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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
More from my Sketchbook Project – Rome
From my Sketchbook Project, here are the Rome drawings – all of them focused on the Vatican. St. Peter’s Square: During the day there are so many people in the […]
More From My Sketchbook Project – Florence
Florence is my favourite city, so I had to include […]
More From My Sketchbook Project – Vicenza
Palladio is the famous son of Vicenza – his architecture […]
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 […]
Shipped That Sketchbook!
Whew! It was a mad dash to get my sketchbook done and mailed for the March 31st deadline of The Sketchbook Project. As ready as I was to get this […]
Doing It Daily – February 22 – 28
Almost all my daily sketches from this week were started very late at night, after a long day of drawing for another large project. And most of them are either […]
3-Point Watercolour
In our watercolour class, we were challenged to paint a subject where there were 3 obvious points of perspective – 2 sides and the third being either from below or […]
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, […]
My First (Finished) Negative Painting
Last year, I attempted a negative painting (painting the negative space around subjects in layers) but abandoned it because it hurt my brain, being so against my usual way of painting. And […]
Art We Wonderful by Marion Younan 