There is nothing better than spending some time away from your everyday-life-even if it is only 2 or 3 days-spending time outside, seeing different things, doing different things-if’s just so refreshing and inspiring. We just spend 3 Days at the baltic ocean-our favourite place to go for a short-trip since it only takes us 2 hours by car to get there. we have had a fun time in Warnemuende, at Insel Poel & Wismar-and of course I sneaked in some art-time, because there is nothing better and more inspiring than being outside in nature / at the beach with some yummy art supplies and to just see where your muse will take you . . .
I try to travel light when it comes to art supplies, just the basics-so I took my Arches Travel Sketchbook, a Winsor & Newton Watercolor Set (I put it together myself, so it is not one of the pre-made Sets you can buy-I prefer to add MY favourite colors to it instead of the “basic colors” you usually get with the pre-made sets), an Aqua Brush, my Zig Clean Color Real Brush Pens, a small selection of Paint Markers (for Painting/Drawing/Doodling on Rocks) and a variety of Pencils, Pens, Markers & Brushes in my handy dandy Derwent Travel-Case . . . that’s it . . .
. . . oh . . . and of course do not forget some Coffee *lol* . . .
Those are the Rocks I found at the Beach & I painted / doodled / lettered on. I left them at the Beach as a RAK for some Strangers to find-totally love to do that. I always put my Website-Address on the back of the rocks and this time I even got a Message already from one lady who found one of the stones-she visited my Blog and send me a little Message-how fun is that?!? (Hi Mareen-in case you are reading this!)
And of course I forgot to put some sunscreen on my neck / back-so after almost 4 hours at the beach you can guess what I ended up with *sigh* . . .
I also did some sketching in my Watercolor Travel Book-a Seahorse-as you might be able to tell not sketched inspired by something local at the baltic ocean *lol*-but I talked to somebody about sketching a Seahorse the other Day and I totally felt like sketching one 😉
And a quick Sketch inspired by the local Seagulls at the Baltic Ocean . . . TOTALLY love Seagulls-nothing better than waking up by the sound of Seagulls . . . this always has VACATION written all over it for me 🙂
And another quick Beach / Dunes Scene-this time Watercolor only-because I liked the faded yet vivid look and felt it did not needed much more (linework) . . .
And of course I had to share some Scopes from the Ocean as well . . . I can tell you-I am really addicted to this Periscope App. I really did not thought I would fall for yet another Social Media thing-I use & love Instagram, Facebook to a certain amount-twitter more or less (rather less) and that’s it-but Periscope really got me hooked-it is so fun to broadcast live and to “hang out” and share your art, your process, your thoughts etc. with other likeminded people / creatives-as well as watching other peoples Broadcasts . . . FUN-I can tell ya-so if you have not checked it out yet-you better should-you are missing out on a lot of fun and I am sure this App will grow much much bigger and this is only the beginning of a whole new way of engaging with others / with your followers . . .
Love these watercolors and the subjects you picked ! The rocks are so colorful and cute. Thank you for sharing, looks like you had a great time, good for you, enjoy !
Love your post, the beach and your sketches, rocks, etc. looks like a lovely place to be.
These sketches are amazing! I love the seahorse especially
Yes, that seahorse really calls to me.
as always, gorgeous! I’m working my way through Sketch Your Life, trying to improve my skills for my African holiday next month, and also going through your Hobonici flips-I want to be able to be as spontaneous as you are!