pen and watercolour – Art We Wonderful by Marion Younan

Or… Beautiful Places with Flower Pots

These 2 art cards come from images of vacation places I’ve stayed at a few times – places where the settings and the people have given me profound moments of connection and peace. […]

Miniature Art

When Painting Is An Eye Test

In a few weeks, I’ll be taking part in my first Artist Trading Card (ATC) event. If you haven’t heard of these, you create a number of 2.5″ x 3.5″ […]

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 […]

Miniature Art

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 […]

Travel-Inspired Art

New Friends From My Travels – Part Two

Into my travel journal went more drawings of two more artists I met at the art course in Tuscany. The first drawing is of Sue in Panicale, Umbria – a gorgeous […]

Travel-Inspired Art

New Friends From My Travels – Part One

My Italy watercolour journal came home from the trip with blank pages, and has been calling to me from its position on the kitchen counter – “fill me, fill me”! […]

My Art

Starting with a New Look

Go all the way with it. Do not back off. For once, go all the goddamn way with what matters. – Ernest Hemingway, “The Complete Short Stories” I read this quote […]

Miniature Art

Sketching A Soon-to-Vanish Toronto Landmark

The Toronto Urban Sketchers are racing around Toronto to draw landmarks that are at risk or are slated for demolition. The sketches and stories of these structures will be collected […]

Miniature Art

Pazzo in Pizzo

After a long train ride to Calabria and a short taxi ride, I arrived in the small coastal town of Pizzo. The apartment rental was fantastic, with amazing views and […]

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