A Season of Art
Happy 2015 to All! Before I completely forget about this past holiday season and deal with my January resolutions, I wanted to post a few pen/ink/watercolour pieces I created for […]
The Best of the Season to You
To everyone who regularly stops by artwewonderful, thank you for your support! And have a fantastic holiday season wherever you are in the world!
Sketching Courses You Might Want to Consider
I’ve just finished 2 sketching courses online with Sketchbook Skool, and I’m in the midst of another sketching course called Sketching Now. Sketchbook Skool is 6 weeks of lessons and […]
Contrasting Sketches from a Niagara Weekend
Two different types of sketches done on the same day, while checking out the Niagara region this past fall. Took my time on the Willowbank Estate and went in for […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Painting Barns, Goblets and Fruit – Oh My!
A sunny warm day in May, and instead of swimming, […]
Travel Journal: From Photo to Canvas – Part 2
Converting more of my travel photos to drawings… here’s the […]
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. […]
Art We Wonderful by Marion Younan 