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,…
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TheTravelsketcher’s Tuesday Tip – May 6, 2025
Even complex or irregular objects are built on the structure of basic shapes. Reduce the object to basic shapes, pencil them in, and then build on them.
TheTravelsketcher’s Tuesday Tip
“Creativity takes courage.” – Henri Matisse Creativity by its very nature means you are trying something different, and since we all suffer to some degree a fear of being criticized too often we choose what is safe. This is what stops people from trying to sketch, and keeps us from expanding. So be brave this…
This week in Oregon
We are enjoying the rhythm of living in The Pearl. When we were still in La Thebauderie we often talked about baking bread, cooking new things, and cooking old favorites when we returned to the US. I am baking bread, the only bread we buy is a baguette; Safeway actually has a pretty good rustic…
TheTravelsketcher’s Tuesday Tip
Try painting the darks first. Traditional watercolor practice is to work from light to dark, which makes sense since watercolor is transparent so the dark colors cover light colors. Oil, gouache, and acrylic painters often, usually, start with the darkest areas first, then they lighten as needed. Try breaking the watercolor rule and painting the…
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