Art We Wonderful by Marion Younan

The Italian Stallion

I spent part of a day this past spring sketching at Casperia’s Palazzo Forani because its exterior is decorated with so many interesting art works. One intriguing piece on the […]

Sketches & Mini's

More #inktober Door Art

Thanks to #inktober 2015, I’m making more of a drawing dent into my photo collection of “door stuff” from vacations past! Two more door thingies – the first one is […]

Sketches & Mini's

Someone’s Knocking At The Door

I’m continuing my #inktober challenge with 2 more door knocker drawings – why not! For #inktober 2nd, I drew the bottom part of the #inktober 1st door knocker, but as […]

Sketches & Mini's

#Inktober 1st

Thanks to a post by Cathryn at Concretemoomin for turning me onto the Inktober challenge – where you draw something with ink media every day (if possible) during October! I’d like […]

Commissions/Sketchy Memories

A Milestone Sketchy Moment

I delivered a Sketchy Memory drawing to a client this week that was loaded with milestone moments and significance. Firstly, the drawing was being given as a wedding gift (milestone wedding!) […]

Travel-Inspired Art

The Allure Of The “Little Side Street”

This past spring, I stayed in the small village of […]

Travel-Inspired Art

The Parisian Affliction of Floral Indecision

In 2008, a friend and I went to France where I took a zillion photos. Like most of my travel photos pre-ArtWeWonderful days, they sat on my computer gathering virtual […]

Commissions/Sketchy Memories

Rome Will Be Rome!

I love making Sketchy Memory drawings for people I know and travel with. This latest one (and it’s my largest to date) is for my friend, Lisa, who came over […]

Travel-Inspired Art

The Little Sketchpad On Vacation

The title sounds like a children’s book, doesn’t it. Maybe I should just go with it! Once upon a time there was a little sketchpad named Mimi who lived inside […]

Travel-Inspired Art

A Summer Road Trip to the Gaspé – Part 2

More art-making from last week’s 6-day whirlwind car trip to […]

Travel-Inspired Art

A Summer Road Trip to Gaspé – Part 1

Summer isn’t summer without a road trip of some sort in our household. So, last week my husband and I drove from Toronto to the Gaspé region of Québec to […]

Commissions/Sketchy Memories

Introducing Sketchy Memories

I’ve been turning travel photos from friends and family into original art and cards for a few years, and I’ve been repeatedly encouraged to offer this service to “the world”. And […]

Urban Sketching

Sketching More At-Risk Heritage Buildings in Toronto

As I mentioned in an earlier post, the Toronto Urban […]

Sketches & Mini's

Sketchbook Project Online and On The Road

A few months back I posted a lot of my individual drawings I submitted to The Sketchbook Project, but now you can view my Sketchbook in its entirety. Looking at […]

Travel-Inspired Art

Welcome or Beware!

I’m always fascinated with unique architectural features, and on my trip to Italy, I saw all kinds of funky things on buildings. These two face carvings on the big front door […]

Travel-Inspired Art

A Challenge… In Progress

While at my last course, I was challenged to make a large drawing of this square in Cortona. I don’t usually do large pen and watercolour pieces, so I wasn’t […]

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