Before I’m scheduled to teach, I like to spend a few days exploring and sketching the location on my own. Sketching on the GoĪs a workshop instructor, I travel frequently throughout the United States, and once a year I take a group of workshop students to Europe.
My travel journals are precious reminders of places I’ve been and my experiences along the way.Ĭosta Brava (10×16): This page conjures tasty memories of my time in Catalonia in northeastern Spain where we enjoyed tapas-the name for the snacks, canapés or small plates, which originated in Spain. Whether my travel adventure consists of a short weekend up the coast or several weeks in a distant land, I travel to see, to experience and to explore the world - one sketch at a time. And, by commit- ting to the practice, my illustrated journals allow me to see tangible growth within the pages. The pages contain the ups and downs of travel. The moment becomes a part of me - a memory of a place and time that I’ll carry all of my days.īy merging both images and words on a page, an illustrated travel journal allows me to tell an even bigger story.
And, when I take the time to record a scene within the pages of my sketchbook, something happens that touches my heart. I enjoy being surrounded by the history, culture, and sounds of a place. There’s an excitement to sketching on location that’s different than working from photos in my studio. She shares her approach, her sketching supplies, a handful of examples from her adventures, and more. Here, artist Brenda Swenson proposes you take your travel journal up a notch by adding illustrations and sketches of your experiences abroad.
I learned that a terrible flood swept through this village a few months later.Ī travel journal is a book of writings about your adventures out and about. Vernazza, Italy (8 1⁄2×11): This page captures a wonderful memory of the week I spent in Cinque Terre, hiking from one village to the next and sketching along the way.
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