Travel Journal Pages

View of Mt Humphrey's from Point Imperial, North Rim Grand Canyon

Cool House on Maynard Dixon summer home

Zion National Park

View from campground in Glendale, Utah

Wooded National Forest next to Munds Park, AZ campground

Flowers found at campground in Sielgman, AZ.

When we travel I usually take at least 50 lbs. (or more) of art materials and usually don't do anything with them all because I can't slow down long enough to complete a plein air painting.  This spring I was inspired by a mini workshop and now am trying my new method-------one small bag of lightweight materials and journals!  This is by far my favorite way to plein air paint.  I did more sketches in Northern Arizona and Southern Utah than I had done on all our other trips combined.   The goal is just to record places not to make gallery worthy art.   For a look at our travel blog written by Jamie check out http://sandcreektravel.blogspot.com.

Sedona Inspried

9"x12" pastel on paper                                                             Water Symphony

This is a pastel done from a picture Jamie took when we visited Sedona, The Church on the Rocks in May 2010.  I just loved the perspective of the water flowing through this unusual fountain with the red rock butte in the background.

Spring Pastels completed

I brought this bunch of radishes home from the market and decided they were just too pretty just to eat so I took a pic and then worked them up in pastel on Art Spectrum black paper.  

13 X 16" Pastel on  paper       Market Fresh Radishes