I could check into finding a partner or two on craigslist, but I much rather have a CA member for a studiomate(s). Aside from my own studio furniture, common items will include a small fridge, a coffee station, and possibly a couch. I'd like to have a space large enough to accommodate a model once in a while and perhaps we can invite other CA members for sketch sessions to help with costs.

If any of you are interested, please contact me at Dutton177@gmail.com.

[kip]

I've never been to the zoo in San Fran. Is it any good. I used to drive 2hrs from the middle of Illinois to Indianapolis just to draw animals. I was thinking of going this Sunday(to the San Fran zoo). Maybe some other people want to go? Maybe not? Cool

[Layil]

what time sunday?

[kip]

shit its probably too late to organize something. If however you getting this before sunday or late sunday. Give me a call 217-766-3000. If not this Sunday maybe we can get more organzied and do this thing next Sunday. Or if you have other suggestions of other places to draw or something I'm game. Maybe just draw and hang out in a pub or coffie shop. During the week I pretty much have to work quite a bit. So after work I'm going to be doing my own 3d stuff. Give me a call anyway I love meeting new people.

I found an atlier I'm sure you gals/guys have heard of it,
http://www.atelierschoolofclassicalrealism.net/pages/07_contact.html

if you've heard of it and its sucks let me know. I'm enrolling in the September Saturday classes.

At work(visual concepts) they mentioned taking sculpting classes on wednesdays from some ilm dude. He's taking next month off. I'll get more info and post it.

Anyways I'm totally new, unfamilar with San Fran and would like to hang out, draw with you folk so give me a buzz sometime, once again 217-766-3000. Coolz. Oh and I'll be scanning 20-40 sketchy sketches tonight, so look for them tommorow or Monday if you are so inclined. www.cgkip.com

Alright Have a great Saturday night and Sunday!

[Jonny]

Just wanted to shout out that the legion of honor is free this tuesday and the zoo is free on wed (cuz they're the first tues and wed of the month.) I'm planning on going to those plus some other academy art people are too to sketch.

[kip]

Sounds cool. I'd go then, but I'm a working man. NYC did stuff like this too. It is pretty cool of the city to do this.

Anybody else going down to this:

http://www.thegnomonworkshop.com/weekend_workshop3.html

I've got my ticket and roach motel room. We'll carpool if anyone is interested. Might fly if cheap enough.

Didn't make it to the zoo yesterday. Walked on the Golden Gate Bridge instead(hey I'm coming from the middle of Illinois). Pretty cool. Oh yeah scanned some more sketchy sketches.
www.cgkip.com

[seansea]

I'll be moving back to San Francisco on the 20th and I hope that I can join your group. I'll keep an eye out for upcoming meetings after I move and hopefully I can meet up with you guys. Take care!

seansea

[Zarett]

Hey, I'm in Davis (like twenty minutes from Sacramento). I go down to San Francisco for the Sketchcrawls. Davis is pretty barren for anything except fine-art/agricultural painting (we've got Wayne Thiebaud teaching at UCD though, and he lets people audit, so I may do that in fall), so if anyone was serious about starting up a concept/illo sketch group in SF on a monthly/semi-monthly basis, I would totally make the drive/train ride and show up.

Especially a zoo trip. The SF zoo is a little too specific for a sketchcrawl, but I'm dying to get out there and draw with a group.

[Layil]

yoyoyo

dirty C is coming to town.. anybody up for a sketch crawl??

[Main Loop]

when??

[CCorsair]

Greetings all I am an Artist for the last 30 Plus years I have A.A. in find arts I like in Sacramneto CA but started my artistic life in the Central vally area on Merced CA. I mostly started with pen and ink and paints but wanted to move computer art as far back s my fire year in college back in 79 but of corse there wwas a small problem of no graphic software much less a computer to work on that wan't have the size of a small building.

I was shot down on working with computers back in 1979 but taught my self and blended fine art with digtal as tech grew. I do mostly scifi and fantasy work as well as abstracted work I call chaos art .


I started my early computer work in the early 80's and 90's with the amiga computers and Delux Paint from EA and lucked out that one of my teacher was Joel Hagen a master of D-Paint and later one of the first to adaped to photoshop on the Mac.

I later work worked with first run of PS and the video toster on the amiga as well a Lightwave 3D and met and became friend with it writer Allen Hastings.

I studyed Art and computers and became a Tech as well as sculptor and digtal artist and call my self a cyber artist starting early 1990.

