Two Types of Texture: Tactile and Visual
I’ve been thinking about the nature of tactile texture versus visual texture. Tactile is texture that draws your hand out to touch an object – it can be rough as […]
Author Archives: Albatz Travel Adventures
The Seeds and Seed Pods of September
In September plants often produce small miracles in the form of seed pods and seeds. There’s something about these winged seeds that made me want to grab my sketch book and […]
Inspiration: Englishman River Falls
I made two sketching trips to Englishman River Falls; the first in 1994 with my friend and fellow sketcher, and the second a couple of years later when I drove over […]
Semi-Precious Stones: Red Jasper
In Beaumaris, Wales I met a man selling Red Jasper, green Chert (a type of flint) and Slate which he had been cutting and polishing to make uniquely local pieces […]
A Collage of Nordic Music Inspired by Georgia O’Keeffe
When I was looking up Georgia O’Keeffe in Wikipedia I found this painting called Blue and Green Music that she painted sometime in-between 1919 and 1921. from Wikipedia: Painted in her New […]
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Light Green (Cactus)
Most succulents and cactuses are light green, the desert climate that they grow in creating different needs than the bright chlorophyll-filled leaves found in wetter northern climates. Saguaro cactus with […]
Copper Verdigris
The verdigris copper cladding of the hull of a frigate in Ebeltoft, Denmark. An overview of the hull as seen from below. Al is lurking in the corner of the […]
