Painting is just another way of keeping a diary.” — Pablo Picasso In 1997+- we went to Lourmarin in Provence on our first trip to France. No digital photos, but I did this watercolor, yes Picasso, painting is a diary.
Tag: Watercolor
This week in The Pearl – May 1, 2026
Bon 1er Mai ! In France today it is La Fête du Muguet, the Festival of Lily of the Valley. It is also Labor Day in France and much of the world. The French tradition began when, in the 16th century, the French King Charles IX received a sprig of Lily of the Valley as…
TheTravelsketcher’s Tuesday – Another greeting card
Last week I showed an easy way to make a greeting card, I hope you give it a try. As promised, here is another card, almost as easy. I think most folks can do this one – just follow the steps. Here is the set up. Watercolors in Ultramarine blue and Sap green, a medium…
TheTravelsketcher’s Tuesday – Easy greeting cards I
Painting your own greeting cards makes them personal, and a lot less expensive. Certainly one can make them quite intricate, but today I want to show a super easy way. Next week will be a slightly less easy way to paint a card but still quite doable, each of which would be welcome by the…
This week in the Pearl – April 10, 2026
April gave us one of those wonderful weeks of sun that lulls you into thinking that the gray and rain is done, so it was a brilliant week, yet my weather apps are telling me that there is still some clouds coming in. For those not familiar with our weather here, it does not rain…
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