lourmarin 2025

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Salon du Carnet de Voyage

For the second year I was invited to participate in this wonderful annual event. It’s something that I have looked forward to all year and it didn’t disappoint.

Meeting other carnettistes, sketchers and enthusiasts is so much fun and so inspiring. Running a workshop for twelve talented ladies was an important part of my weekend.
I have to say that the subject I planned was really a little bit ambitious but after a few tours of the table and a little encouragement the results were really amazing!

poznan,Urban sketchers symposium

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A whirlwind week in Poland for the 13th Urban Sketchers Symposium 2025, in Poznan.

Starting out in Warsaw then moving onto Poznan for the symposium and after that on to Toruń.
I managed to sketch in all three locations, really getting into the swing of it in Poznan and continuing with limited time in Toruń.

I can’t describe how wonderful the symposium was, meeting old and new sketching friends, meeting people that I’ve learnt from and people that I’ve taught. An incredible atmosphere of friendship and sharing, with an amazing team of organizers, volunteers and sponsors.

A few days in Italy

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Just a few days in the valley of the Sesia river, mostly to test a kayak ( not me) but I managed to snatch a few sketches along with the exploring, restaurants and ice cream stops.

In the last two you can see how I completed the sketch at home, because after I took the first photo of the ink stage my lunch arrived so I just had to stop and eat!

just for fun…

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After a lovely family walk on a Sunday very near home we walked past some beautiful old cabanons and old farm buildings that I’d never seen before – not five minutes from home. So Monday morning I was back there with my sketchbook and here’s some on site sketches and the finished pages.

You can find a short video of me painting the small ruin on my new YouTube channel

Susan Knapp Sketches

favoriTe sketchbook pages from 2024

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In 2024 I managed to finish 2 sketchbooks, and although that’s less than usual I am very happy looking back through them.

I also participated in two festivals, printed a third “Vignettes “ booklet and finished a larger than usual amount of commissions.

So now I’m looking forward to 2025 and aside from a resolution to sketch more I’m also going to try to learn more.

It’s always a positive thing to take other artists classes, you end up with a fresh outlook, different ways of seeing things.

I’m also hoping to teach more, on line and in person.

Autumn colours

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Before we slip into winter it’s about time that I added some of my autumn sketchbook pages. Autumn is a season I love and gives me a chance to use those wonderful oranges and yellows.
It’s still warm enough to be outside and to enjoy all those colours that nature has to offer.

LOURMARIN

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The first weekend of September in Lourmarin.

For the first time I participated in this amazing event, a sketchbook festival grouping together artists and sketchers from France and Europe. It was so nice to meet fellow sketchers exhibiting and all the people who had come to see us.

The atmosphere and organization was brilliant.

I ran a workshop, that I could have filled twice over, where we sketched vignettes of typical Provençal subjects. The hard working participants turned out great work in a very limited time and with a howling Mistral wind.

Great fun! I was even featured in the newspaper……

summer days

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Here in southern France it’s currently so hot that sketching outside is an early morning activity. Other option is to go a little bit north into the southern alps where being outside is a little bit cooler, those sketches will be in the following post.