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Morning from Paris!

As I look through my daily sketchbook from my first two weeks here, I see a meandering wave of experiences, ideas, moments, and scribbles. Some pages I like more than others, but as a story, it tells of my days, my viewpoints, my observations, and my life. I was never a journaler. Writing it down doesn’t satisfy me. Drawings with small notes do. It also serves as a creative outlet that I can come back to multiple times a day. Sometimes I get bored or distracted, and this helps me center and be in the present. This is my 10th little notebook like this, and it’s become a practice I intend to continue forever.

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I’ve only done four paintings in my sketchbook so far. This takes more time and effort. I hope I can do a few more while I’m here.

Paris in the snow. We were lucky to experience this in our first few days.

A wall at the Maison Victor Hugo, who collected a wild variety of objects and displayed them all over the rooms. This one is done with pencil and neocolor and a touch of paint.

If you would like to experience this deep dive, travel practice of drawing and painting your moments and memories, come to Morocco with and me next fall, September 26th - October 2nd. We have beginner painters, intermediate ones, as well as professional artists who join, and we all grow together. There are a lot of ah-ha moments, and the week progresses, including Gayles and mine. We never stop learning! Join us.

Morocco Workshop

A few notes on Drawing and Journaling.

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