tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1764822475195816427.post2436292549825750785..comments2024-03-04T04:14:25.797-06:00Comments on Artists' Journal Workshop: my travel sketchbook : the realityKate (Cathy Johnson)http://www.blogger.com/profile/03296053923338246127noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1764822475195816427.post-24352621500863244292014-01-12T21:26:14.491-06:002014-01-12T21:26:14.491-06:00Wonderful pages Alissa. I work at Aldgate and reco...Wonderful pages Alissa. I work at Aldgate and recognised your sketch of St Boltoph instantly. I often sit on the benches there and have my lunch. You have inspired me to take my sketchbook with me when I visit Naples in March. I just hope that my wife has the same patient attitude as your mother! Great work!Happy Hammerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04298605213939441605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1764822475195816427.post-27722671669781307612014-01-02T17:28:37.435-06:002014-01-02T17:28:37.435-06:00Would like that very much, Lee, thanks!Would like that very much, Lee, thanks!Kate (Cathy Johnson)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03296053923338246127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1764822475195816427.post-40004878983406448552013-11-06T18:26:54.410-06:002013-11-06T18:26:54.410-06:00Excellent info, Alissa. I just joined the Sketchbo...Excellent info, Alissa. I just joined the Sketchbook Project and have begun my sketchbook, tentatively titled, "Where I Live." <br /><br />Cathy, I think I could add in a simple way to the subject of Travel Journaling and Sketching. Would you like for me to put something together? Leelee klinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11169484346993295564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1764822475195816427.post-64491833408891502072013-10-15T18:35:18.170-05:002013-10-15T18:35:18.170-05:00Wonderful post with great tips! Thanks for the exc...Wonderful post with great tips! Thanks for the excellent remindersJane LaFaziohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09074665972666629110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1764822475195816427.post-44599830149415059122013-10-15T07:57:17.800-05:002013-10-15T07:57:17.800-05:00Alissa, what a wonderful post! Thank you so much f...Alissa, what a wonderful post! Thank you so much for taking the time to share your experiences. I learned a lot. I've been lucky enough to travel with my mother, too, on several extended sketching vacations. She's very patient, like your mom, and is happy to keep herself occupied with a book or just watching the people go by when I need to take time to capture something in my sketchbook. She's always the first to tell some shopkeeper, "Look! My daughter did a sketch of your building!" and it's led to lots of fun conversations with the locals. Travel sketching is the BEST, isn't it? Leslie Fehlinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18331638868684201701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1764822475195816427.post-65996223834673161852013-10-15T05:29:08.480-05:002013-10-15T05:29:08.480-05:00Great post! I agree with everything you said. For ...Great post! I agree with everything you said. For me, the writing is just as important as the sketches - to capture the complete moment - I like to record the weather, time of day, exactly where I am (name of the street, place name etc) smells, sounds (children, traffic, a lawn mower!) to help bring the sensation of being there back when I read my journal later. Well done you!Rosemaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01806053810163306948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1764822475195816427.post-59709885117901591122013-10-15T01:32:56.849-05:002013-10-15T01:32:56.849-05:00great blog post - I loved reading it. It is so goo...great blog post - I loved reading it. It is so good to see the plan and the reality..and especially how close to the plan the reality is!! I am fortunate enough to have seen these sketchbooks in real life (they are amazing!) and also see Alissa talk about them - when she says immense joy...I can tell you that she expresses thats!Liz Steelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06180890583072227150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1764822475195816427.post-58087717615772018072013-10-14T20:34:40.715-05:002013-10-14T20:34:40.715-05:00What an amazing, inspiring, fascinating post, Alis...What an amazing, inspiring, fascinating post, Alissa...thank you SO much for sharing it with us. I'm going to pass it along to our Facebook group, too, hope you don't mind!Kate (Cathy Johnson)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03296053923338246127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1764822475195816427.post-30123139726965029012013-10-14T19:58:00.286-05:002013-10-14T19:58:00.286-05:00Jeanette, I was very fortunate to have a very pati...Jeanette, I was very fortunate to have a very patient travelling companion. I still would have done some of the sketches and drawings travelling with non-journallers - on the plane, the train, waiting in queues( a great use of time) and while they are checking their email or "i-devices". <br />I hope you enjoy your travel sketching and I look forward to seeing it on your site!alissadukehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11150731700494145900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1764822475195816427.post-203503523623975432013-10-14T19:53:44.179-05:002013-10-14T19:53:44.179-05:00Valerie, I'm so glad that you enjoyed this. I ...Valerie, I'm so glad that you enjoyed this. I got my ideas from other journals and from my own experiences. In the end it is your personal journal - part of the joy is creating it and part of the joy is looking back over italissadukehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11150731700494145900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1764822475195816427.post-37718421166620319572013-10-14T19:50:58.139-05:002013-10-14T19:50:58.139-05:00Thanks Rita . I sometimes make a travel journal of...Thanks Rita . I sometimes make a travel journal of a day trip in my own city (Sydney) . Of course it is only to or three pages, but it captures my day and gets me thinking and seeingalissadukehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11150731700494145900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1764822475195816427.post-15558011352952764912013-10-14T19:49:25.952-05:002013-10-14T19:49:25.952-05:00Thank you to the many people who have read this bl...Thank you to the many people who have read this blog. And thank you for your comments. I am so glad it has inspired people! or even started you thinking about creating your own....alissadukehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11150731700494145900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1764822475195816427.post-10316066363035097562013-10-14T18:26:14.136-05:002013-10-14T18:26:14.136-05:00I never go anywhere, but I love seeing the travel ...I never go anywhere, but I love seeing the travel journals of the people who do. Wonderful pages and advice. :)Ritahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02043285884495492598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1764822475195816427.post-40938507749417647912013-10-14T10:24:05.014-05:002013-10-14T10:24:05.014-05:00VERY nicely done. Thanks for taking the time to d...VERY nicely done. Thanks for taking the time to do it. You encourage all of us who dream of doing the same thing.<br />Peggy Haughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11629904313725927404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1764822475195816427.post-21973819954221365562013-10-14T08:52:59.861-05:002013-10-14T08:52:59.861-05:00Thanks for the detailed information about your pla...Thanks for the detailed information about your plan and actual efforts...I keep wanting to draw more when I travel, but find it hard to do while surrounded by non-journallers. I'm inspired to try a limited approach on my next trip.Jeanette, Mistress of Longearshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06815875437992974233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1764822475195816427.post-58832886024289986832013-10-14T07:53:11.514-05:002013-10-14T07:53:11.514-05:00Thanks Alissa for this fascinating insight into yo...Thanks Alissa for this fascinating insight into your journal planning.You have given me some good ideas for my own travel sketchbooks.Valerie Gardinerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16623165378738928347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1764822475195816427.post-50443471943953213182013-10-14T03:16:25.734-05:002013-10-14T03:16:25.734-05:00Thank you very much for this article. It's ver...Thank you very much for this article. It's very inspiring and thoughtful! Ш will reread it in future many times.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com