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squwetchy Another #autumn #watercolour landscape

Sunday the 24th of September, 2023, posted at bedtime.

squwetchy An #autumn #watercolour expedition into some local nature and I improvised a mask for the tree trunks using some bits of grass.

Sunday the 24th of September, 2023, posted at bedtime.

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Palatino Roma

squwetchy It’s been a quarter of a century since my last visit here, and it’s always a wonderful reminder of the scope of the world and our long history when we travel. Tho once again the best plein air #sketching places are where the crowds are, and I with my pen and #sketchbook were plonk in the middle of people looking over my shoulder and even photographing my #urbansketching in the midst of ancient Roman ruins. This is the Palatino, an archeological site in the middle of Rome where the giants of history like Caesar once strolled … but today just little old me sketched.

Saturday the 22nd of July, 2023, and up late.

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Versailles

squwetchy I sat on a wet bench in the King’s Jardin et did a little sketch in a quiet corner. I could have stayed all day, but alas I was with others setting the pace. #europe2023

Sunday the 9th of July, 2023, in the late morning.

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Paris

squwetchy Some sketches from around the hotel in #paris #europe2023

Sunday the 9th of July, 2023, in the late morning.

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Piccadilly Circus

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squwetchy Talk about getting out of your comfort zone! About a thousand people walked by me as I sat on the ground in Piccadilly Circus on London this afternoon and did the sketch for this piece. People stop to take pictures of you while your sketching, look over your shoulder, and generally treat you as just as much part of the chaos of the scene when you’re doing that. Nervous as heck but that’s half the fun, right? #europe2023

Wednesday the 5th of July, 2023, well after bedtime.

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Watercolour & Ink

squwetchy A little sketchy sketch in the park and then some additional #watercolour touch ups back at the hotel and my first day of #travel painting is done

Sunday the 2nd of July, 2023, well after bedtime.

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Watercolour

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squwetchy As much as I like sketching with ink and lines, the rawness of pure #watercolour (when I can take my brush) is starting to grow on me.

Thursday the 29th of June, 2023, in the late afternoon.

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Watercolour & Ink

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squwetchy There is a fuzzy line at the start of my professional #sabbatical and I am standing inside it I think. Yesterday I was definitely employed. Tomorrow I will be freed. Today? Today I went for a long meandering walk with the dog and sat in a park with my #sketching supplies. (Then I went home and replied to some messages on my work account.) Soon every day for a long while will be crystal clear and filled with art and creating, but today. Today I drew a #bridge … kinda like a metaphor or something?

Thursday the 29th of June, 2023, in mid-morning.

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Watercolour & Ink

squwetchy Back in my own backyard I tried sketching the #garden bed and my tomato plants. This was a multi-step #sketch with first laying down a rough big picture, then painting, then adding shadows, and finally after it dried deciding I wanted to add a bunch more ink detail into to central subject, the bed itself, which definitely makes it pop…

Saturday the 24th of June, 2023, in the mid-afternoon.

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River Valley

More adventures in creating stuff outside ended with a quick #watercolour #sketch in the trails and a new #video to profile the whole thing. With a million big ideas in my empty days it’s also nice to grasp onto little projects that I can share in a moment of effort.

Saturday the 24th of June, 2023, around lunch-ish.

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Watercolour & Ink

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squwetchy In my quest to do more quick #pleinair #sketching I’ve been attempting to think about the idea of the #10minutesketch … which is pretty self-explanatory I think. What can you get on paper in ten minutes? Can it capture the mood and the vibe of a place, in quick and messy wonder? The non-framed picture was painted in a park in about ten minutes.

Friday the 23rd of June, 2023, in the mid-afternoon.