It’s not like us to transport our bottoms to one destination and stay there for the whole holiday. Nevertheless this year we settled for 3 weeks in a small village on the Croatia coast and it was blissful… amazing family time and a lot of inspiration for watercolors and ink sketches!
Everyday looked like this: walk with our dog Chrupka to the only coffee shop in the village, morning swim and breakfast before kids wake up, morning swim with kids, second breakfast, siesta on the shaded balcony…afternoon climbing or swim, dinner at the local restaurant nr1 or nr2…sometimes an evening swim and a schnapps in a local bar …Â
ink pen sketches from my travel diary
Over the years, a holiday sketchbook nearly replaced my need to take good photos (I used to love my camera!). Now taking photos is mostly a ‘middle man’ between beautiful/interesting moments and later drawings in sketchbook. Sketching live sounds great but on holidays it doesn’t happen often. My first priority is to have a great time with my family, while sketchbooking happens in between. It’s usually early morning the next day, when i look through my photos and decide what to draw.
ready, steady, go!
Vinjerac
gossiping on the beach
gossiping in the water
labrador Molly greeting us from her balcony
view from the local cafe
tasty treats
macro view of Vinjerac
‘I will help you cross the road Mr Turtle’
Buba – the local ‘mascott’
Chrupka and Buba
local cafe – best place to hang out in the morning
clilmbing in Paklenica
mountains – the more you look, the more you see
snorkelling with a view
at the end of the day in Starigrad
watercolour sketches during long siesta hours...
When it’s nearly 40 degrees celcius outside… it’s precious to have a shaded balcony with a breeze from the sea, a sofa and a big table, where you spend 3-4 hours a day hiding from the strongest sun! It’s very easy to get borred, so even my teenagers started to paint watercolours with me. It’s good I brought a lot of paper with me!
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view at Velebit Mountains from our balcony
Chrup is ‘chillin’
dog’s freedom in Vinjerac
mountain layers in Paklenica
view from the beach
another view from the beach
Oh and here is a few chosen sketches from our road trip to Croatia and back. There is many versions of road trip from Copenhagen to Vinjerac and lots of wonderful places to see on the way.
snowy mountains in Switzerland
a walk in Black Forest
Straza Bled
nature in Bolzano
Udine – Venice of the mainland
enchanting city of Glorenza
behind the scenes ...
Just a few photos of sketchbooking action 😉 You can also view my reel on instagram – link below.
my sketchbook got filled very quickly
mini studio on the balcony with the best view ever
painting on the beach wasn’t as comfy tho
Thank you for reading. If you are interested in my previous travel sketches, here are a few from last year 🙂Â
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