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Less is More: Slow Travel Sketching
Slow travel is a natural companion to on-location sketching, but we all still feel the pressure to see it all – an impossible task. I will share experiences and sketches from a variety of my travels, from traversing New Zealand in a camper van to cycling a famous path in Japan. The journeys highlight how spending more time in fewer locations led to deeper connections with locals and a richer understanding of place.
Eleanor Doughty
Eleanor Doughty is a Seattle-based artist originally from Virginia. Her mixed media work captures realistic subjects and imbues them with significance and character. Inspired by artists such as Charley Harper and Masaaki Yuasa, Doughty ‘s style has been described as “lighthearted and nostalgic … seeking clarity and visual impact in her drawings.” Doughty has been traveling internationally to teach on-location sketching since 2019. She writes the newsletter Hand To Paper on Substack and co-hosts the popular Street View World Tour on Zoom with Jenny Adam. Outside of urban sketching, Doughty is a freelance illustrator, specializing in large format works up to two stories tall.
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