Watercolor travel journal

When I taught my Maine workshop a few weeks ago, I had to do all the driving to Maine and back – 16 hours each way. I generally don’t enjoy driving on a long trip. It’s boring, exhausting, and sometimes frustrating, like the time I blindly followed my GPS into a traffic jam in the […]

Sketching my life and sharing the experience

Week of Sept. 24th, 2012: Departed Ohio, on my tour; first stop was a brief visit to the new art center in Old Forge, NY... a beautiful facility, master-minded by our dear friend, Mirnie Kashiwa, founder of THE ADIRONDACK NATIONAL EXHIBITION OF AMERICAN WATERCOLORS... even met a number of artist friends, also there to see the watercolor exhibition - a real beauty! Then, on to Big Moose Lake, to the historic Big Moose Inn, where I conducted a one day session on the inn's porch, through fog…

The ultimate guide to planning, creating, and preserving an art focused travel journal for the ultimate DIY travel souvenir.

4 Options of minimal travel kits with materials based on the length of your journey

We’re all used to snapping pictures while on a trip, but a somewhat more unique keepsake that is seen less and less these days is the travel journal. This…

6″ x 8″, ink & watercolor on 140 lb. Kilimanjaro watercolor paper On Day 2 of our Paris visit, we were feeling pretty energetic, since we had gotten a good night’s sleep and were recovering from the time change. My friend, Karen, who was coming to the workshop in Provence, was in Paris, so she […]

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