Category Archives: Travel

Montezuma’s Castle and Well

A sketch here, and a sketch there, I’ve finally finished the pages for Montezuma’s Well, and Montezuma’s Castle.

I did this primarily paint only, direct watercolor, but then added ink at the end to make the dwellings on the cliff face stand out.

Here is the sketch of the same dwelling that I did a few weeks ago.

For this one I used the Earth Desert to Mountain palette, direct watercolor.

An ink only attempt with water soluble sink in a fude pen. The ink started to run wild so I just stopped where it was, and let it dry.

The full page layouts with sketches and stickers from the gift store. It feels really good to finally finish these two pages for the trip in April.

Everyday Sketching 2025 Week 16

My family vacation was cut short, and between the chaos of getting ready, and the unexpected return, my sketching took a hit.

I do not even have the dates and weather yet for Friday through Sunday! Needless to say, I did not sketch on location anywhere. The struggle is real!

I am hoping I’ll have loads of time and fill in all sorts of sketches and memories from photos. Loads of time seems quite unlikely. So maybe I just do color abstracts that capture the sights and experiences? I could also just leave these pages as is, with the barest of dates and stickers. Turn the page and start clean. I’ll see how this week goes, but I know from experience I can’t let blank pages go too long or I stall out completely. I’ll give myself Monday to see how the week looks, and whether I think I can steal time to fill in sketches, or do those color abstracts.