From the Summer Trip: Rivers

A big chunk of time during this summer vacation was spent on the water. We hiked the banks of several rivers, visited waterfalls, kayaked /canoed, jumped across, swam intentionally, cooled off after a proper sauna, and just sat by the moving water of several wonderful rivers. I tried to sketch every time there was a chance - and here are some results. Markers, watercolor, and gouache, printmaking with stencils, some color pencils - all were used to make a selection of sketches below. And on the bottom, you will see some photos of the process. 

From the Summer Trip: Shores of the Baltic Sea

I experienced all sorts of weather on my trip and saw the Baltic Sea on a very sunny, warm, and calm day, extremely windy, quite cold and gray day, and everything in between - which only means that I had a typical summer interaction with it. I sat on a dune to sketch, hid from sun under a beach "mushroom" contraption, hid from wind behind a large boulder, and tried to sketch on the run while escaping a horde of mosquitoes. The sketches below are a result of these adventures.

Sketchbook #114: Treasures

I am always struggling with keeping the number of colors under control - especially when I paint colorful things like seashells and sea glass! Abalone pieces are hardest for me - but at least they are so colorful on one side only and she shadow is pretty uniform in color :)

Sketchbook #113: Trip to Bonaire

Travel sketching is an amazing habit - I see more and better while I am on the road but also when I get home and scan everything - or look through my old sketchbooks - I get to re-live all the adventures :)