Silicon Valley Open Studios, 2010, weekend 1
It was a good weekend. The weather was perfect: just the right mixture of warmth and cool breeze. Nina Uppaluru took every effort to make the event enjoyable for all of us and our patrons. And this year more people who came were genuinely interested in art. Thank you everybody, it was nice to talk to you all!
There were a few really quiet times on both Saturday and Sunday, and I used that to do another tiny canvas:
colored pencil on canvas, 3.5″ x 2.5″
At this point I am convinced that a canvas is the most convenient little thing to use on the go. Besides the size advantage, it lays flat despite the wind gusts, and dust does not do any damage to it.
I bought two 5″ x 7″ canvases to draw something more serious. Need to decide what exactly it will be.


About me: Yelena Shabrova, an artist and web designer who lives and works in Silicon Valley, Ca. See more of my art at 