I did most of my work localy to the central vally but most has escaped to parts unkowned.

I work with PC for my art as of now working with 98 se and Xp pro on home system and a newly added IBM Thinkpad A31 and a Wacom Inturo2 graphic tablet 12x18.

I work with many programs but love Painter and started with verson 4 and now have 4 to 9 set up for cross over work as well as Photoshop 6 ,7and cs2

my art can be seen here as right now:

http://thecyberartist.blogspot.com/

http://www.picturejungle.com/store/brandlist.asp?media=&ID=1511

I plan of getting more my current and old work posted soon as I want to scan in some of my early pen and ink work to save it from fading and lost due to age.

I hope to post some of works in progress as well as finnshed work on here soon.

thanks

CC

[Main Loop]

http://www.sketchcrawl.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=704&sid=49cf4d120f92bf1f13aefc4747ca4a3b

[kip]

Hit me up 217-766-3000

[kip]

The gnomon thing was pretty cool. Especially interesting watching the ubisoft montreal guys doing their thing. It was like a crazy tag team session, speed painting. Hong's lecture on character design was really instructional. The gears of war lecture was incredible. Game play wise, I think Gears of war is going to be another standard fps, but art wise it will be pretty amazing. As far as concept artists are concerned Hawkprey has some really fun designs. The coolest thing is, you can see the improvement he has made through the years and its really inspiring. Back onto Gears of War, The shading network system they have for the artists was awesome. The freedom was just Wow. $125 bucks well spent. Thanks Gnomon.

But LAX is the Suck. Shittiest airport in the US. The police/TSA people need to smoke a mandatory joint every half hour or something. Cool.

[britt]

Violent Femmes in San Jose this Sunday. Tickets are $11 bucks on ticket master. If you don't have anything planned, this is your chance to do something about it.

[Steph Laberis]

Hey guys, add me to your ranks! I'll be moving to Berkeley or maybe Emeryville or Piedmont or Lake Merritt (can you tell I can't find an apartment?) in a few weeks! Once I get settled in, I'd like to join you on the next meeting!

[Darktwin]

Where the hell have I been??, Hello everyone I'm a student at AAU, I live in the city (SF that is) I'm down with meeting up and sketching where ever, going to galleries, movies, anything to be around other aspiring artist. I'll be checking this thread for the next meeting. PM me with anything that comes up.

[Narfboy]

Hey Gang

SF here, will be celebrating ten years in the city come October. Love to draw, paint and just be generally creative. Currently I'm looking for work as an artist.


http://www.artwanted.com/narfboysf
http://www.dirtymonkeyproductions.com

[seansea]

Hey all. Just moved to S.F. and would like to hang out whenever the next meeting is. Send me a PM and let me know. Thanks everyone!

[Jedmo]

Hey guys. I just moved to town a week ago and dont really know anyone. Anybody want to get something together and draw or whatever? Let me know.

[CCorsair]

I'm in Davis, near Sacramento. Any Sac area artists?


Cool some local Lol

I live in the Sac/Elk Grove area near CRC <--only a sac person knows what this means lol

I did live in the central valley inof all places Merced CA till 1998 when I got married and moves north to Elk Gove..

If you check out Borders there I some times go the to draw. I a bit well known for that.

.

CC

[Wizard of KOZ]

Hey all, I just moved back to SF to work at Planet Moon Studios. Anyway I'd be down to join up with any sketch groups, hang out and draw whenever. Hope to see some of y'all soon. :painting:

[jeffnevins]

I moved back to the Bay (Oakland) a year ago from L.A.

I'm also willing to hang out & draw w/people. Do you meet at Muddy Waters in the Mission, or is that another group?

Thanks-

[Jedmo]

Want to try to put something together this weekend? Even if its just a couple of us hangin at a coffee shop or something, its probably better than nothing.

[seansea]

Hey Jedmo!

I'm down for this weekend (sent ya a PM). Hopefully others will jump onboard.

[Wizard of KOZ]

I usualy draw at Cup Of Joe on Leavenworth and Sutter. It's a really chill place that hangs cool art and plays great music.

[seansea]

Anyone wanna try to meet this weekend? My cell phone died so apologies to Jedmo. Wizard of Koz:I think Cup Of Joe would be a great hangout/sketch spot. Other places we could possible meet could be Union Square, maybe the Wharf (if it's warm we'd have a lot of people to draw)? I'm open to any suggestions. Hopefully I'll have my cell phone problem resolved by then.

