I am really excited that this travel sketching class is online ;-) I follow you, Anastasiia, on instragram and really enjoy your travel sketches. 

I first thought, I would try the class suggestions, but as I just returned from a wonderful trip to Vietnam with my family, I decided to try the spreadsheet with some of my own travel memories.

The first travel sketch is of the fish market in Mui Ne.

The two ladies are actually preparing the flesh to sell (and eventually eat) of these wonderful shells by destroying the shell with a stone. Apparently it was a special season for these special shells (I also know the name by now- these are Tun Shells)

The second and third sketches will follow shortly to fill these pages!

 

The second sketch is finished: 

As my "live" subject I chose a shell, I collected at the market in the sand, it is the same, they harvested in the first sketch, although smaller.

As I am not traveling at the moment and painted this on my desk, I used masking fluid to protect the whites. This would probably not be a tool, I would use while traveling :-)

 

The final sketch is finshed:

While on this trip we walked a little further down the beach/harbour towards the village and this is the view back in the direction of the fish market. 

These are the typical colorful basket boats.

 

 

13.08.2024

For the summer holidays I took my normal sketch book and actually created a spread for our first stop in Vallon Pont D'Arc in France, where we visited the Grotte Chauvet 2 with these gorgeous cave paintings and the Pont d'Arc of course. These butterflies we have seen on our camping site.