Today, we can travel anywhere in the world and find ourselves
in a totally different culture in a few hours, but in this fast paced
world, we need to slow down and better see and record what's happening
around us.
In recent years, people seem to want to add a new dimension
to their travels, making them more meaningful. Artists all over the
world publish their travel sketchbooks, but what about those of us who
are not 'artists' but also want to record our travels?
After years of leading sketching workshops and seeing
people with no art training become so bold and confident, what at first
was an intuition, is now a certitude: Sketching is not about being artistic.You
do not learn how to sketch, you sketch... and your eyes learn to see.
By observing my participants over the years, I have developed
an approach to sketching that is very simple as it only requires trust
in oneself and, ultimately, the desire to travel differently.