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Collection #14: Travel Sketchbooks, Part 3—England

Through my sketchbooks, I've taken you through China, Italy, and now England. My talented friend, Polly—an artist, Anglophile, and bricoleur—created a brilliant sketching itinerary through England for the two of us. Art supplies in hand, we drove off on the wrong side of the street and sipped tea from up in The Lake District and… Continue reading Collection #14: Travel Sketchbooks, Part 3—England

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Collection #14: Travel Sketchbooks, Part 2 — Italy

As I wrote in my blog on China sketchbooks, the most intimate way to experience a place is to draw it in a sketchbook—to see every detail and absorb the entire atmosphere (the sounds, smells, and light and shadows) around your subject. Now, in Part 2, I’ll take you to Italy.   Venice   Like… Continue reading Collection #14: Travel Sketchbooks, Part 2 — Italy

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Collection #14: Travel Sketchbooks—China, Part 1

The most intimate way to experience a place is to draw it in a sketchbook—to see every detail and absorb the entire atmosphere (the sounds and smells, the light and shadows) around your subject. I’m lucky I’ve been able to experience some of the world this way. My sketchbooks are the first possessions I would… Continue reading Collection #14: Travel Sketchbooks—China, Part 1