Travel sketchbooks · Watercolour · Sketching

The studio notebook

Starting a travel sketchbook, choosing your materials, finding your subject: practical advice from the studio of a French painter.

14 November 2026

Travel Sketchbook: 6 Questions to Learn from Original Sketchbooks in Clermont-Ferrand

Travel sketchbook: a 6-question grid and a thumbnail exercise to learn from original sketchbooks, in Clermont-Ferrand or anywhere else.

14 November 2026

Night sketching: a simple kit, 5 watercolor techniques and exercises to paint shop windows and street lamps in your travel journal starting tonight.

14 November 2026

Travel sketching in the train station: the 3-timer method (30 s, 2 min, 5 min) and the pocket kit for drawing while you wait for a train.

14 November 2026

Sketching in the museum: the urban sketchers' 4-step method to fill your travel journal this winter, with a supply kit and checklist.