travel journalling – Art We Wonderful by Marion Younan

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 […]

Miniature Art

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 […]

Miniature Art

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. […]

Experiments

Travel Journal: Playing with Colour and Texture

Experimenting with different techniques in my travel journal was also […]

Miniature Art

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 […]

Miniature Art

Travel Journal: The Freedom of the 5-Minute Sketch

During my trip, I often would only have a few […]

Miniature Art

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 […]

Miniature 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 […]

Miniature Art

What I Did This Summer – Travel Journalling

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