We arrived back in the US just 28 days ago. We started in Seattle then journeyed to La Conner, Mukilteo, Ballard, San Diego, Portland, Newberg, Portland. Now we will head to Seattle for a few days before flying to Europe on January the 2nd. Here are a few sketches so far this week: This one…
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Off to San Diego
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…
Basel & Luzern – Loved Switzerland
Last Thursday we left Alsace and headed to Basel, Switzerland, with a lunch stop at Titisee-Neustadt in the Black Forest of Germany. Our first impression of Basel was the crazy pedestrians and bicyclists, they cross and cut in and out with seeming little concern for cars. As a driver it was up to me, with…
Nice work at Yes! You can travelsketch!
Saturday six travelsketchers joined me for a workshop at the Red Cup in Mukilteo. The wind and the temperature made it unrealistic to be outside so Kris at Nature Together generously opened their space for us to use. This one sold out quickly, so I have another on the calendar for May 18, check the…
Graphite and pencils revisited
Ink, specifically a fountain pen, is my go-to sketching implement. My first sketches were with Rapidograph and Micron pens, no watercolor and rarely any pencil. Over the years the Rapidograph was retired as being too difficult to keep clean and operating, likely due to my ignorance about the perils of India Ink’s carbon particles ability…
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