Not sure if temperatures below 92F qualify as cool, but compared with the 99-100F we have had it seemed better, or maybe we are just acclimating a bit. I got out on a few afternoons just for sketching, quite nice. Since I am contemplating switching to oils from acrylics I have been using Procreate to…
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A hot week in Avignon
One of my weather apps says that the average high temperature for August in Avignon is 88F. The whole time we have been here it has been between 96-100F, so on the average it has been too hot to go out much. We have ventured out for foraging in the morning when it was a…
theTravelsketcher’s Tuesday tip
The key to expansive landscapes is to connect them with something in the foreground. Here is a sketch of Mount Hood in Oregon. Notice the difference when you had a focal point in the foreground. Give this a try this week and let me know how it works out.
Settling in to French life
We are settling in to French life. Wait, you say, you have been living in France for over two years, aren’t you already settled? In one sense, yes we are, as far as knowing how things work, or too often don’t work here. Yet, where we have been living in La Thebauderie we are surrounded…
A week back in La Thebaudiere
We have been back in La Thebaudiere, our tiny village in Normandie, for just a week – so what have we been up to? Well of course we have spent time remembering our long trip, which for me includes some sketching. One of the best hotels we stayed in was the Central Heritage Hotel in…
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