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Back Home - with lots of homework!!
Well, I made it home and have survived the day without being unbearably tired. Here are my trip sketchbooks... and yes, I had to start the 4th book on the journey home. Despite my careful planning of...
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110806 A few chores this morning meant a visit you know where
110806 A few chores this morning meant a visit you know where, a photo by borromini bear on Flickr.so so predictable.Ok...it is 830pm...I have managed to survive the full day up and about after my...
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110808 Borromini's 4th birthday
110808 Borromini's 4th birthday, a photo by borromini bear on Flickr.A wee birthday party today at lunch (my first day back at work) to celebrate Borromini turning 4.Wonderful gelato and tea (Earl Grey...
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110806 Back Home- another sketch I did on Saturday the day I got off the plane
110806 Back Home- another sketch I did on Saturday the day I got off the plane, a photo by borromini bear on Flickr.three cup of tea sketches in one day...oh Liz!!!!
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110808 A lovely surprise- another postcard from Marni
110808 A lovely surprise- another postcard from Marni, a photo by borromini bear on Flickr.What a wonderful surprise on my desk to greet me on my first morning back at work. Another postcard from...
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110809 Heading out to the streets of Crows Nest
110809 Heading out to the streets of Crows Nest, a photo by borromini bear on Flickr.It does seem strange that despite being relatively fearless when it comes to sketching in very public locations when...
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Photo of my sketch of Rossio Station for the silent auction
Photo of my sketch of Rossio Station for the silent auction, a photo by borromini bear on Flickr.I was told that this was a nice heavily decorated building but have to admit that I found it a little...
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06_Tues19 Arriving in Lisbon- dinner
06_Tues19 Arriving in Lisbon- dinner, a photo by borromini bear on Flickr.Last night I did a big dump of my photos from Lisbon (when I said I had a lot of photos - I meant it - more than I thought,...
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My new blurb book
Just a little reminder that I recently completed a new blurb bookNEW BOOK!! From my sketchbooks 2010 by Liz Steel | Make Your Own BookThis book summarises my sketching adventures last year... I find it...
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Trip11 Day 07- The Day Before (the Symposium)
Ok.. time to start finishing pages and scanning and posting. I am going to start with my Lisbon pages and then will go back and start at the beginning.A fun filled day, the day before running into...
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Lisbon 'regrets'
I regret that I didn't have more time to explore Lisbon and sketch it on my own - SUCH a beautiful city!!!!! A few days on the street before the symposium would have been great - however I wouldn't...
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110813 Getting back into sketching...
Silly title I know... as it is not as if I have ever had a break from sketching!!!! I suppose it would be more accurate to say that I am getting back into the city to sketch...post Lisbon. Last year I...
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USK Lisbon Symposium Day 1
Ok... time to start posting my sketches from the Symposium. As my sketchbooks are more travel journals I have added notes and maps and collage as much as I can so most of these pages are self...
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USK Lisbon Symposium Day 2
Second day of the Urban Sketchers symposium (I am assuming that everyone knows what I am talking about - if not click here)I posted half of my sketches to my flickr last night - ..one evening was not...
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110817 Late night Baroque sketch-mid week!
110817 Late night Baroque sketch-mid week!, a photo by borromini bear on Flickr.just one of those evenings when I need to do a quick sketch to unwind before going to bed.Using a new brush (squirrel)...
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A very special sketchbook from the symposium
A very special sketchbook from the symposium, a photo by borromini bear on Flickr.One of the things that I was REALLY looking forward to at the symposium was being able to share it with my great...
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