If you feel like you just aren’t artistic try just capturing the color of the moment. Years ago I started my “Yes! You can travelsketch!” workshops because so many people told me they were just not artistic, many who came found actually they could travelsketch. The purpose of travelsketching is to do something other than…
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TheTravelsketcher’s Tuesday Tip – August 26, 2025
If your sketches are looking flat the dark areas are probably too light; the dark areas give depth and interest, don’t be afraid of them. I am revisiting the issue of getting the dark areas right. In other posts I have revealed that for most of my art life I was afraid of getting the…
TheTravelsketcher’s Tuesday Tip – August 12, 2025
Make your journal pages more interesting by dividing up the space. Even a few lines of only writing about the moment becomes artistic when framed with a few lines.
This week in The Pearl – July 25,2025
This has been a busy week, such a good week. Last Friday I met up with friend Tim to chat and play a little music. Then that evening we drove to Newberg to have dinner with Alexis and Joe. They took us a to a place that we had never been. It had been a…
This week in The Pearl – July 11, 2025
Thank you in advance for indulging me a bit of reminiscing. Just a year ago this week we were in the final throws of leaving La Thebauderie in Normandie. I am one of those people who tends to let events pass with little residue, yet if you have followed this blog you know that is…
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