I previously added a few pages from my travel journal from a trip we took to New England. I used the same small sketchbook for our trip a few weeks later to Bryce Canyon National Park, and to view the recent solar eclipse in nearby Utah.
We stayed in a VRBO ranch just beyond Hatch, which was secluded and very nice.
My favorite activity was while my husband was biking through Bryce, I sat and did a small (5x7”) oil painting. The resulting painting was not great Art, but it was great Fun!
I did a few little watercolors in the sketchbook on site, as well. And I also sketched the cow and turkeys at our cabin before we left there.
One of the fun new things I did in this sketch journal was to buy a little Bluetooth printer that prints small 2x3” Photo stickers, from my phone. I did try to do at least one actual sketch on each spread, though, and not just fill it with photos. That was pretty hard though, as my sketches do not do justice to Bryce’s beauty! But then, neither do photos, do they?
After our several days in Bryce, we went to where we could see the eclipse best. My husband set up his photo equipment to track the sun, and take photos every few minutes, then seconds, as the eclipse progressed. I sat nearby with my sketchbook, solar glasses, and a few colored pencils and documented the eclipse in my own way. My result isn’t as stunning as my husband’s photos, but what a great way to remember the event!
My husband’s photos.
Between the two trips, I filled the little sketchbook. I wasn’t sure if I would like such a small book, but it turned out to be just right!
I enjoyed sketching with ink this year, even more than in previous years. The sketchbook I used is a larger format one, and I have grown to like that.
