Going Places, Seeing Things

Soon I will be travelling. It is the delight of my life. Living on the prairie is all well and good, but I am a gypsy at heart. When the opportunities arise to move around, I jump at the chance. 

I have purchased a new journal, consisting of mixed media paper (120 lbs) enclosed in a stunning leather cover. It will become my travel journal of drawings and watercolours. This fall, I attended a Studio Trail and one of the artists I visited had on display her travel journals. I fell in love. 

I cannot pretend that I can create something as outstanding as she has. But I look forward to building it: finding coffee spots and vantage points that inspire me, sketching them, applying simple watercolour to flush out the vision, adding the odd script note. I am sure I will want to rip out some pages, but I am not going to. I will take the good with the bad. I know there will be some of both. 

In preparation, I took a photo from my last trip with my sister in April, and simulated what I wanted to do. It was quick, and I wasn't terribly careful, but the photo below is my practice page. 

I can't wait for lift-off. Physically, emotionally, creatively and spiritually. That is what travel gives me. A much-needed lift.