After thirty years of visiting Maine, I finally took the ferry from Rockland to Vinalhaven last summer and spent a day exploring the tiny town of Carver’s Harbor and some of the walking trails that wind throughout the island. Of course, I took my sketchbook along, and I thought you would enjoy seeing the creative […]
Category: Travel
Snapshot Travel Itinerary Sketch
Travel journaling involves a substantial time commitment. When I keep a full-fledged illustrated travel journal that includes watercolor sketches plus written daily commentary on where I went and what I saw and did each day, it can be challenging to find enough hours in the day to complete everything during the trip. I usually have […]
A Cute Maine Cottage Sketch
The day after Thanksgiving 2023, my mother and I took off for Florida, leaving Fred with all the leftovers from a huge turkey dinner I had cooked the day before. The two of us were tagging along on a Disney trip that my daughter had been planning for the past year. So, while the grandkids […]
Sketch the Cotswolds in 2024!
Join Leslie Fehling for a week-long small-group painting tour in the Cotswolds, June 10-18, 2024.
Sketch Provence in 2024!
Grab your sketch kit and come away with me to the land of legendary light! Illlustrated Watercolor Journaling in Provence September 14-21, 2024 (FULL) Register here Just picture yourself whiling away an afternoon wandering through a quaint French village… or sitting on a sunny hilltop, sketching the panoramic view spread out before you. Sketch from […]
Bonus Travel Palette How-To
All my bags are packed, I’m ready to go…. to Italy…tomorrow! But I wanted to take a few minutes to catch up before I head off on another adventure. As I was packing my art supplies, I came across this empty metal palette (below) that I bought a few years ago, thinking I would fill […]
More Maine Favorites
We’ve been traveling to Maine since my kids were little. We’ve made a lot of great memories along the way, and now a new generation is falling in love with this place that captured my heart all those years ago. One of my grandchildren actually said the other day that he’d rather go to Maine […]
Sketch the Cotswolds in 2024!
Join Leslie Fehling for a week-long small-group painting tour in the Cotswolds, June 10-18, 2024.
Boat Rides and Burgers in Bruges
There’s never enough time to sketch everything I’d like to when I’m traveling, so it’s nice to know that I have options for capturing memories even when I can’t take the time to draw and paint. I sometimes print out photos on matte photo paper and glue them into my journals after a trip, but […]
Watercolor Map of Bruges’ Historic Center
I love watercolor maps, don’t you? I’ve only done a few of them, but I have resolved to include one in every one of my travel journals going forward, because they’re a great way to see the big picture. They can give you a condensed version of the peak experiences of a tour or vacation […]
