Italy was wonderful, beautiful, art-filled, exciting, and endlessly interesting. There’s so much to tell, and it’s difficult to even know where to start. I’ll be posting lots of photos and notes about the trip over the coming weeks, but I’m guessing a lot of you are wondering if I actually did any sketching while I […]
Category: Travel
My Travel Sketching Supplies
In my last post I showed you the fabric organizer that I made to take along on my upcoming trip to Italy. I thought you might like more specifics about what’s going in the kit. If I had to, I could get by with nothing more than a pencil, a Pitt pen and my sketchbook. […]
Book Giveaway — An Illustrated Journey!
In a mere eighteen days, I am going to be on my way to Italy! I can’t tell you how excited I am at the prospect. My sketching buddy, Suzie, and I will be housesitting for a friend for ten days in Vicenza, in northern Italy, then we’ll travel south for a taste of Tuscany […]
Sketchbook Journeys: Savannah, Georgia
My husband and I recently celebrated our 36th wedding anniversary with a trip to Savannah, Georgia … (Click any picture to enlarge) (Watercolor & ink in a Canson 10″ x 7″ watercolor sketchbook) My favorite sketch from our trip. What a beautiful old city! The historic area has hundreds of perfectly maintained homes from the […]
Sketchbook Journeys – Arizona: Day 3
As my friend and I drove toward the Santa Rita Mountains on the final day of my mini-vacation, we were looking forward to starting our first sketch of the day. We found a pretty spot on the road to Madera Canyon and began to set up our gear, but high winds forced us to retreat […]
Sketchbook Journeys – Arizona: Day 2
On the second day of my short visit to Arizona, we spent most of our time at the beautiful Mission San Xavier where I did this composite page in my sketchbook. (Click to enlarge) 9″ x 6″, ink & watercolor I enjoy designing gridded pages, because you can include so many facets of a subject […]
Sketchbook Journeys – Arizona: Day 1
You all know I love to travel, and when my friend, Suzie, invited me to join her in Arizona for a few days of sketching, I just couldn’t pass up the opportunity. I’ve been to the southwest before but not since I took up sketching and never to the Tucson area. I was really looking […]
75 Day Sketch Challenge: Days 71-72
The last two sketches from our August beach vacation … Several times a day, I took the meandering path from our house, through the dunes, to the beach, and each time I admired the colorful red and yellow blooms of the sturdy gaillardia growing in the hot, dry sand. Finally, with our vacation drawing to […]
75 Day Sketch Challenge: Days 69-70
A few more sketches from Oak Island, NC… From my bedroom on the second floor of our rental house, I had a great view of the beach on the northern side of the island. Families and fishermen seemed to love the calmer waters of the river there, and provided me with endless drawing possibilities as […]
75 Day Sketch Challenge: Days 67-68
Our Oak Island, NC, vacation, continued… I woke up really early one morning, in time to see the dark sky slowly brighten in the east as the sun peeped over the horizon and began its slow climb. The house was quiet as I slipped out onto the deck, down the steps, and through the dunes […]
