by barbara luel | Jul 24, 2026 | Non classé |
I just got back the Urban Sketchers Symposium, held in the beautiful pink city of Toulouse, France It was my 5th symposium, after Manchester, Porto (my favorite!), Amsterdam and Poznan, and was fantastic as usual. What is the USK Symposium? The Urban Sketchers...
by barbara luel | Jul 10, 2026 | Non classé |
En FR ci-dessous Preparing for the International Urbansketchers Symposium in Toulouse If you’ve been following along with my travels, you know I love to paint on-site. I’m also familiar with the frustration of forgetting something small. Now I’m preparing for...
by barbara luel | Jun 11, 2026 | creativity |
June is here, and with it that lovely fresh-start feeling of the beginning of summer in Europe — Time for a new sketchbook, a cup of tea, and all the good intentions in the world! But let’s be honest: keeping a daily sketching habit is easier said than done,...
by barbara luel | May 22, 2026 | Non classé |
Stop Waiting. Start Drawing. Most artists approach their craft the same way: wait for inspiration, draw when it feels right, scroll when it doesn’t. The sketchbook fills up with good intentions and empty pages. There’s a better question to ask: what would...
by barbara luel | May 7, 2026 | Urban sketching |
On running a travel sketchbook workshop in Yunnan — and what my students taught me right back. Yunnan Province · April 2026 · 5 min read There is an old saying I keep coming back to: teach what you most need to learn. I didn’t fully understand it until I...
