I’m back in little old Canada and rounding up some of the last few sketches from the travel sketchbook.
in almost four weeks I only used this sketchbook and neither of the watercolour albums, lol. Lessons learned!
Isle of Skye, continued
we watched so much Star Trek
Visited the Glenfinnan Viaduct (ie: Hogwarts Express) in the rain whilst monstrously hungover. Would not recommend ever being hungover
A better sketch of Old Man of Storr
This is different and more accurate than the version posted to my instagram.
I caught Will McPhail’s book event in Edinburgh - a New Yorker cartoonist for the ages
Two sketches of an extremely wet morning walk for coffee.
We were supposed to leave Edinburgh on Friday, but were stranded until Monday due to heavy rain/flooding. Very few complaints - it was just the extra amount of time I needed to get it out of my system. I’m in love with Edinburgh.
Reconfiguring travel plans was a little stressful
Painted scene on the left, finished on the right - I added window panes and a reflection digitally using Procreate. So much festive decor, but we missed the Christmas markets by a few days.
Beautiful bookstore - Topping & Co Edinburgh
I’m happy to be home, amazingly feeling creatively recharged and refreshed - I’m so excited to really dive into my book pitch (post about that incoming) and paint more Scotland scenes.
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Excitingly, I have a cartoon in the December 5, 2022 issue of The New Yorker, about one of my formative traumas:
At 14 all I wanted in a flared jean was the illusion of super long legs that ended in a perfectly flat-bottomed cone that engulfed my shoe and grazed the floor like a gigantic hoof, and all I got was wet pants and frayed dirty hems.
Thanks for reading!
xo Zoe
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