Day 1 of the long-awaited symposium!!!! I have to do one of these every year… my sketch of the bag of goodies …before I start using or give away to others. Thanks to all the sponsors and the organizers- especially Elizabeth Alley for all the hard work. Due to the goods that they actually received,...
CONTINUE READINGThe day before the symposium I went a little crazy- well, I think it was a mild a frenzy- to get myself in the mood…. There are some notes that I wrote to myself on these pages recording the thoughts running around in my head. I felt like I needed to be in the groove...
CONTINUE READINGWith only 2 days before the symposium was to start, you would think that I would have a crazy non stop sketching day to get me warmed up. But I turned out somewhat differently… it IS good to pace yourself for these events. In previous years I have tried to do way too much beforehand…this...
CONTINUE READINGWell the big event of the Monday before was the visit to Sagarda Familia….it is a fun building to sketch! I made one huge compositional decision on this first morning to draw this building on the angle rather than turn my sketchbook vertically and it impacted the rest of the trip!! I am really concerned...
CONTINUE READINGThis is part of my final page in my last sketchbook for my recent trip… (final version you will see in a few weeks…) Just for the record I thought I would weigh all the books and paper that I had in my luggage…the shaded grey are my 4 A4 watercolor moleskine sketchbooks and the...
CONTINUE READINGOne of my most basic sketchbook compositional strategies is to leave a lot of spare white space on the page. I don’t often do a sketch that totally fills a page or spread (sometimes, but it is not standard) this then leaves me room for adding text or drawing a map or other collage...
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