Recent content by Joan T

Robin,thanks, It is fun to see where some people go with their imaginations. I’m sure you will come up with something creative for your shed. Pine Cone, what an odd looking cloud! It reminds me if a mountain or a whitch’s hat. KGlad your mobile studio gave you the chance to stop for the moment...

Jade, Gracie! Fletch, some of the Burano houses are a little creative like this one. Jo, the pigeons used to be just spa problem in St Mark’s Square because people fed them. That was banned and niw they are everywhere. The swoop thru the narrow streets and literally just barely miss your head...

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Robin, it is fun to see what you can sketch around your sink…so many items. Yay! Here is my other sketch from the trip to Burano. One hour is so different in color from another. This one apparently couldn’t decide on one color. I don’t have the list nearby and I don’t think it fits any of the...

Fletch, thanks. I bought two lace scarves. I thought they would be the most practical items…as much as I love some of the clothing. That’s just not me. Lol Jo, Burano is so pretty with all the colors. The food is great too. Sat at an outdoor restaurant and had to keep chasing the pigeons away...

Ai, it would be fun to sketch together again. What an unusual sculpture! Your line drawing of it looks great. Jade, grazie! Fletch, I love seeing your shading on these graphiite pieces. Went to Burano, a small island in the Venetian lagoon. The houses are bright colors and they are known for...

Robin, thanks. You’re ready with a hat and shoe and a bottle of coconut something. I like the ink color on the bottle. I bought some Italian sepia ink to bring home. It’s well sealed so I’m not opening it until I’m home. Rainy day here. Went out to sketch when there was a lull and sat under an...

Thanks, Jade! Ned, you captured the texture and size of those cliffs so well. My nephews surfed near San Diego at a beach that had cliffs similar to that. Sometimes people would go paragliding off them. I remember zigzagging to get down to the beach at the bottom. 11 - leaves- Procreate

Jade, you made them look so cute! Ai, You captured all of the decorations. The teddy bears made me smile.😃

Fletch, super shading on the sphere. You do those so well. I rarely practice anything in graphite. It is interesting to do a nocturnal painting. By the end you can’t see the colors on the paper or on the palette. Ned, cute sketch of the crab. It looks sort of like the ones we have here...

Fletch, I’m happy just sketching from the outside. lol Your tonal sketch of the egg is great. Could have used that in my omelet this morning. Ned, thanks for your comment. A lot of the masks are really creepy. lol I think a lot of them are based on the Plague Doctor. Love the rugged rock out in...

Ai, I spent part of Friday and Saturday with an urban sketcher friend from Paris that I met at the symposiums.mShevweaps here taking a workshop. I took her to the art store that I sent you to with all the pigments. I still love that place. We did some nocturnal painting together. Robin, thanks...

Ai, thanks so much. I like the charm of the red bridge. Is it red for a particular reason? Fletch, thanks. I usually look for uncrowded spots to sketch but that didn’t happen by the cathedral. lol Your lamp looks great and would be useful on a dark night. Hard to do it just with tones.

This is the big fish market here in Venice. 2 - fish (sub for chicken) - watercolors and ink I went inside St Mark’s Cathedral and stayed to sketch outside. It was so crowded with people blocking my view. 3 - humans - watercolors and ink 3 - statues decorating the outside- grey toned...

Jo, nice top and bottom of the leaf. They are always so different. Fletch, thanks for hosting. Many thank tall of you for your inspiration and friendship.