by Dawn Chandler | Aug 4, 2012 | art-making, Baldy Mountain, new mexico landscapes, sketch, sojourn, travel, ute park, watercolor
My Italian art kit was fine for working with a limited palette. But for my summer trips this year, I’m wanting more color. And here, finally, is the perfect medium:Watercolor pencils!Here’s why they’re so cool:
– They’re not messy....
by Dawn Chandler | Jul 26, 2012 | art-making, Italy, sketch, sojourn, travel
When sojourning in Italy last autumn, I wanted to limit my luggage to what I could carry easily on the plane. That meant keeping my art kit to a bare minimum. On a whim of rare austerity, I decided to sketch simply in black, white and sepia. No color. My tools...
by Dawn Chandler | Jul 24, 2012 | en plein air, oil painting, sketch, sojourn
Okay, so…to pick up from a couple of weeks ago… what art supplies to bring on a trip? Oils? There’s something really cool about setting up your portable easel and paint box in the 150+year tradition of en plein air painters and becoming one with...
by Dawn Chandler | Jun 29, 2012 | art-making, sketch, sojourn, travel
the fiountain, villa torlonia, frascati, italy ~ oil on canvas ~ by john singer sargent ~ c.1907Like a lot of people I first start packing for any trip by making a list. Highlighted at the top of the list are The Essentials — those things that you simply can’t...
