I held a Travel Sketching with Watercolour pencils class on Saturday with two lovely people, Tanya and Darren. I can have up to eight people, but the smaller numbers meant they had a very customised class and I could spend lots of time chatting to the,

A bonus was blue skies in our chilly Autumn weather, which meant we could take a walk out of the Library to sketch on location on the streets of East Melbourne.

As it was a Travel Sketching class I talked about my approach to travel sketching. I start early, when I am doing my research. In the past I have sketched my electricity convertors, phones. luggage. I have sketched money. I still take money , but not as much as it is on a card or the phone.

I mentioned to them that on my last six week holiday in 2024 I filled four sketchbooks. It suddenly struck me that it is only three months til I leave to go to England for four weeks. All of the main flights and accommodation are booked, but I will have to put aside four sketchbooks. I will start with a map and any purchases I make. I also must start sketching in preparation.

For look at what I do, see some of my previous UK travels in 2018 , 2016 London and York (and getting there and going home)

Looking at these, I am immediately taken back to the place I was sketching.

Let me know if you have any questions.

Happy Sketching