TRAVEL SKETCHES FROM BEND!

These are a few of the travel sketches I made while in Bend, Oregon, last week.  I normally don't do plein air painting except when I am traveling.  Having a small watercolor book with me is the perfect way to record the atmosphere of the place you are visiting.  When you slow down and take the time to do a small painting, you will remember not only the visual elements, but you will be able to recall sounds, and conversations, and smells.  When you revisit your little paintings, it will take you right back there.  Somehow, photographs don't have the same power.  It's not about how well you painted....its about imprinting the moment in your memory!