It has been a mild and beautiful Autumn. We are getting out for walks, cooking of course, Tricia is swimming three days a week, and I am planning a workshop. Saturday I used the Faber-Castell Matt pencils for a sketch of someplace in Provence. Monday I did some random sketches while we were watching a…
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Thoughts from theTravelsketcher – Workshops
Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1860-1941) was a piano virtuoso and composer, and a great humanitarian – in those days he was kind of a rockstar in the classical world. In 1919 he became the first Prime Minister of Independent Poland after WW1. He is famously quoted as saying: “If I miss one day of practice, I…
TheTravelsketcher’s Tuesday Tip – June 17, 2025
“Try not! Do!” Yoda Yesterday, I thought oil painting would be a good idea, but setting up and cleaning seemed like a lot of work. Thankfully Tricia gave me a bit of encouragement and I got my stuff out and started. Once into the motions I enjoyed doing a small painting from our trip to…
theTravelsketcher this week – 5 February 2021
This week Kris at Nature Together and I put a combination workshop – book group together starting at the end of February. We will be reading Nature Obscura by Kelly Brenner and then doing sketches inspired from the book. We will have three Zoom meetings, then finish off with an outdoor workshop. There is still…
Workshop and acrylics – a good week
The highlight of the week was the workshop we did on Wednesday. Ana graciously invited us to her beautiful yard with an amazing view of the sound. A couple of folks were sketching for the first time, I hope they are hooked, while a few others worked on improving. Thanks to Ana and everyone who…
