Artist Becky Cao pulls out her sketchbook to chronicle her walks, her views, her food and her visits to Vancouver’s seminal places, such as Yaletown (below).
“Japanese Miso paste; pecan butter tarts; sliced pound cake; banana chips… sketching at Yaletown quayside after work.”
“Sketches done at Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Chinese Garden. The peonies in full bloom.”
“Touring around the city with my family and friends today. I challenged myself to pull out my sketchbook whenever there’s a less rushing time. “
“Appreciating the paintings by Emily Carr at Vancouver Art Gallery. There’s so much energy and spirit in these paintings! Love how she painted the sky.”
“Sketching on the second floor of the River Market at New Westminster Quay. It’s fun to do a bird eye view of the tugboats on Fraser River, and the promenade with many people walking around.” Note: See a process post on Instagram, here.
“A 2 hour sketch with my fellow urban sketchers at Pacific Central Railway station. It started to shower as I began coloring, so I just let it go and didn’t color everything.”
“Sketching on the White Rock Bridge. Then a close-up sketch of the cherry blossoms over the balcony.”
“A panorama sketch at waterfront, enjoying the spring sunshine and breeze with my friend. Food journals underneath.”
“I went to Waterfront with my friend yesterday to ride the Fly Over Canada 4D show. We saw two giant cruise ships and I had to sketch one of them.”
Becky Cao is an artist with a Bachelor of Fine Arts and Master’s of Education. She gives online sketching classes at https://ko-fi.com/caobecky/shop.
Becky Cao’s Instagram, here.
Her YouTube here.
On Flickr, here.
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I take special delight in this, as you can imagine! Thanks for introducing me to her work. It’s a bit reminiscent of Emma Fitzgerald, but she is very much her own person.
Glad you delight! She has so much more on her Flickr and other sites. Love her work too.
Wow, such detail in the cruise ship. She had to have a lot of patience for that.
Becky is a great inspiration to me, charming and calm filled with happy beauty – really good pick!!
So great to know. Thank you.