Often travelsketching is not as easy as it might seem. On this journey back to visit friends and family in the US most of our time is spent enjoying good company and food, not always time for sketching. We spent most of this week in San Diego, well actually La Mesa, with Tricia’s sister and…
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A view from the train and evening sketches
Last August I started painting in acrylics again, thanks to Tricia’s encouragement while we were in Paris. When we moved to France I gave away or sold most of my acrylic paints and their accoutrements. So to start up again required some shopping, oh, darn. I did this painting from a photo I took while…
Painting and sketching at home
We arrived home from Norway just two weeks ago. Before we left I did a couple of small sketches for our server and a couple from Turkey that we met at Fjellskål Restaurant. I was looking forward to being back home so I could do more acrylic painting. Acrylic paintings take a lot more time…
An Easy Way To Sketch Flowers
Sketching a bunch of flowers and plants can be a bit daunting. The main reason is that we forget the adage, “sketch what you see, not what you think you see”- we over think it. So here is a quick way to sketch these flowers that were on the terrace at our BnB last night….
Off to the south of France
After a few weeks at home we are off again, this time to the south of France. The weather was wet for a few days then it got quite hot. My new studio and paints got a bit of a work out. Jimmy Buffett died on the first of September, quite a shock to me…
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