Ending the year 2020 with the Queen’s Gambit

 

An oldie but goodie, We are gonna pump you up! Happy Holidays!

 

Map of the Knew World, a conjecture and imagined place of discovery and challenge

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This piece was created as part of a set of drawing exercises held by a good friend, Ayse Birsel, and her design venture called “Design the Life You Love” 

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Detail image of the floating landscape canvas in the outdoor studio

 

a collection of sketchbooks

I posted this image on INSTAGRAM and wrote about the memories that are associated with each drawing and sketch from the past 3 or 4 decades of drawing...

 

WFH Chapter 7, working from home on the 3rd day of December, 2020

 On the 3rd day of December, more autumnal colors in the air, twinkling holiday lights on homes, clear skies with touches of hope, there are a host of ideas and issues going through my mind as I maintain the evolving work / home space. 

#masks #wearamask #remotelearning #workplacedesign #teachingfromhome  #workspace #work #pandemic #workplaceexperience #workplacetrends #virtualconference #returntowork #workfromhome #ergonomics #mentalhealth #remotework #interiordesign #autumn #hope #vaccines #WFH #lockdown #December

Happy Thanksgiving 2020

 

This year of 2020 has been an incredible challenge to all of us and our families and friends and associates and this is a greeting to wish a safe and warm Happy #Thanksgiving to everyone! #dougwittnebel #artistsoninstagram

Snoopy WW1 flying ace with Sopwith camel, doghouse mailbox

 

Drawing is Seeing and Believing event with One Workplace

 

• What is sketching?  How does sketching help the way we see the world? 
• Examples of sketching and drawing from Doug's treasure chest of drawings and sketches
• Analog sketching, testing the hand and the eye and the mind
• Exercise*Room with a View, what is the view of your world from your seat position?  What do you see inside the room?  What do you see outside through the window?
• Doug to show examples of how to approach the exercise.
• Take a look at some results, sharing images
• Wrap up and Q and A
  
• Share website links and suggestions for further sketching studies

            *Wednesday, November 18th, ZOOM connection 

Two political posters

 

VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE vote vote vote vote

 

Creative Drawing Exercise Workshop "BLURRED LINES" led by Doug Wittnebel for National Furniture

 

Design study for new green screen and entry portal

 

Painting pumpkins in the afternoon ...

 

Outdoor studio painting updates

 

Plein Air painting on Saturday

 

Plein air painting experience at Fernandez Ranch

 

Landscape study for exterior pavilions outdoor studio

 

tennis lessons on a clearer day with far less smoke than last week...

 

Blue Skies in Northern California. . .

And skies of blue on a Sunday more than a welcome sign more than a relief more than a miss you so much much more #art_workspace #dougwittnebel #artworks_in_studio #artistsoninstagram

 

Relook at lithic landscape painting

#outdoorstudio is open for a short time again for the weekend stretched lithic landscape terrain  #painting #dougwittnebel #artistsoninstagram #mixedmedia #firedanger

 

Wear a Mask! Again and again!

 

Mask poster illustration

 

Smoke and bad air quality in the Bay Area

 

Hot weekend, Hot LABOR Day, 112 degrees top! Billboard signage

 

Still Lives

Saturday morning orange light fire #brushes #colors smoke filter scattered light particles piece #dougwittnebel #artistsoninstagram #prayforfirefighters

 

Landscape and outdoor studio visit

Wednesday morning #outdoorstudio visit, EastBay air is fresher and rated a bit safer to breathe today, action #painting #dougwittnebel #landscape

 

WORKING FROM HOME SETTING

Workin from home setting and looking at the cases of burnout that may be happening Meanwhile, we are taking another look at our various #WFH settings and any consideration for WFH burnout, especially with the numerous fires in NoCal and unhealthy smoky air limiting any adventures outside. #architecture #design #design #ruthasawa #safety #covid19impacts #TED #MCKINSEY #architects #nocal

 

Workin from home setting and looking at the cases of burnout that may be happening Meanwhile, we are taking another look at our various #WFH settings and any consideration for WFH burnout, especially with the numerous fires in NoCal and unhealthy smoky air limiting any adventures outside. #architecture #design #design #ruthasawa #safety #covid19impacts #TED #DavidBerkus #architects #nocal

 

Tools of the trade in the shade - outdoor studio setting

 

Praying for the evacuees and victims of the fires

 

 

Outdoor Studio assemblage project

 

Outdoor studio update

 

A simple visit to the Outdoor Studio, painting in progress

 

Trip to Ayuthaya with map

Looking back to Travel sketches from #krungthep to #Ayuthaya #recliningbuddha in the hot sun #chaophraya river #bangkok #thailand #artistsoninstagram #watercolorillustration

 

Look back to Thailand in sketches from the 90s...

new Landscape views in the outdoor studio