I'll keep an eye on the thread.

[Jedmo]

I'm definitely down for this weekend. Come on guys, lets get at least a handful of us out for this weekend.

[seansea]

Hi All:

I'm gonna be sketching at Cup A Joe's (Leavenworth/Sutter) on Saturday at 2pm until whenever. Jedmo, Wizard of Koz, jeffnevins, hope to see you guys there, and I hope others show up as well!

[Wizard of KOZ]

Cup a Joe at 2pm! I'll be there. I hope to see some more peeps there as well.

[Jedmo]

I'm in as well. Might be a little late or have to leave early because I'm trying to get a job that day.

[Wizard of KOZ]

Sorry I missed out guys, I had to go into work last minute and work on some stuff.

[Jedmo]

Man it seems like seansea might have been there by himself. I missed out as well because of an interview and a flat bike tire. I feel really crappy about missing it. Maybe we can do it again soon?

[seansea]

Hey everyone:

I was there from 2 -3 last Saturday, but I just figured stuff came up. It wasn't a waste cause I still got some sketching done. Since the weather was good, a lot of people were out so I had a lot of folks to quick sketch. I'm not sure about this weekend, but maybe we can all hook up later. Let me know what's up when you can.

-seansea

[Jedmo]

Hey all, I'm thinking of checking out the De Young Museum on Tuesday since its free admission day. I might also hit the MoMA too. Anybody want to join me? Also, Thursday is the First Thursday open gallery night that I'm planning on hitting up. Might be cool to meet up with some other CA'ers, get some free wine and check out the art. Anyway, let me know.

[Wizard of KOZ]

Hey where is the gallery night thing happening? Is it in the Nob Hill area? I'd be down for that. A friend of mine is in from NY and it'd be a cool thing to do.

[Jedmo]

Down around Union Square I believe. Here's a website I found that has a list of the participating galleries: http://www.artist-at-large.com/sfgalleries3.htm

Guess I'll do as the website suggests and start at 49 Geary and just follow the crowd as I go. Probably not the greatest plan but I'm sure it'll work out.

[cotron]

hey everyone- friday night is carl dobsky's opening show @ the pence gallery in sf (around post & taylor st i think), 6-8pm just a heads up. the show should be really cool.

i'd like to do the first thursday thing, but this thurs won't be good, maybe next month... be cool to hang and draw sometime too; i'm somewhat new to the west coast so i don't know a ton of people...

[Jedmo]

Hey Cotron, I'll definitely be hitting Carl's show. Hope to see you there. And yeah, I'm not sure when we're going to be able to get everyone together for drawing and such as things always seem to come up. Hit me with a PM if you ever feel like getting together for drawing or whatever.

[kingshaj]

Norther cali is where i be, and i paint and draw and conceptualy design things. oakland

[Zarett]

Hey, anyone interested in doing a Sketchcrawl on Saturday the 23rd? More info over in this thread (http://www.sketchcrawl.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=988) on the Sketchcrawl forums. Looks like we'll be meeting up in the city and then taking the ferry over to Sausalito, taking time to draw along the way.

I'll be the girl with a rendition of this guy (http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-images/Film/Pix/gallery/2005/10/10/rex300.jpg) on my messenger bag. Say hi if you make it!

[Jedmo]

Yeah I'm going to be hopping on the sketchcrawl idea. For those that are too lazy to click the link we're meeting at 11am at Peets Coffee in the Ferry Building then heading to Sausalito. I've got work that night at 5 so I'll have to bail on the crawl early but I'm looking forward to it. Hope to see some of you guys out.

[Darktwin]

I'm definitly going to be doing the sketchcrawl event, sounds really awesome, I hope to meet a lot of cool people. Sounds like good times. :D

[Jedmo]

The sketchcrawl was a lot of fun. The idea was brought up by everyone to have another meetup next Saturday. Anyone have any ideas on location or anything?

[Layil]

and forums....

we share turf with these guys, mayhaps we can cross polinate.
checkit:

SketchCrawl.com (http://www.sketchcrawl.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1250&start=45&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=)

EDIT: Doh! You beat me to it!! i should read the damn thread before i post.
haha

[Jedmo]

So I've been trying all week to come up with a good spot to try and stage a get together this weekend. So since no one has much input I'm going to go ahead and say we'll start out at Cup o' Joe (leavenworth and sutter) at 2ish this Saturday (the 30th). We'll start out there and we can maybe migrate down to Union Square and draw people down there if the weather is nice. Sound good to everyone else? Also, I dont know if many of you ride bikes but Critical Mass is this Friday, 6pm at Market and Embarcadero. Not really a drawing event but it would be cool to ride with some CA folks, maybe grab a pint and do some sketching afterwards. Hope to see some of you all this weekend.

