I hope to attend the next one!
I hope to attend the next one!
We will sketch, paint, and absorb the Tuscan atmosphere. We stay in one place the whole time and take some excursions. Food and transport during the trip are provided.
This is a 11 day/10 night adventure in the Val d’Orcia Region of Tuscany, an area rich with history, beauty and incredible food.
Included in your workshop are the following:
Not included in your workshop:
I had my main Sillman & Birn book and a few feeder sketchbooks including a square zigzag I will post later.
So many great stories I look forward to expanding in the travelogue.
I also just updated the website for our September 2025 trip!
We have two 15-day trips available.
Stay tuned!
The Northerner did a really nice write-up about me!
I cannot believe that I have been there since 2013!
https://www.thenortherner.com/uncategorized/2024/05/03/meet-sota-design-professor-christina-wald/
Join me, Jim Effler, and CF Payne for our Illustration Show opening Friday, May 3rd at Reading Community Arts Center.
I get so many questions from people interested in illustration as a career. So on Sunday, 2-4, we will discuss careers in illustration.
Is a career possible? Yes. Is it complicated? Yes. Is the market constantly changing? Yes.
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They say if you rub the nose of Il Porcellino in Florence, Italy, you are destined to return one day! |
The news is out! I will be running a Sketch Workshop in Tuscany in May 2025. Get all of the info here!
Join me! I can not wait to sketch with you!
I did a demo for the Urban Sketchers quarterly magazine Drawing Attention!
It was an excuse to spend an afternoon sketching at Findlay Market. We met the woman installing the Pompeii exhibit at the Museum Center.
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Sneak peek of the article |
Read it here! https://issuu.com/drawingattention/docs/current_da_march_2024_/32
Even though the workshop is sold out, I will have books and mini-palettes there for sale and will be signing books at 3:30.
Nice write-up on the WGUC website. Mostly about the PLAZA workshop on Saturday and my show at Clermont College.
Also, my show open house is at Clermont College on the 27th. Hope to see you there!
I have a solo show opening on Monday!
Here is an article about My Sketching Obsession show.
It mostly covers my sketches done at my Artist Residency at Chateau d'Orquevaux. I also have included some other travel sketchbooks as well.
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Postcard From the Exhibit |
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Postcard Back |
I had been invited to show my work before the residency so I created work I could frame. Usually, it is hard to do a show about sketching because all the work is in sketchbooks and they need to be printed for the most part so you do not have to cut them out of the book.
I worked in four sketchbooks during the residency in addition to painting almost 20 images on watercolor paper I purchased in France.
In addition to the reception in February, we are planning another evening to share the show and meet the artist.
I am waiting for my first print copy to review but it is available to order on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and many others!
Some spreads:
Our website is up and running and we have two itineraries in June, a 10-day and 15-day.
I can email the detailed itineraries. The 10-day is a deep dive into Transylvania and the 15-day goes beyond to the Black Sea and north.
See more here: sketchingtours.com
I am doing an online talk for the Behringer-Crawford Museum. Sign up here!
I will also be signing The Train Rolls On to the North Pole on December 3rd! Details soon.
My book is on the Kew Gardens website!
Apparently, you CAN order it for delivery into the US.
UPDATE!
Book sighting by some of my friends from the chateau residency!
I had a wonderful time discussing illustration and sketching with Nishant Jain.
A lot is changing in publishing, illustration, and maybe everything. I have been in the business for 30 years and the one thing you can count on is change. But there is hope.
Shari Lyon has decided to release the 4th book of the Read To Me Sing To Me series herself.
I had a wonderful time doing the art for HADORI STANDS UP!
Shari and I first worked together on Paw, Hoofs, and Wings, the official children's book for the San Diego Zoo Centennial.
This is a much more serious book. It is such a beautiful story. It is another book that takes place at night but the art is darker than Paw, Hoofs, and Wings.![]() |
Spread from HADORI STANDS UP |
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Sing with the animals! |
There are some sketch tiers! I know I have a lot of friends who love hippos.
And I LOVE the Sticker Sheet!
Back it here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sharilyonhadori/hadori-stands-up-a-childrens-book