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  • June 3, 2017
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Half the family is sick. Obviously I turn to art to relax before hitting the bed. Yoga for the soul. 5 minutes of painting is like 5 minutes of 'shavasan'. #watercolors #studybook

A post shared by Uma Kelkar (@umapaints) on Feb 16, 2017 at 11:17pm PST

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  • Usually run around the lake takes 12-15 mins. Walking and sketching and chit chatting takes longer as evidenced this am. Procreate 5 has brought so many brushes in the mix - aaah! I’ve played today with two - Mercury (fits my style like a glove, doesn’t overlay like my style, but fine) and Inka. Salamanca is going to be a favorite too, I feel it. 
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  • I am like a stuck tape when I say, I went to a cricket field and then I sketched. But soon, I will be the person who has sketched all cricket grounds in USA. Here is Woodley Cricket Fields in Los Angeles. I was sitting between fields so could look one way for one scene and turn my head for the other. Cricketers have been dropped from sketches because they really do look like stick figures at this age (12). Done in the @hahnemuehle_global watercolor sketchbook. Both sketches on the same page. #twoinone 
#usk #urbansketcher #woodley #cricket #nopleinnogain #ipaintlikeanengineer #umakelkar
  • I delight in these direct watercolor studies. I can read them all with such little work and so much relief from pent up watercolor stamina. 
#watercolorissex #dontquestion #ipaintlikeanengineer #umakelkar
  • Trying to figure out the light at the Dickens Fair. 
#digitalart #digitalsketch #light #artistsoninstagram #idrawlikeanengineer #umakelkar
  • @lauriewigham and I have been @dickensfair this weekend while @suhitasketch has been gathering her story last weekend. We are all trying to figure out they why. We’ve talked to people and it ends up coming to two reasons, 1) because it’s about community 2) it gives everyone a chance to role play freely 
More stories of lightness of being in the next few days. 
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  • @lauriewigham and I were sketching at the @dickensfair today. I was ill dressed for the weather - so didn’t dare to use a brush which needs more control than drawing. Laurie was on a roll - it’s so happy to see an artist on a roll - go to her stream to see the spirit. #usk #urbansketch #procreate #digitaldrawing #digital #dickens #london #sanjoseartist #umakelkar #nopleinnogain
  • Been on my mind again, #porto #portugal #dreamtravel #procreate #digitalart #idrawlikeanengineer #umakelkar
  • Drive on 152 yesterday evening. 
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