One of the delights of being a Travelsketcher is being immersed in a place, soaking up the sights and sounds of the people going by, the breeze blowing, while your sketchpad and paints connect you to the environment, actually making you a part of the action. Sketching on location is the superior experience. Yet there…
Author: Terry Christopherson
I sketch, I paint, I travel and eat, that is what my sites are all about.
Harbour Pointe, but done with gouache
Here are two more gouache paintings of sketching the neighborhood. I am done with gouache for now. What I learned is that watercolor works better for what I do. Before I expand on that I will acknowledge that there are folks out there producing amazing work with gouache, and most likely if I worked at…
The neighborhood journey and working with gouache continues
These sketching projects are proving to be entertaining and challenging, a good thing for art. After doing the sketch of Nic’s Barbershop with gouache I have decided to finish the “neighborhood journey” project all in gouache. As Marie of Expeditionary art says, “practice not perfection.” But with practice you do get better, so onward. One…
Yesterday’s neighborhood journey sketch, some different techniques
This is fun, taking a closer look at things close to home. Yesterday I did my third location, all are listed at Instagram or my FB page. For this sketch i used some techniques that workshop alumni will find a bit different. On top of that I used gouache paint instead of watercolor, the more…
Take a journey near to home, join me
Join me on a journey close to home, sketching along the way Le Confinement has changed our travel habits, Tolkien wrote Roads go ever ever onUnder cloud and under star,Yet feet that wandering have goneTurn at last to home afar. Since home is where we are traveling these days, lets explore it as a traveler…
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