Quick Sketch Travel Memories
Workshop description
Traveling presents ideal opportunities to create lasting memories of your adventures. Photos are one way of recording the places, but sketching allows immersion into experiences and a chance to slow down. Activities enhance your memory of people/places/events and so I try to sketch while eating, drinking, talking, etc., adding to the enjoyment while embedding those memories. This workshop will share strategies to prioritize and capture sketches of the journey by using simplification techniques, loose sketching, and fast color washes to make the most of even just a few minutes available to sketch.
Supplies
- Paper media: Any paper that can take watercolors i.e. water color paper 130 lb. or sketchbook
- Pen with waterproof ink: My favorites are Pigma Micron (Size 08) or Staedtler Lumocolor (Size F) (or Fountain Pen with waterproof ink / Noodlers Waterproof)
- Pencil (needed only for basic layout)
- Watercolor brush: ¾” Oval Brush (larger brush size) & No.8 Pointed
- Watercolor palette: (with a variety of colors) (Suggested palette); Cerulean Blue; Cadmium Yellow; Sepia or Raw Umber; Chinese White; Rose Madder; Prussian Blue; Yellow Ochre; Hookers Green
- Optional supplies: Blue Tape (3/4”-1” width); 11” X 17” Foam Core or Gator Board (surface to tape on your paper); Water Bottle and Cup; Paper Towels (couple of sheets); Stool or Chair (portable); Hat and Sunglasses
