This journal page starts out with a continuation of my day in Venice, then I wrote about market day in Vicenza, which was great fun. 10″ x 7″ ink & watercolor in Stillman & Birn Beta series sketchbook The town was bustling with crowds of people, everybody happy and excited about all the goings-on. Housewives […]
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Sketchbook Journeys – Italy: Day 9 (Venice Canals)
So much to see, and so little time! That’s what it felt like on my one day in Venice. Of course I toured St. Mark’s Basilica, visited the Rialto Market, and strolled along the Grand Canal, but one of the best things I did that day was to take the time to wander off into […]
Sketchbook Journeys – Italy: Day 9 (Pigeons in Venice)
Can you imagine Venice without pigeons? They’re such a part of the city that I felt they deserved a page in my travel journal… These four are making the loveliest shadows as they perch on a lamp support on the clock tower in the Piazza San Marco… And this group has found something worth investigating… […]
Sketchbook Journeys – Italy: Day 9 (Rialto Market, Venice)
While winter winds howl outside and the temps hover around zero here in Pennsylvania, I’ve been contentedly ensconced in my studio, painting the colorful fruits and vegetables at the Rialto Market in Venice. 10″ x 7″, ink & watercolor in Stillman & Birn Beta series sketchbook I did the drawing on this page in […]
Sketchbook Journeys – Italy: Day 9 (Venice + Time-Lapse Video)
10″ x 2″, ink & watercolor in Stillman & Birn Beta series sketchbook As I rode the train from Vicenza to Venice on Day 9 of my Italian adventure, the colors were soft and muted. Church spires peeked above the fog as we passed by small towns and farms. It was a quiet, relaxed trip, […]
Sketchbook Journeys – Italy: Piazza San Marco, Venice + Step-by-Step
Ready to escape to Italy for some fun in the sun? Come along with me as I work on finishing up the travel journal I started on my two-week trip to northern Italy and Tuscany last spring. I worked feverishly on the sketches last spring and summer, adding watercolor to line drawings I had done […]
Sketchbook Journeys – Cape Cod: Days 6 & 7
We learned to plan our walks around the rise and fall of the tides while we stayed in Wellfleet. The beach at Pleasant Point Landing, just down the road from our cottage, was under four feet of water at high tide, but at low tide we could walk all along the shore on dry, sandy […]
Sketchbook Journeys – Cape Cod: Day 5 (continued)
Look who was hanging out at the beach with us on Day 5 of our Cape Cod vacation… This big guy bobbed around off-shore all afternoon, riding the swells and watching us watching him. It was all well and good until Buckley caught a whiff of him and tried to swim out through the breakers […]
Sketchbook Journeys – Cape Cod: Days 3-5
Any visit to Provincetown is guaranteed to be memorable. It has interesting people, charming historic buildings, a bustling harbor, fun shops, and dogs everywhere! Ink & watercolor in a hardbound 5.5″ x 8.5″ Stillman and Birn Beta series sketchbook I tried to capture some of its quirky vibe in this composite page. The whimsical lettering […]
Sketchbook Journeys – Cape Cod: Days 1 & 2
I’ve been away from blogging for a few weeks, finishing up my Cape Cod sketches and working on a new business venture which I’ll be announcing soon. I also managed to slip in a little trip with my mom and sister, to celebrate my sis’s birthday. I’m back now and anxious to share my Cape […]
