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Sketchaday Series 2, Episode 6: The world offers itself to your imagination

Posted on January 23, 2019 by julia

Wild Geese You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees For a hundred miles through the desert, repenting. You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it … Continue reading →

Posted in drawing, indigo, memory sketches, pen and ink, pen and wash, poetry, sketchaday, Uncategorized | Tagged animals, art, Banff, blogs, cafes, Canada, clouds, composition, drawing, eagles, holidays, imagination, indigo, journals, Juniper hotel, lakes, landscapes, life drawing, magpies, Mary Oliver, monochrome, mountains, Mt Begbie Brewery, mule deer, pencil, poetry, Revelstoke, Rogers Pass, sculpture, sepia, snow, squirrels, trails, travel, trees, watercolour, wild geese | 4 Comments

Sketchaday Series 2, Episode 4: Training my Memory

Posted on January 6, 2019 by julia

I have always tried to keep a diary when on my travels, as I find it very hard to recall the day to day happenings. In my last Sketchaday series I wrote a post nearly every day, but this time … Continue reading →

Posted in character sketches, drawing, memory sketches, pen and ink, pen and wash, sketchaday, watercolour | Tagged cafes, Canada, character sketches, drawing, drawing from memory, journals, memory sketches, pen and ink, pen and wash, portraits, Revelstoke, sketchaday, sketching from memory, watercolour | Leave a comment

Sketchaday 15: from the cheerfully macabre back to the sublime

Posted on August 2, 2016 by julia

The weather remained uncertain today so we didn’t attempt any ambitious hikes. We gave Mum and Dad a break this morning so they could have their first trail bike ride together since Leo was born. Then we all headed over … Continue reading →

Posted in sketchaday, Uncategorized | Tagged art, blogs, bridges, cafes, Canada, drawing, journals, mountains, national highway, Revelstoke, sketchaday, sketching, taco club, travel, urban sketchers, urban sketching, watercolour | 1 Comment

#Sketchaday14:lounging around town

Posted on July 31, 2016 by julia

I actually drew this the previous day after our adventure on the Pipe, when it got so hot and sultry all we felt like doing was sitting in a cafe and drinking iced water. The Revelstoke lamp posts are very … Continue reading →

Posted in sketchaday, Uncategorized | Tagged art, beer houses, bierhaus, cafes, Canada, drawing, journals, lamp posts, Paramjit's Kitchen, Revelstoke, sightseeing, sketchaday, sketching, travel, urban sketchers, watercolour | 1 Comment