The Best of the Season to You
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Sketching Courses You Might Want to Consider
I’ve just finished 2 sketching courses online with Sketchbook Skool, and I’m in the midst of another sketching course called Sketching Now. Sketchbook Skool is 6 weeks of lessons and […]
A Watercolour Challenge
One of the last projects in my watercolour course was to paint a still life that had clear glass objects in it. I went to my photo stash and found […]
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 […]
From Photo to Canvas, Part Three
In my previous 2 posts about drawing from photos, I added those pen and watercolour sketches to my travel journal, but in this instance, I used a photo for a […]
A Barcelona Market
I was inspired by my son’s photography of markets in Spain, so I took pen and paintbrush in hand, and sketched 2 of my favourite photos. Whew! Painting individual grapes […]
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 […]
Painting Barns, Goblets and Fruit – Oh My!
A sunny warm day in May, and instead of swimming, […]
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 […]
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 […]
Art We Wonderful by Marion Younan 