From Torchamp to Giverny, worlds apart


On our last day in La Thebauderie even the tiny, 3cm, snail on the window was frowning, sad I am sure to see us go. Just a few days before, after a lot of sorting and packing, we put everything we wanted to keep on a pallet-container to be shipped to Oregon. I sketched flowers…

Milan to Amsterdam to Split, oh my


When we started planning this trip many months ago it was pretty simple – Tuscany/Umbria then Croatia. Like some Bill passing through Congress we added a bunch of addendums along the way. All of our trips start with a two hour train ride to Paris, then an airplane or more trains from there. Since all…

Off to San Diego


Often travelsketching is not as easy as it might seem. On this journey back to visit friends and family in the US most of our time is spent enjoying good company and food, not always time for sketching. We spent most of this week in San Diego, well actually La Mesa, with Tricia’s sister and…

A week in Washington


We arrived in Seattle just a week ago. The first few nights we spent in downtown Seattle to adjust to the jet lag and do a little shopping. Here are a couple sketches from Seattle. A few France inspired sketches: Our hosts have wonderfully decorated their home, with an abundance of poinsettias. I did this…

An Easy Way To Sketch Flowers


Sketching a bunch of flowers and plants can be a bit daunting. The main reason is that we forget the adage, “sketch what you see, not what you think you see”- we over think it. So here is a quick way to sketch these flowers that were on the terrace at our BnB last night….