[Jedmo]

Well not too many people made it out today (it was just me and Darktwin) but we had fun nonetheless. Next week there is a cool event going on that I'm definitely going to and Darktwin said he was in as well. I discovered this on Shawn Barber's blog, thought I would post it up and see if anyone else wants to come out for it. Heres the info and the flyer from his site. Should be an amazing experience.

OPEN STUDIOS

The Shooting Gallery and White Walls present

a 2 day live painting event and show with

Shawn Barber, Michael Hussar, Van Arno, Kevin Llewellyn,
Mike Davis, Kim Cogan, Richard Colman, Eric Joyner,
Henry Lewis, Sylvia Ji, Sam Flores, Lee Harvey Roswell,
David Choong Lee, Andrew Schoultz, Mars One,
Anthony Ausgang, Natalia Fabia, Korin Faught,
Albert Reyes, Andrew Brandou, Anne Faith Nicholls,
Damon Soule, Jeremy Fish, Adam 5100, Eric Bailey,
Oliver Vernon, and Bigfoot.



Saturday and Sunday- October 7th and 8th 2006- from 11am-11pm

835- 839 larkin street in san francisco, ca

[Darktwin]

Jedmo, what time do you think your going to head to to that? Give me a ring, I'm definitly down for checking that out.

[The Biocreep]

Hey dudes, this is Mike D. I will most likely be dropping by this show sometime on Saturday in the afternoon or evening. What are your plans?

[Jedmo]

hey guys I started up another thread for just san fran here (http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=78751). It has the details of where and when we're meeting up etc. Also, I'm sending out a round of PMs to the people I know that are in town and might want to go. See you Saturday.

[Steph Laberis]

Heeeeey sorry for being a wet blanket and missing every meet-up EVAR.

I was wondering if anyone is going to the "Night of Adult Toys" (AIGA SF Fall Gala). It's not what you're thinking :perv: , it's an urban vinyl show (Dunny, Kid Robot, etc)

More info here! (http://aigasf.org/events/event_toys.html)

C'mon, everyone loves toys! Especially ones like these!!

[kawakaze]

im in the east bay. any of you guys going to the insomniac workshops?

[Zarett]

Hey Kawakaze, I'm going to be going to Insomania, as is Steph of two posts ago. I think there'll be a lot of Norcal people there, just 'cause it's nice and local...

There's also going to be a San Francisco Sketchcrawl on the 9th of December, if you want to get all loosened up for Insomania (or just hang out and draw).

[character]

hey guys, i just moved up here from los angeles. i'm staying in santa cruz. anyone familiar with santa cruz/san fran area wanna point me to some cool lifedrawing clubs? i used to go to some weeklies down in LA but i don't know anything about this area, hehe. btw, where is the dec 9 sketch meet? =)

[Zarett]

Hey Character, I haven't got much info about Santa Cruz, but these guys in San Francisco proper do occasional SF weekend meets.

The December 9th sketchmeet is going to be at the San Francisco Zoo, and is part of a way bigger group called Sketchcrawl. There are a ton of groups all over the world who will turn out to go sketching on the 9th - groups in Germany, Japan, Hawaii, Mexico, etc. Exact times for meetup at the zoo haven't been decided yet, but things should start to gear up in the next couple of weeks. Drop a post in the San Francisco thread on this forum and check back!

I'll post more info here as the Sketchcrawl stuff gets finalized.

[character]

sweet, i'll look into it. thanks man

[kawakaze]

nice. i think im gonna have to be in the city on the 9th for dinner so if everything goes as planned ill be at the sketchcrawl meet. are those of u going to insomnia doing the commute?

[Layil]

Insomania needs volunteers!

any of you guys living in SF got a bit of spare time and want to lend a hand?

we need a couple people to go around and hit the local galleries, art supply stores, book stores, art cafes, schools and museums and leave INSOMANIA flyers and hang posters. its maybe an afternoon of work, maybe two, and can be done on your schedule, but it needs to be done QUICK!! Gnomon is kicking our butts, having a workshop two weeks before ours, and we need to get those sign ups if we're gonna be able to do Florence next year.

