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Eco Camp in Patagonia, Chile

Eco Camp in Patagonia, Chile

Long Tailed Meadow Lark

Our cute French guide, Sammy

A Page from my journal

Herds of Guanaco

Another page from my journal
We have spent the last four nights sleeping in some very awesome domes in the beautiful Patagonian landscape at the Torres National Park in southern Chile.  The focus here is definitely hiking and not painting.   I got some hiking in as well as some fabulous bird watching.  The scenery is beautiful and the weather has been windy, rainy & sunny depending on the moment in time.
It was time to practice what I love to do and that is to do some paintings-on-the-go for the traveling artist.  Creating watercolor travel journals is my favorite part of the journey.  My DVD Art Journals On-the-Go is due out soon and I will be covering lots of these techniques for creating paintings-on-the-go.  Stay tuned for more details!

The Sights and Sounds of Santiago

The Sights and Sounds of Santiago

We had an unusual night’s sleep because we were constantly being woken up.  First it was an earthquake, 4.5 with 2 good jolts about 30 seconds apart.  Then people running out into the streets and shouting.  Apparently that is what you are supposed to do if an earthquake hits but I was too sleepy from my 2 for 1 happy hour Pisco Sours.  You see happy hour here in Santiago lasts until 8 pm and the traditional drink of Chili, the Pisco Sours were delicious!  With jet-lag hitting me, I think I went to bed shortly after my drinks and dinner.  Then the fire trucks started out into the streets, blaring their horns and generally making a lot of noise. 
Today we met up with our Wilderness Tour group and took a city tour partly by bus and lots of walking again.  Santiago is a city of reflections.  There are many modern sky-scrapers that have glass facades that reflect the greenery and buildings around. 
A page from my journal of the little church on Santa Lucia
Watching the sun go down over the Andes from a rooftop 17th floor bar with my pesco sour…
Santiago is full of sleeping dogs and policemen
Reflections of the old in the new

At the fish market

 

Friendly people everywhere
Exploring South of the Equator – Santiago, Chile

Exploring South of the Equator – Santiago, Chile

After a long 10 hour flight from Atlanta to Santiago, Chile, we set out to explore the city on foot.  We worked our way from our hotel to the famous Santa Lucia, a small hill in the center of the city.  Its name comes from the day in which Pedro de Valdivia conquered the hill in 1541.  That day celebrates “Santa Lucia”.  The hill is adorned with ornate facades, stairways, statues, beautiful urns, iron lamp posts, lots of ice cream stands and fountains.  I loved the unique view that Santa Lucia gave with the old side of Santiago set in front of the new modern city.   
We stopped for a drink and light lunch and I was able to do a quick sketch in my watercolor journal.

Little oasis at our hotel

Statue close-up

The reflection of the green Santa Lucia Hill in the modern high-rise buildings

Self Portrait


Art Journaling Exposed, a new EMAG from Cloth, Paper, Scissors

Art Journaling Exposed, a new EMAG from Cloth, Paper, Scissors


Check out this new emag from the Cloth, Paper, Scissors Store about art journaling!  This is an interactive emag about creating great pages and journals with color, lettering: Art Journaling Exposed eMag!  It cost only $4.99 and you can download it in a matter of minutes to your computer.  Try my coupon code – Twenty – and see if you can get 20% off.  This coupon code expires on 3/22/2012.
Ok – here is the best PArt.  My video, Illustrating with Water-soluble Pens is on page 15 in the “Caught on Tape” chapter.  This is a short video where I demonstrate how to use a water-soluble pen with watercolors.  This video was filmed as part of my new DVD about the Traveling Artist due to be released soon.  ENJOY!
Journaling Class in Sunriver, Oregon

Journaling Class in Sunriver, Oregon

We had a wonderful snowy day painting in our journals and learning about creating paintings-on-the-go for the traveling artist.  My students felt like we had a very successful day!  If that was not enough, we ended by having an incredible potluck lunch with our gracious host, Liz.  You know what happens when women get together to eat – fabulously healthy food and charming company.  Here are some photos of the work that we did:

Free Ebook Featuring my Article: Travel Journals, Using Maps as a Starting Point

Free Ebook Featuring my Article: Travel Journals, Using Maps as a Starting Point

Interweave Press and Cloth Paper Scissors are offering a free download of their ebook on art journaling.


Art journaling is a way to express yourself through writing and art at the same time. 
This creative process pulls together a variety of materials to create mixed-media art.

You can buy pre-made journals and fill them with your doodles and designs or craft 
your own custom journals to record everything from your travels to your art technique 
experiments to your innermost thoughts.
In short, an art journal is whatever you want it to be. But you have to start someplace, 
so we’ve created this free eBook, 
Art Journal Techniques: How to Make a Travel Journal, a Handmade Journal, plus 
Art Journaling Ideas.

In this free eBook you’ll get art journaling tips, including how to make a travel journal 
from maps, how to make an art journal in stages, and how to choose the right 
tools for your art journal adventures.

travel journals
Travel journals by
Jacqueline Newbold.

In “Travel Journals, Using Maps as a 
Starting Point,” Jacqueline Newbold 
describes how to use maps (or copies 
of maps) as a foundation for the visual 
journaling of your journeys. She offers 
ideas and tips for how to make a travel 
journal that are easy and enjoyable.
Be My Valentine, the Making a Valentine Card

Be My Valentine, the Making a Valentine Card

Mixed Media Valentine Card for my Husband

Using my Flip, Flaps & Fold-outs ideas that I will be teaching at the CREATE in Irvine, CA I created this Valentine card for my husband.  I used a shipping label from the office supply store, gesso, watercolor paints, gold gesso, ribbon and some stamps.  I hope he likes this better than a store bought valentine.  Happy Valentine’s Day to everyone!
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Home Tweet Home, A Lesson in Shadow & Light

Home Tweet Home, A Lesson in Shadow & Light

HOME TWEET HOME

I just finished teaching my Watercolor Toolbox class and we ended the class by painting a birdhouse on a stucco wall.  We mixed the 3 primary colors to get a colorful background and played with adding salt to make the texture on the wall.  We glazed to get darks in the shadows of the bird house and put some reflected color in the shadows.  We also learned about lifting highlights by using a plastic template.  Everyone was a pleasure to have in class!

My Students Rock!

My Students Rock!

I just taught a beginner’s watercolor class called Watercolor Toolbox at ARTWORKS in Tumalo.  I had such great students!  They tried to tell me things like they were not artistic or that they didn’t know how to draw.  Well, I think I proved them wrong!!! I just gave them a few basic watercolor concepts and then they painted their very first watercolor painting.  Look how beautiful they are.

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Mt. Hood, Inspired by Lavender Fields

Mt. Hood, Inspired by Lavender Fields

Mt. Hood Lavender
Inspired by the fields of lavender in the Hood River Valley during my painting trip, Mt. Hood Lavender is a miniature watercolor painting.   It will be in the February small works show at the Red Chair Gallery. The requirements for the miniature paintings for this particular show were that the size was to be no larger than 10″ x 12″ framed.   Painting small paintings like this one is one of my favorite things to do.  Do you like to paint large or small or both?