Expansive scenes can be tricky, but asking ‘what caught your eye?’ will cut it down to size. Ok, I know I am posting my Tuesday Tip on Monday, but it just makes sense for today. Expansive landscape scenery captures our attention, grabbing our sketching stuff we jump in to capture it all, only to end…
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TheTravelsketcher’s Tuesday Tip
You don’t need every detail, just suggest the main shapes and perspectives – the viewer’s eye and mind will create the rest. As my briefest of brief breaks from blogging and my longer break from Instagram imply I am reevaluating my media platforms. Here is the link to this post in Substack. Your thoughts would…
TheTravelsketcher’s Tuesday Tip
Take a break. Sometimes it is just good to take a break, often when we return to a task we have more clarity and energy. So I am going to take my own advice and take a break from posting here for a couple of weeks. Other than the one oil painting I posted last…
TheTravelsketcher’s Tuesday Tip
Self-taught does not mean unlearned. People learn in different ways. For me, classrooms are a struggle. I would like to think I am just smart and brilliant, most likely it is that I am impatient. Then there is my ego and insecurity, which kept me from art workshops because I did not feel I was…
This week remembrance and renewal
Yesterday, thirty seven years ago, we got married at the Ronald Methodist Church in Shoreline, Washington. For many years we have spent our anniversaries at the Oyster Bar on Chuckanut Drive in Bow, Washington. Last year was no exception since we were back in the US for a visit. But this year, now that we…