This is one of my favorite pages from my France 2025 journal. It was the first project I did with my class at the start of my Giverny workshop, and it brings back memories of sitting in the courtyard of our hotel, taking in the shuttered windows and geranium-filled window boxes, spindly metal cafe table, […]
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France 2025: Giverny
After two fun-filled days in Paris, it was time to pack my bags and go to work, teaching a week-long workshop with French Escapade in Giverny. I had been looking forward to this trip for a long time and was so excited to finally see Monet’s garden and walk in the footsteps of Van Gogh. […]
France 2025: Paris Sketches
My 2025 France trip extended from late August to early October, and, because this was such a long trip for me, I decided to write in my journal every day and record the highlights of what I experienced. Of course, I couldn’t include everything, and it was often really challenging to pare down what I […]
France 2025: Paris Map
The first stop on my 2025 France trip was Paris. I only had a day and a half there before the start of my workshop in Giverny, but it felt like longer. You can cram a lot of fun into a day in Paris! For the title page of this chapter of my journal, I […]
France 2025 Sketchbook: Pre-Trip Pages
Last month I returned from a six-week trip to France. It’s the longest I’ve ever been away from home, and the travel journal I kept during the trip chronicles every one of the forty-four days I spent there. During my time away, I taught two workshops, vacationed for two weeks with friends, and enjoyed my […]
Stitch a Slip-on Cover for Your Sketchbook
I always agonize over which sketchbook to take when I go on an important trip, don’t you? For my recent trip to France, I went through my stash of blank sketchbooks, waffling between this one and that, and ultimately decided to use a beautiful hardcover journal that I made several years ago. It’s been “resting” […]
Sketch the French Alps in 2026!
Sketch the French Alps with Leslie Fehling in 2026! Just imagine waking up every morning, flinging back the drapes in your hotel room, and feasting your eyes on this…
Summer Sketching with Friends
I have a great group of friends who share my love of art. I met all of them through the monthly “Summerhill Sketching” mini-workshops I used to do at our big house on the hill in Waynesburg, PA. We’ve been friends for more than ten years now, and I’m so thankful that this group of […]
Main Street, Camden, Panoramic Sketch
During a family vacation in Maine earlier this summer, I escaped for a few hours to nearby Camden, Maine, to do a little sketching. Camden is a beautiful little town in the midcoast region, a vibrant community with a bustling Main Street lined with historic brick buildings and a picture-perfect harbor. It was a hot […]
Sketch the Cotswolds and Cornwall in 2026!
Join Leslie Fehling for a week-long small-group painting tour in the Cotswolds, June 10-18, 2024.