PM me if you wanna help, or know someone who does.

thanks!!

[Zarett]

Hey guys! Here's the flyer for Sketchcrawl - it's going to be the weekend before InSOMAnia, so come on out and get loosened up. Flyer by Enrico Casarosa, daddy of Sketchcrawl.

[Zarett]

Hey I heard back from the San Francisco zoo on their group rates for the Sketchcrawl this weekend, which are the following:

Adults (18-64) - $9.00
Youths (12-17) - $4.50
Seniors (65 and up) - $4.50

and if there happens to be a kid under twelve attending, their admission will be $2.50.

[Shamagim]

Fresh meat :).

[Steph Laberis]

Thanks for pimpin the sketch crawl so much, Emma!

So, will I be seeing some of your guys there tomorrow? Hmmmm? :cheerleader:

[Steph Laberis]

Mrrrgh.

I fail at life - I have freelance, pre-workshop portfolio preparation, site red-design and I am behind at work, so I won't be at the crawl tomorrow. .___.

I will be at Insomania though, as will the lot of you, so see you all in a week :)

[BrenArt]

never mind.

[sweetoblivion314]

Movin out there January 22nd!! Cant wait to get out of this dredge they call Philadelphia. I was there for insomania and cant wait to live there :)

[kawakaze]

so there were a lot of us at insomnia i take it which needless to say was beyond awsome. anyone down to continue this further? i did meet a few of u guys from the bay area and had some talks about getting together for random inpsirational meets of productivness whether it means sketch groups, hitting up art shows or perhaps making art for art shows=D the bay area is so rich in environment and diversity within people we shoudl take advantage of this... yes? not sure how easy it would be but i would be down to do something... off the top of my head i would love to check out some aquariums and draw soem fish=D, perhaps monterey if thats doable. but yea plz post your ideas or feel free to pm me.

[character]

i'm down. i'm only an hour away, if even that. i drive like a maniac

[RichKid]

hey, hey,
im just in sf passing through to san diego, but i will be here until saturday. so if anybody is out and about sketching between now and then im gonna just be bouncing around coffee shops.

here is my number also if anybody is out drawin.
707 616 2485

peace

[character]

dude! i remember you from gnomon! too bad i missed this post, hehe

[character]

who wants to drink and draw around the end of the month? i get paid and wanna hang out. my pad is too cold to chill inside of! bbq or something, bar, park, i don't care, hehe

[kawakaze]

wsup w monterey. i wanna draw some jellyfish.

[character]

i'm down. have no clue where the place is tho. shall we get something going?

[kawakaze]

yes. we should. i have about 4 people i can count on to make the trip down to monterey w me from the east bay. the more we can get the better. monterey is like 30 min from santa cruz right? its about 2 hours from up here.

[character]

awesome. just talked to minaa, she needs at least 2 weeks to let her work know. so i wanna aim for saturday the 27th. how's that sound for you guys?

[kawakaze]

in monterey? i just got my car stolen this morning, closer to sf would be best for now.

[character]

dude sorry to hear that man. been there done that

so know of any good places to kick it at and draw in san fran? or someone you can carpool with so we can still hit up the aquarium?

[kawakaze]

ok so they found it this morning. i have to go pick it up in a few but with that out of the way im sure we can organize something for late january. preferebly on the weekend. do oyu know a lot of people interested? im sure i can generate a small group from my school and bring some friends down. sf would be cool just because of the overall diversity which the city has but it can get pretty cold/windy right now along w the hassle of getting around. but drawing bums in the TL would be interesting. i knew of a few friends who use to buy coffee for them in exchange for using them for portraits. anyway yea monterey still sounds cool. ill drive down for sure. i suppose we should leave this open for a few to try n generate something bigger. after all, this site is based out of northern ca.

[ray40]

hi guys,im visitin sf around 21st of June,(im from Spain)i dont know anything/anybody so the local meetings will be my salvation,im very excited with this trip!hope to see any of u there!see u soon

i know i dont post a lot but from now i´ll do it

[ray40]

im also looking for a double bedroom or an apartment in around those dates,im cheking somes at craigslists.com but its difficult. any ideas???

thanks

[character]

kawakaze: dunno anyone interested over here. i don't know anyone yet! only been here since october 22nd, hehe. i was hoping u guys regularly meet up like we do down in so cal.

ray40: can't help ya there bud. i'm an hour south of san fran =\

[ray40]

thanks for reply character,its ok,but u are just an hour away right?so we´ll se each other in summer!

see u and drawwww

[kawakaze]

i dont think norcal is too active w meets but i would like to start something. if we can get a group of 10 or so out to a spot that would be a nice start. im still up for monterey, i can take 4 down with me from the east bay.

