Art We Wonderful

Travel Journal: The Castles of Valle d’Aosta, Italy

The Valle d’Aosta region of Italy sits up in the […]

Travel Journal: The Italian Riviera

Here are some of my journal drawings from some of the towns on the Italian Riviera. The Hanbury Gardens, Mottola There’s so much to draw inside this incredible garden on […]

My Art

Travel Journal – Churches

Everywhere you go in Italy, you’ll find a “sketch-worthy” church. I captured a number of them in my travel journal in both 5-minute and 30-minute sketches. All are drawn with […]

My Art

What I Did This Summer – Travel Journalling

Over the next several posts, I am going to share […]

My Art

A Sketch Of A Special Place

A dear friend of mine had a special moment in Positano that I was lucky enough to share with her. For her birthday, I sketched the place where we toasted […]

Experiments

Experimenting with iPhone Photography

I travel light, and on my last trip, I used my iPhone camera as my primary camera. It did well, but there certainly were limitations. And then I was given […]

Experiments

Another Friday morning art lesson from the Handbook of Watercolour Landscapes Tips & Techniques (p. 309), this time Deb and I learned more about using masking fluid. Masking fluid can ruin brushes, […]

Inspiration

The Wonderful World in Travel Journals

Whenever I travel, I keep a travel journal with written daily entries, but for my next trip, I am going to keep an illustrated travel journal. I’ve been preparing for […]

Experiments

Ink All Over The Place

After my weekend course with alcohol inks, I spent another day playing with them – learning more about how they spread, their ability to mix, and their drying times. […]

Friends Art

Getting Schooled, Part 2

Another book that I’ve picked up for watercolour exercises is “The Handbook of Watercolour Landscapes: Tips & Techniques” by Bolton, Kersey, Dowden and Whittle. Again, this is another book that uses […]

Charcoal - Pencil

Deb’s Been Sketching

Our visiting friend at ARTWEWONDERFUL, Deb Miles, has been doing some charcoal sketching lately, and experimenting with colour. I like her funky take on Portovenere Harbour, especially her choice of […]

Experiments

Intro To Alcohol Inks

I took a one-day introduction course (taught by Diane Marcotte) on using alcohol inks – a very spontaneous and vibrant medium! These colours travel very quickly across the paper and […]

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Art We Wonderful

creating my way thru the world

Travel Journal: The Castles of Valle d’Aosta, Italy

Travel Journal: The Italian Riviera

Travel Journal – Churches

What I Did This Summer – Travel Journalling

A Sketch Of A Special Place

Experimenting with iPhone Photography

Getting Schooled, Part 3

The Wonderful World in Travel Journals

Ink All Over The Place

Getting Schooled, Part 2

Deb’s Been Sketching

Intro To Alcohol Inks