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Franklin Lei

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🎨 Visdev artist <@artoflei> working in San Francisco who loves #pleinairpainting and #portraitpainting

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Sitting Outside IV is LIVE! you can go check out all the paintings available for purchase on the @giantrobotstore website! We have over 300 pieces for sale. Support real people making real paintings of real places. The first slice is my work i have in the show.

Remember the opening is tonight at 6pm at GR2 Gallery . our pleinair session is at 3pm (in about an hour)

Thank you so much to @giantrobot for having me curate this show every year. Huge thank you to all of the artists participating as well. #pleinairpainter #sittingoutside #giantrobot

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When I saw that @lu.beltran.c was in the Bay Area, I immediately reached out and we got together to paint! No, we’ve never met, only little chats here on IG, but in person it felt like we’d been friends for ages. So wonderfully odd how some connections seem so effortless. Also exciting was that @franklinlei was free to hop in on the plein-air fun, and we all ended up painting each other 😂. You’ll have to see their posts and stories to see their takes. It was fun playing SF tourist, and also learn a lot about Columbia and the culture there. Lu has PLENTY of incredible adventures up her sleeve and is now in Alaska, so be sure to follow. #pleinair #gouache #sfbotanicalgarden

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what a beautiful saturday in the city 🌞 from our weekly long poses at our home base @sinmiedo.gallery to pier 7 for our 2 day workshop with @franklinlei 🤲🏾 see yall next week for the opening of Sin Miedo Gallery! 12-6pm! 😘

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thrilled to be a featured artist & judge for @mendocinoartcenter’s open paint out this week ❣️

thank you dav, rino, dale, john, the judges (@claudiasavageart @sergiolopezfineart @leo_fine_art), niki @watanabe_kitchen for the YUMMIEST meals, and everyone who worked behind the scenes to make this event happen. felt inspired by everyone’s paintings throughout the week & spending time with friends new and old :)

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San Francisco's very cool. More thoughts on Patreon ✌🏻

#sf #paintedladies #california #painting

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Got to do a painting while we were out camping. More thoughts on Patreon.

Thanks for the fun camping trip @nobackstreetboys @yurigram_89 @franklinlei @itszenas 🏕️🫄🏻🚶🏻

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📢 Sketchboard Co. Presents: Our 2026 Programming. Brought to you by the hard work and dedication of our team behind the scenes. And the contributions from our generous donors!

🤝🏾Along with our community partners: @castsf @madroneartbar @monument.house @theoaklandgrove @oaklandmuseumca @ruthstablesf @the.artpharmacy

👀 Take a peek, start jotting dates down, and grab a ticket.
🫂 Thanks for 12 years, going on 13! Year of the flaming horse and we are starting 2026 strong. ❓Questions, comments, or concerns can be emailed: admin@sketchboard.co

🐎🔥 See you soon!!

#fyp #bayareaartist #bayareaart

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Finally got a blog post up on the Spain trip! I discuss the week that @franklinlei painted together, and shared all the juicy gods. Okay, it’s really mostly just pictures of food and paintings 😝. Link in my stories, or check out my Substack.
Oh, and this was a painting I forgot to post at La Sagrada Família. There was a big festival going on, and we had a blast painting the excitement. Franklin took on a much more ambitious scene, but that gave me time to go shopping 😈. #travel #spain #barcelona #gouache

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the best sur!!!!

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Our last painting in Barcelona before hopping on a bus to our offsite in Girona. We had no time to be picky about subjects but luckily this spot was pretty fun! Enjoyed watching the commuters, whether they were by foot, train, bus, or bike. #pleinair #gouache #barcelona

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Painted in Kyoto today with P.A.I.N.T. Club.

Special visitor from America today, @franklinlei swinging by to paint with us.

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Second painting of the trip! La Sagrada Família, such an incredible building! It’s so interesting and whimsical. One of the best parts was actually using my conversational Spanish with people that stopped to ask about the painting. I’ve always wanted to learn a language, so the fact that I’m finally doing it in my 40s is exciting! It’s Duolingo Spanish, so terrible 😂, but was able to talk to a few people for a while.
#pleinair #gouache #barcelona

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