“Have no fear of perfection – you’ll never reach it” Salvador Dali Many a good sketch has been ruined by trying to make it perfect. If you captured the moment it is perfect enough.
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Settling into the Pearl
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…
TheTravelsketcher’s Tuesday Tip
A pencil is good for more than just laying out a sketch, with ink it works well for shade. I use a Blackwing and a 5mm 4B in a lead holder.
The Pearl, a world away from La Thebauderie
Tuesday we got the fobs, they don’t use keys these days, to our apartment in the Pearl District of Portland, a world and two centuries away from La Thebauderie in Normandie. Tricia’s view today, and her views two years ago. We like the Pearl, it has a bit of a Paris feel. The streets are…
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…
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