Sunday we went with Alexis and Joe to Newport on the Oregon Coast, for her birthday lunch. It was a stormy day, with wind gusts in the 50mph range. The rain was coming down at an angle, I even succeeded in slipping on wet grass so spent the day with soaked Levis, it was a…
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TheTravelsketcher’s Tuesday Tip
“If you hear a voice within you say ‘you cannot paint,’ then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.” – Vincent Van Gogh
This week back home, mostly
We got off the ship last Thursday, then headed for San Diego to visit family and meet a new addition, our three month old grand-nephew. While we were there we visited Presidio Park. It is the location of the first permanent settlement in California, a fortified city, built in 1769. The park also has the…
TheTravelsketcher’s Tuesday Tip
Learn to enjoy your pencil. “I sometimes think there is nothing so delightful as drawing.” Vincent Van Gogh “I love the quality of a pencil, it helps me get to the core of a thing.” Andrew Wyeth For me it is a Blackwing pencil, there is pleasure in just putting marks on paper with no…
TheTravelsketcher’s Tuesday Tip
Disclaimer: Tricia just reminded me that today is Sunday, not Tuesday. I do lose track of time, so I am just early this week. Remind yourself why you started sketching in the first place. Most of us travelsketchers never set out to have our work hanging in the Louvre. We found it intriguing, maybe we…
