It is rare that I do not sketch everyday, but this week has been a busy one which ate up some sketching time. Our friends from the USA are visiting us for a bit. Tim arrived on Wednesday, Lisa arrives Friday, so we were busy getting things ready, really just spring cleaning kind of stuff,…
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TheTravelsketcher 14 March 2023
This week was an eclectic week known as Easter Week on the Liturgical calendar so an Easter sketch was a fitting start. This one I did with a white acrylic pen on black paper. Matin de Pâques – ils ont vu une grande lumiére. One of the oldest churches in the area is Église Notre-Dame-sur-l’Eau…
5 Days in Paris and Discovering Matt Pencils
As I have said before, the peace and quiet of our rural farm life can be overwhelming, we find ourselves craving the stimulation of Paris, thus we look for any excuse to hop on the train in Flers and get off two hours later at Gare Montparnasse. With Alexis and Joe visiting we had a…
Bold Colors and Paris Life
Just one year ago next month we moved to France, after 35 years of living in the Seattle, Washington area. What a difference a year makes. Seattle Metro has a population of 4,102,400 according to the 2022 census, it regularly ranks in the top ten worst traffic cities and in the top ten most expensive…
Contemplating Life in Your Sketchbook
Success consists of getting up just one more time than you fall. Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. Winston Churchill Sketching as a traveler captures moments like nothing else I know. Of course there are times when sketching is a way to create a moment…
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