DRAW the Power & Memory

“All art is but dirtying the paper delicately.” ― John Ruskin, The Elements of Drawing

Drawing and doodling is gaining a bit more respect these days. Once considered useless and a sign of not paying attention is actually turning out to be the opposite.

You actually recall a lot of what is not even depicted in the drawing, sounds,smells,music. This is the added benefit to sketching on location, especially while traveling.I myself experience this as a page through old journals of mine.

Try it our for yourself. Grab a pen, a notebook, sketchbook, napkin, anything and try doodling while your out. Record a bit of your surroundings whether it is in drawing or in words. I think you will enjoy the experience in more than one way.

waiting for a ferry

Baseball Game

To read the scientific detail click here...and grab your pen!

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Join me for a PLEIN AIR SKETCHING CLASS July 29 in Harmony PA
or August 16 in Portersville PA. Register HERE.

Fun with Travel Journal Workshop

 Summer workshops are now posted. I'm so excited to be sharing how they can use the fun of drawing and sketching to record travels and summer days in a journal. Using snippets of  brochures and fun finds to add to the pages. Gathering my samples and supplies has given me another excuse to shop in art stores-not that I needed one. Go to my Workshop and Classes page to sign up.

A few samples from my pages. Stop by Susan Walker Art Sketchbook Pages if you would like to see my or what I am up to these days.

page from my  sketchbook journal with some background splashes

Here is a page I used gel pens for the background, laid over the tickets and sketched 'Carrot Top'