Jennie Kessinger

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Travel Sketches

I just got back from a family vacation to Paris, London, and Barcelona. I tried to do some urban sketching while on the trip and made a sketchbook just for my travel,sketches. It was pretty fpdifficult to find time to sketch while on the move with my family, so I ended up taking a ton of reference photos for sketches that I will do in my studio on my return. The artwork below were done on the trip. As well as portraits for my 100 day portrait project, but I will post those separately. 

On our flight from SFO-CDG

The view from our apartment terrace in the Latin Quarter.  

The view from the terrace in the bedroom of our Latin Quarter apartment.  

Our dinner the first night in Creperie Oroyana on Rue Mouffetard

The happy cook posing with my drawing

On the metro to catch the Eurostar to London from Gare du Nord

A quick sketch done on a cruise on the Thames

Another quick sketch

Quick sketch of the London Eye

Quick sketch of the Tower of London

Our dinner at Cave Bregonne

A sketch of the Louvre with just a brush pen on toned watercolor paper 

A sketch of Square Renè Vivandi

Dinner in Barcelona at Tapeo  

On our food tour in El Born in Barcelona

On the food tour in Santa Caterina market

The view from a terrace of our apartment in Barcelona

At the beach in Barcelona

On the beach in Barcelona

At the El Born Cultural Center 

The sketch was started in SFO and I finished it in the Barcelona airport  

In the lobby of the Borne Apartments

Our last breakfast in Paris on Boulevard Saint Michel

I drew this on the airplane home - it was one of our favorite dishes - octopus in black truffle