[ghūl]

hey North Cal people. I would be interested in meeting up in what ever group forms. I'm moving to the San Francisco area early February and will be eager to meet some people, because the only soul I will know is my roommate from New York. Getting tired of the cold here in Boulder,CO and am looking forward to be in a city once again. Cheers.

Mike G.

[kawakaze]

anyone for sundays in the near future? best suggestion is the monterey aquarium although its a bit far for a lot of people im sure we can arrange something.

[ray40]

fuck, im still five months away sf! i cant wait, keep making meetings guys,all of us need them,

see u

[kawakaze]

so me and some guys checked out monterey today. awsome stuff but its pretty hard to find a spot n just draw since it can get so crowded. i felt like a park attraction or something. anyway, i dont know where this thread is going but it will be nice to get something going. either this week or the coming weekend im going to try n hit up something inspiring w a few others. i will post here if that follows through.

[character]

i'mma have to back out for this weekend. gotta go down to LA for the weekend. I'm down for meeting up the week after tho. doesn't have to be anywhere specific. i'm down for just hanging out and drawing

[Layil]

HEADS UP SF CAers!

the conceptart.org atelier is starting weekend figure drawing sessions at the school.

EDIT: the schedule is 10 AM -1 PM on SATURDAYS, and features both clothed and nude models alternating weekly. entry is $10 to the public, but there is only room for about 25 people, so come early to save a good spot, its gonna get crowded in here!

more info on the school can be found at: www.conceptart.org/school.
301 8th st @ folsom #210, SF, CA
or text questions to 415 359 6778

come by and check us out!

[kawakaze]

awsome. u guys start at 10pm saturday nights?

[Layil]

sorry, typo there- the sessions start saturday morning 10 am to 1 pm, 3 hours...

thanks!

[character]

hell yeah, i hope so. i love late night workshops. there was one i went to in LA that had the same hours, plus a bar and a live DJ spinning music according to the nights theme. good shit!

[character]

o noez, it's in the am. s'all good =) thanks for the tip layil!

[kawakaze]

thnx for the info. i will prob show up this weekend w. a friend.

[Layil]

at the conceptart.org atelier.

10 bucks- good models- 3 hours of drawing
and you know you're curious to see what we've been up to.....

;)

www.conceptart.org/school
saturdays, 10 AM - 1 PM
max 25 person capacity so come early to get a spot, once we're full, the doors closed!


can i get a show of hands? i know theres a bunch of you out there.....

[character]

i'll be there this upcoming saturday with sketch pad in hand

[kawakaze]

heads up, you may want to bring a cushion as well. to those going next week anyone up to hit up some spots in the city and keep the session going afterwards?

[Layil]

Heads up everyone! just a reminder about the sessions....
dont forget to note the new times! and remember, doors close at 11:30, so get there on time.

this weeks model is the fabulous KT, a fire dancer and performance artist.
she'll be doing a mix of clothed and nude poses.

Conceptart.org Atelier Open Sessions
11AM - 2 PM SATURDAYS
www.conceptart.org/school
$10 fundraising donation requested from guests.

see you there!

[character]

wtf? lol

missed this weekend due to crunchtime for gdc. hopefully i can make it this saturday. we'll see. uber busy, but i'm havin fun =D

[Layil]

*bump*

here we go again!

Conceptart.org Atelier Open Sessions
11AM - 2 PM SATURDAYS
www.conceptart.org/school
$10 fundraising donation requested from guests.

be there!

[BryanYoung]

Cool. I didn't realize you guys had this going on. I've been going to figure drawing in the Mission on Tuesdays, but this would probably be more fun. I guess I'll have to wait until next Saturday to find out. How early do you need to show up to get a seat?

[ray40]

hey guys! finally i´ve updated my crap space at deviantart, if u wanna know some of my modest drawings...take a look

http://venedicto24.deviantart.com/

[character]

can't make it this weekend. going down to LA to see a friend. have fun =D

[Layil]

Conceptart.org Atelier Open Sessions
11AM - 2 PM SATURDAYS
www.conceptart.org/school
$10 fundraising donation requested from guests.

thats right!! whos comin?

[character]

FINALLY
a free weekend
i'll be there this time damnit! lol