“Try not! Do!” Yoda Yesterday, I thought oil painting would be a good idea, but setting up and cleaning seemed like a lot of work. Thankfully Tricia gave me a bit of encouragement and I got my stuff out and started. Once into the motions I enjoyed doing a small painting from our trip to…
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This week in The Pearl – June 13, 2025
Last Sunday we got back to our longstanding practice of Le déjeuner dominical (it has been jokingly called le messe du ventre – the mass of the stomach). Tricia and I both cook, I resist using the phrase “cooking duties” as that implies a burdensome task; for us it is a pleasure. The Brits use…
TheTravelsketcher’s Tuesday Tip – June 3, 2025
To make your bright areas more intense make your darks darker. I did the painting on the left first, it really did not look too bad. The Sunset at Otter Crest was quite dramatic so I wanted it to “pop”. I darkened the rocks and even the distant, dark, part of the ocean, as well…
TheTravelsketcher’s Tuesday Tip – May 27, 2025
Add people to your sketches. Including people in your sketches adds interest and perspective, and it turns it into a story – it is quite simple and they don’t have to be portraits. Check this sketch I did of a road we walked often near our home in France. The first is without a person,…
This week in The Inn At Otter Crest – May 23, 2025
We spent most of the week out of The Pearl. We discovered the Otter Crest Loop on our last trip to the coast, and stumbled upon The Inn At Otter Crest, so back we went for three nights, how could we resist since they were offering a stay-two-nights-get-the-third-free promo. It was a bit cool when…
