Pocket Sketching With Kath Macaulay

Reliving travel spots by making a sketch of a photo.

Sketching with a pen and calligraphy pen while traveling.

Too much "stuff" will wreak a sketch and take too much time.

Copying a photo of a painting or sketch in 25 minutes or less.

Using a credit card to clear rocks in a stream; using the end of a pen lid to scrape out bushes and trees; using thumbnails as scrapers.

Using a candle stub for wax as a resist, perfect for wind on water, bright reflections and trees against the sky.

Completing a daisy in 25 minutes or less, using a timer

Building a composition of three or four items from different places.

For portability, keep everything compact as opposed to big, thick hardbound sketchbooks.

Fixing poor sketches; a review of the importance of the basics.

Leaving space for words, whether it's a private journal or a shared travel journal; greeting cards as a travel journal; choosing paper that will work with the pen.

Drinking and sketching.

Converting a colored photo.