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…
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This week we end the cruise
Today we are at sea headed for Los Angeles, we arrive early on Thursday, and disembark. Sixteen days is quite long, a bit too long for me. Here are what may be the last two pages of my sketching journal for this trip. I plan to print it up into a spiral bound book. An…
This week at sea
Since my last post we have traveled from the Caribbean to the Pacific by way of the Panama Canal. Our first stop was Cartagena, we took an excursion into the old town. It was too intense, exacerbated by the heat, humidity, and aggressive vendors. I have been to Spanish Inquisition museums, but though the visuals…
Going where its warm
Jimmy Buffet has a line in a song about watching a hockey game when it is 20F outside, he says, “I want to go where it’s warm!” Well, it is in the 20’s in Portland at the moment, but now we ARE “where it’s warm!” We are on the Norwegian Joy about 50 miles south…
TheTravelsketcher’s Tuesday Tip
A technique for improving your art, and for most anything you do, is LB/NT – Like Best/Next Time. Look at every sketch, especially the sketches that just don’t work out to your liking, and ask two questions. What do I like best about how this turned out? (“Nothing” is not an option.) What would I…
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