Checking in with my sketching goals
I am taking a step back and check-in on my sketching goals. What have I achieved so far, how did I grow?...
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How to keep a travel sketchbook
I love to capture trips in a travel sketchbook. Read what materials I use when sketching on vacation and how to fit sketching into your itinerary ...
Joining the 100-day project to establish a regular art practice
Turns out that today is the official start of the so-called 100-day project. Each year artists commit to doing some kind of art for 100 days in a row to establish a regular art practice.......
2021 sketching review – Looking back at this year’s sketchbooks
Looking back at my sketchbooks and taking the time to reflect on this years sketching adventures and learnings is one of my favorite parts of this time of the year. Looking back at my sketchbooks......
Doing a daily drawing challenge and what I learned from it
I did a daily drawing challenge, drawing for 20 consecutive days. Read in this post what I learned and how it influenced my art practice. ...
Exhibiting at Rendez-Vous du Carnet de Voyage
One weekend, 100 artists exhibiting their travel sketchbooks and a lot of visitors. What a great experience! Rendez-vous du Carnet de Voyage is a three day event dedicated to travel sketchbooks taking place in Clermont-Ferrand,......
Finding inspiration for daily drawing
Beginning of the year I wrote down my sketching goals for 2022. It’s only the end of January but I already find it very helpful to have these goals as some kind of guidance. One......
One day sketching in Paris
7 hours in Paris, 15 km of walking, 7 sketches – my kind of city trip Although Paris is not far from my hometown Karlsruhe in Germany I haven’t been there for more than 20......
Reportage sketching – the last tram ride in Karlsruhe’s main street
After many years of construction, a tunnel for trams was opened in Karlsruhe. Up to now, the trams drove through the city centre. With the opening of the tunnel, they now only run underground.Last weekend,......
Setting sketching goals for 2022
The new year marks a new beginning and although setting new sketching goals can be done at any time of the year I think that it makes sense to start the new year with some reflection on where I want my art to go...