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Fall farmland in southern Germany

It’s late Fall in Germany and I wanted to capture a bit of the coor that is left in the trees so I took a few minutes and I went exporing today. I found this farm a little ways north of Kaiserslautern. Conveniently, there was parking nearby so it was a short walk to the field where I stood to draw this. Good scenes = next to parking lots. Great scenes = next to parking lots and a place to sit. 🙂

Farmland near Rodenbach (digital, 10x8in, 2011)
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Would you trust travel photo tips from an artist? I have 2 for you.

Do you take photos when you travel? I don’t because I either forget my camera or I forget to use it.

So my tips are

Tip #1: Do not forget your camera
Tip #2: Do not forget that you have your camera

Sometimes I get really excited when I am traveling to a new place. I just take it all in. I look, listen, smell, taste, and participate. I’ve been to lots of cool places and done all sorts of interesting things and you think I whould have a photo of me doing them? Almost always, no. Well, that is if you do not count the video of me dancing with schoolchildren in Costa Rica.

I always remember to draw, so I have lots of drawings and paintings. But don’t take my word for it. Scroll down and under My Paintings, click on My Travel Paintings.

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Two tips for taking vacation photos

Do you take photos when you travel? I don’t because I either forget my camera or I forget to use it.

So my tips are

Tip #1: Do not forget your camera
Tip #2: Do not forget that you have your camera

Sometimes I get really excited when I am traveling to a new place. I just take it all in. I look, listen, smell, taste, and participate. I’ve been to lots of cool places and done all sorts of interesting things and you think I whould have a photo of me doing them? Almost always, no. Well, that is if you do not count the video of me dancing with schoolchildren in Costa Rica.

I always remember to draw, so I have lots of drawings and paintings. But don’t take my word for it. Scroll down and under My Paintings, click on My Travel Paintings.

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Chili? Think Hot.

It’s getting cold here in Germany. Fall has arrived. This drawing of the Banyon Tree in Lahaina makes me feel warm just thinking about it. I remember the warm sun, kids playing, the local guy angrily preaching to the sky, bottomless mai tais, and no surf. Those were the days. Mmmm.

 

Banyon Tree in Lahaina, Hawaii (watercolor, 6x4in, 2008)