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 […]
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. […]
Travel Journal: Playing with Colour and Texture
Experimenting with different techniques in my travel journal was also […]
Italian Inspiration
On my trip to Italy, I visited a number of art treasures – the Bernini sculptures in the Galleria Borghese, the Giotto frescoes in Padova’s Scrovegni Chapel, Bellini’s “Baptism of […]
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 […]
Travel Journal: The Freedom of the 5-Minute Sketch
During my trip, I often would only have a few […]
Making Art and Friends in Tuscany – Part Two
Before I begin the art exhibition from the second half […]
Making Art and Friends in Tuscany – Part One
This past June, artist and tutor, Chris Bell, and his […]
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 […]
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 […]
Art We Wonderful by Marion Younan 