My Art

A Watercolour Challenge

One of the last projects in my watercolour course was to paint a still life that had clear glass objects in it. I went to my photo stash and found […]

Miniature Art

Travel Journal: The Extraordinary Ordinary

While the scenery in Italy is awe-inspiring, I also enjoyed drawing and painting the everyday stuff. I should explain the note above in the Pisa drawing. The pici […]

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From Photo to Canvas, Part Three

In my previous 2 posts about drawing from photos, I added those pen and watercolour sketches to my travel journal, but in this instance, I used a photo for a […]

Miniature Art

A Barcelona Market

I was inspired by my son’s photography of markets in Spain, so I took pen and paintbrush in hand, and sketched 2 of my favourite photos. Whew! Painting individual grapes […]

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Travel Journal: Unique Architecture

Italy has no end of interesting structures – from ancient ruins to the modern marvels. Here are a few other sketches of some of this architecture that I captured in […]

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Painting Barns, Goblets and Fruit – Oh My!

A sunny warm day in May, and instead of swimming, […]

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Travel Journal: From Photo to Canvas – Part 2

Converting more of my travel photos to drawings… here’s the […]

Miniature Art

Travel Journal: From Photo to Canvas

Once I came upon a scene to sketch, in the seconds that followed I’d discover 10 more rich possibilities… and so I took photos of them as subjects for future drawings. […]

Experiments

Travel Journal: Playing with Colour and Texture

Experimenting with different techniques in my travel journal was also […]

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Travel Journal: To Colour Or Not To Colour

Sometimes I would sketch and love the black and white version so much that I didn’t want to add any colour, out of fear of messing up the overall drawing. Having […]

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