Friday, April 12, 2013

Travel Sketches - Alaska Cruise

I spent 5 days at 2 different Zentangle retreats last week, plus the better part of a day waiting in the Atlanta airport. Since I have a water brush, Sakura Koi field kit, and a small sketchbook, I can work just about anywhere.  When I got tired of tangling, I painted.  I don't love all of the sketches, but I am tickled pink that I got 10 pages done.  

AKcruise

 

AKcruise 2

 

AKcruise 1

AKcruise 4

AKcruise 3

AKcruise 6AKcruise 5

 

 

AKcruise 7

AKcruise 8

Happy Paint Party Friday!

 

20 comments:

  1. I love your subtle colors...I need to dial back my in your face colors....very inspiring!! Happy PPF!!

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    1. Um, no. Just checked out your blog. Love your colors.

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  2. Loving your terrific sketches. Happy PPF, Annette x

    http://nettysartadventures.blogspot.co.uk/

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  3. These are wonderful sketches and they give a real sense of the place too. Much better than just photos would have done.

    Sarah
    http://acatlikecuriosity.blogspot.co.uk/

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    1. Thanks. Since I now do digital scrapbooks, I use my sketches as the table of contents. It adds a touch of handmade to my computer-produced books.

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  4. These are wonderful! What fabulous memories you have created. I especially love the simple beauty of the first one, and I really like the "stamp" you put on the Icy Strait Point page. Very nice!

    Happy PPF!
    Rita

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  5. We are considering an Alaska cruise sometime soon. So nice to see your pictures! Lovely watercolors.

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    1. Go! Everyone should see Alaska. It is amazing. Look at http://vacationstogo.com/ for great prices.

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  6. Love your small paintings and the totem on your Ketchican piece. Happy PPF

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  7. Great sketches. Love the light in the top one. Makes me want to lean back and put my feet up!!

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    1. Yep. That's what I was doing when I took the picture. The light is so different in Alaska than it is down south.

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  8. Thanks for taking us along. Sketches are so much more real than photos. And yours are so compelling and inviting. Love the range and detail.

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  9. I love your sketched journal, what a wonderful way to document your memories!

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  10. Beautiful little sketches! So envious that you got to take an Alaskan cruise, it's one of my dream vacations. I also have the Koi watercolor field kit and just love it!

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  11. Thanks for sharing your holiday sketches with us... they are fabulous... sorry I am late getting here for PPF but figuring I am just extending the fun... well that is my excuse and I am sticking to it ...xx

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  12. Your sketches turned out wonderfully!! I feel your holiday in each sketch!! Oh and I bet that zentangle retreat was amazing too!! Have a wonderful week ahead!

    Hugs Giggles

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  13. Great sketches of AK. I lived there for many years and still have family there. I never knew any one that went snorkeling. LOL
    Nicole/Beadwright

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  14. awesome journal pages...I bet you will remember your trip so much better for having sketched while on the journey...happy PPF!

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  15. Wonderful sketches/paintings of your trip! Great how you illustrated the different activities :-)

    Happy belated PPF!

    Ilona

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  16. Cris, these sketches are timeless and wonderful. I did a cruise from Alaska going South in "07. Thanks for sharing, they bring back lots of fond memories. I really like their feeling of serendipity. That inside passage is beautiful.

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