5 Days in Paris and Discovering Matt Pencils


As I have said before, the peace and quiet of our rural farm life can be overwhelming, we find ourselves craving the stimulation of Paris, thus we look for any excuse to hop on the train in Flers and get off two hours later at Gare Montparnasse. With Alexis and Joe visiting we had a…

Contemplating Life in Your Sketchbook


Success consists of getting up just one more time than you fall. Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. Winston Churchill Sketching as a traveler captures moments like nothing else I know. Of course there are times when sketching is a way to create a moment…

theTravelsketcher this week – May 14, 2021


Good week but not as much sketching due to time spent working on a wall mural commission, new territory for me but thanks to Procreate on iPad it is coming together. Liechtenstein is a place that I know very little about, but they do have quite the castle, so I did a sketch of the…

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…