Category Archives: Telling a Story

Hiking through the Porquerolles Forest

Posted on July 2, 2016 by Sarah Sullivan

Proquerolles has pine and acacia woods spread across the island, between its fields of olive and grape. This sketch is about the feeling of walking in one of these woods during the intense heat of July. Although the trees and … Continue reading →

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Prepping for Tomorrow

Posted on June 30, 2016 by Sarah Sullivan

The conference center where we are staying in France has very limited internet access. You have to go to an outside terrace next to a bar and then hope you are lucky and get a connection. This forces me to write … Continue reading →

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Backlit Figure

Posted on June 29, 2016 by Sarah Sullivan

Because of the light here in Porquerolles, I found myself continuing to work on conveying brights. This sketch began as a simple line and wash drawing that I changed many times using Procreate. I worked through many versions of this … Continue reading →

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People Watching

Posted on June 28, 2016 by Sarah Sullivan

Sketching people is a form of people watching and what could be a better subject for a sketch that marks the completion of my first year of blogging? Today is the anniversary of my first Deliberate Sketching post from 2015 and … Continue reading →

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Stopping between Trains

Posted on June 27, 2016 by Sarah Sullivan

We had an hour between trains in Toulon, on our way to Porquerolles, and made use of it with a quick bite and sketch at the Terminus across from the station. It was a slow point in the afternoon and … Continue reading →

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Austrian Harvest

Posted on June 25, 2016 by Sarah Sullivan

We had a long day of travel yesterday, from Budapest to Milan, passing from the plains of Hungary up and over the Austrian Alps and then down into northern Italy. As we drove we noticed farmers harvesting crops, which I … Continue reading →

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Moonrise over Budapest

Posted on June 24, 2016 by Sarah Sullivan

For our last day in Hungary, our cousins took us to Szentendre, a town known for its artists, museums, galleries and gorgeous location along the Danube River. We were charmed by the setting, impressed by the work of many artists … Continue reading →

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