I just got back from a family vacation to Paris, London, and Barcelona. I tried to do some urban sketching while on the trip and made a sketchbook just for my travel,sketches. It was pretty fpdifficult to find time to sketch while on the move with my family, so I ended up taking a ton of reference photos for sketches that I will do in my studio on my return. The artwork below were done on the trip. As well as portraits for my 100 day portrait project, but I will post those separately.
On our flight from SFO-CDG
The view from our apartment terrace in the Latin Quarter.
The view from the terrace in the bedroom of our Latin Quarter apartment.
Our dinner the first night in Creperie Oroyana on Rue Mouffetard
The happy cook posing with my drawing
On the metro to catch the Eurostar to London from Gare du Nord
A quick sketch done on a cruise on the Thames
Another quick sketch
Quick sketch of the London Eye
Quick sketch of the Tower of London
Our dinner at Cave Bregonne
A sketch of the Louvre with just a brush pen on toned watercolor paper
A sketch of Square Renè Vivandi
Dinner in Barcelona at Tapeo
On our food tour in El Born in Barcelona
On the food tour in Santa Caterina market
The view from a terrace of our apartment in Barcelona
At the beach in Barcelona
On the beach in Barcelona
At the El Born Cultural Center
The sketch was started in SFO and I finished it in the Barcelona airport
In the lobby of the Borne Apartments
Our last breakfast in Paris on Boulevard Saint Michel
I drew this on the airplane home - it was one of our favorite dishes - octopus in black truffle