travel – Art We Wonderful by Marion Younan

Balconies in Canal #3

At my Pop Up Show in February, I was asked a number of times if I had “3 of” (insert subject/city name). I learned that people really like 3’s! And […]

Sketches & Mini's

Reflecting on Reflections in Venice

Looking through all my source photos to decide what to paint for my next Mini Vacations piece, I came across this Venice canal shot from a 2007 trip. It was one […]

Sketches & Mini's

Special Sun-Splashed Places

February days in Canada bring on daydreams of sunny warm places! My subconscious desires for warmth must have been driving the subject choices for these 2 art cards. Positano […]

Sketches & Mini's

Encountering a Lion in Chianti

I could probably make all 100 art cards from pictures of fountains I’ve taken! But for now, here’s just one of them for card #13 – the lion fountain in […]

Travel-Inspired Art

Sketching A Warmer Memory for #inktober

As the colder weather is now here, I turned to one of my favourite warmer subjects to sketch and paint: Positano, Italy. This drawing is from a photo I took […]

Sketches & Mini's

One Of My Favourite Fountains

Whenever I’m in Florence, I have to pay a visit to “Nicco”. Nicco is not his real name, but it has been discreetly graffiti’ed above him with an arrow so […]

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 […]

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 […]

My Art

Travel Journal: From Photo to Canvas – Part 2

Converting more of my travel photos to drawings… here’s the […]