One of the challenges when travel sketching is where to start. Admittedly every artist has their own valid approach. Yet we often get hung up in the details, trying to create a sketch that looks like a photo, this can be intimidating and frustrating. Beyond that it goes against the key idea behind travel sketching…
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My new pochade box finally came!
My last blog described my transition to theTravelsketcher. Today my gift to myself finally came – Amazon left the unit number off the address, resulting in an extra day of unwelcome delayed gratification. My SOHO Urban Artist Pochade Box arrived at lunchtime. For those unfamiliar, a Pochade box is one of the ways that plein…
How I became theTravelsketcher
Twenty-five years ago, this coming January, I boarded a plane at SEATAC airport headed to Racine Wisconsin. Prior to that I had been to Mexico twice, and flights for business in the Western States – a business traveler yet not the road warrior I would become. My life as a seminar speaker was just beginning,…
Testing a new tripod
Most of the time my lap has supported my sketchpad and paints. I like to travel light so that works well. Yet after seeing so many urban and travel sketchers use a tripod for sketching I had to give it a go. So I built one from an old easel – thiswas the trial run….
Painting a tree in Loch Ness
Here is the process I used painting a 2″x2″ canvas using acrylics and a pallet knife.
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