We are settling into our apartment in the Pearl quite nicely and the sense I had early on of a bit of a Parisian feel has only grown. We can walk to most anything we need, we already discovered The Fields Bar & Grill which has a casual neighborhood feel – not the same as…
Tag: dessin de voyage
TheTravelsketcher’s Tuesday Tip
Don’t apologize or use disclaimers (excuses). “I just did a quick sketch.” This is a phrase I see quite often in posts, but I know that what tempts me to use that phrase is the sense that what I sketched is not very good and I hope I will be forgiven for it not being…
TheTravelsketcher’s Tuesday Tip
“I don’t paint what I see, I paint what I saw.” Edvard Munch This admonition seems the opposite of the standard adage of “paint what you see, not what you think you see,” or so it seems. But possibly they both have a bit of wisdom. Our brain is great at filling in blanks and…
Almost back to PNW
Tuesday afternoon our British Airways flight from Heathrow touched down at O’Hare Airport in Chicago. Tricia and I looked at each other and mouthed the words, “I miss Europe.” We packed carefully so as not to forget anything, yet we left a bit of us behind. My Friend Shirley will enthusiastically remind us of all…
TheTravelsketcher’s Tuesday Tip
It is OK to use tools to get it right. For some reason many people feel guilty if they use tools to help them sketch, but artists from Da Vince, to Van Gogh, and beyond have taken advantage of various things to help. One of the most frequent tools is a grid viewfinder. Here is…
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