Don’t draw the fleas before you draw the cat. I can’t wait to see the comments and thoughts on what this means in sketching. Let me know what you think.
Travel changes you
“Travel isn’t always pretty. It isn’t always comfortable. Sometimes it hurts, it even breaks your heart. But that’s okay. The journey changes you; it should change you. It leaves marks on your memory, on your consciousness, on your heart, and on your body. You take something with you. Hopefully, you leave something good behind.” –…
TheTravelsketcher’s Tuesday Tip
Every sketch does not have to be a masterpiece, sometimes it is just something to do while watching people go by. I did this yesterday while sitting at La Cave Des Pas Sages. Serious sketching just seemed like too much work, the wind was at 20+MPH, but it was sunny, not hot, and interesting people…
Cooler times in Avignon
It is nice that the highs are in the 70s lately, today is actually predicted at 66F, quite a welcomed relief from the 99F of a month ago. We are getting out more and I am still sketching most afternoons. There was a time when I rarely sketched people, yet of late they seem to…
TheTravelsketcher’s Tuesday Tip
Know your ups and downs and your right from your left. To help get some basic perspective right, without a lot of complicated talk about vanishing points, draw two intersecting lines. Start with your eye level line. Then draw a vertical line that intersects at a point straight in front of you. These two lines…
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