The Art of Travel Sketching: Learn How to Document Your Adventures!

Looking back through a travel sketchbook has always been one of my biggest joys! Knowing that I spent time to sit down and create art in a place that I enjoyed is another way to happily look back on memories from adventures. 

In this class, we will meet weekly to create our own travel sketchbooks and learn about techniques to quickly and accurately draw from life (or an image) and bring landscapes and architecture to life. Sadly, we are unable to get up and easily travel to these locations once a week, but we will be using images from various travels to work from. 

The images that we are working from typically will be of architecture, though we will not be focusing on typical landmarks, ie. Eiffel Tower, The Vatican, Big Ben Clock Tower, etc. but of city streets and quiet locations. The areas that you would typically be able to find a park bench and work on a drawing for a little while. 

For the first 30 minutes of class, we will learn briefly about the location/ city and then do a basic sketch using perspective drawing techniques. For the last half of the class, we will be correcting our drawings, adding details and mark making, and if we have time we will also be adding watercolor. 

Some weeks we may walk away with a completed drawing, but it is important to remember that when doing quick travel sketches, it is not always necessary to "finish" a drawing but to get the most important information down on paper and small details you want to remember. 

If students request it, I will leave the image we worked from in the classroom for them to access later for themselves. 

Listed below are dates and general "travel" locations: 

Week of March 24th: Venice, Italy 
Week of March 31st: Rome, Italy 

Week of April 7th:  Positano, Italy
Week of April 14th:  Cinque Terre, Italy
No Class Week of April 21st
Week of April 28th: Sienna, Italy

Week of May 5th: Como, Italy 
Week of May 12th: Milan, Italy 
Week of May 19th: Paris, France 
Week of May 26th: Ayutthaya, Thailand

No Class week of June 2nd
Week of June 9th: Chiang Mai, Thailand
Week of June 16th: Chiang Rai, Thailand 
Week of June 23rd: Bangkok, Thailand 
No Class week of June 30th (4th of July)

Week of July 7th: Ubud, Bali 
Week of July 14th: Ginayar, Bali
Week of July 21st: Ambergris Caye, Belize  
Week of July 28th: Cancun, Mexico