Sunday 3 April 2011. First a two hour flight from Seattle to Los Angeles, a layover that was usually a couple of hours, then a 14 hour flight to Brisbane, Australia. I lost a day in the process, thanks to time zones and the International Date Line, so it was now Tuesday, 5 April. After…
Author: Terry Christopherson
It’s done! theTravelsketchers Guide to Travel & Sketching
Thanks to editing help from Tricia, Travels Through My Lens, my book is done. Twenty-five years of traveling for business with a sketchbook in my bag taught me a few things about travel and sketching, I am passing some of them along. My hope is that you are motivated to sketch and travel more. I…
A morning plein-air at Rosehill
Getting ready for next week’s workshops while trying out a new watercolor set-up. Usually I use acrylic paint for plien air painting, but I wanted to see how my pochade box worked for watercolor. Here is the result, with a bit of the good and the not so good. Yesterday I filled my watercolor pallet…
Workshop and acrylics – a good week
The highlight of the week was the workshop we did on Wednesday. Ana graciously invited us to her beautiful yard with an amazing view of the sound. A couple of folks were sketching for the first time, I hope they are hooked, while a few others worked on improving. Thanks to Ana and everyone who…
Happy 4th – this last week
Thankfully we have art to keep us sane in a world of crazy. This last week I have continued to work on my new book “theTravelsketchers Guide to Travel and Sketching, getting ready for the “Shapes, Darks, and Color” Workshop on July 15 (Still a couple of openings), doing acrylic paintings, and sketching. Here are…