Being An Artist in Italy
Last Saturday, I finished taking a week-long painting and drawing course (Artist in Italy) outside Chiusi, Tuscany. It was a fantastic experience with so many wonderful things to draw… and […]
A Sketch from Florence
I didn’t get in as much sketching as I wanted in Florence, but I did spend a wonderful afternoon in the garden of Palazzo Vivarelli Colonna. I understand that it’s […]
Sketching in Casperia, Lazio
Casperia is a very small hill town northeast of Rome, and I spent the first few days of my trip in this restful town. I spent an entire day on […]
A Sketch from Rome
I’m in Italy for the next few weeks, touring around and sketching whenever I can. Over the next few weeks, you’re going to see a lot of Italian sketches as […]
Urban Sketching Excursions
One of the wonderful things about spring is being able to get back outside with a sketchbook and pen… and not becoming an instant ice cube. It’s still a bit […]
Doing It Daily – February 15 – 22
This week’s crop of daily sketches were a challenge to complete, because I’m on a deadline for another big drawing project (more on this in later posts). So once again, […]
Doing It Daily – February 8 -14
Doing my daily sketches last week took me in interesting directions – the subjects were so varied. Turns out that I did have to plan a few sketches in advance […]
Doing It Daily – February 1 – 7
A month into my daily drawing and I’m hitting a bit of a wall – the “Wall” being that sometimes the prompt subjects don’t motivate me to draw. And especially […]
Joined Urban Sketchers
Finally after a number of months trying to work out scheduling, I joined the Toronto Urban Sketchers group this past December, and have really enjoyed the meet ups we’ve had! So […]
Doing It Daily – January 10 – 16
Last week’s daily drawings were a little more involved, because it doesn’t take much for me to go to “Detail Town”. January 12 – Favourite Breakfast Spot: January 14 – Something […]
The Road Ahead
One of our contributors, Deb Milimaka-Miles just celebrated her birthday and has also just embarked on a new exploration of oil painting (hopefully we’ll see her new work posted here […]
Doing It Daily – January 2 – 9
I’m still managing to keep my commitment to draw every day (in addition to any course assignments), using my list of drawing prompts. I’ve also committed to not doing a […]
Art We Wonderful by Marion Younan 