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Here’s a collection of the drawings I posted in this journal. 

I begged Rachel Hugens to add a gallery of her drawings from the tour she and Patrick did through the Baltics to their journal, which she graciously created. Their tour was 88 days. Mine was much shorter but still I thought I should put my money where my mouth is and do the same.

I’m so glad I did these drawings. They make me happy, and they remind me of certain moments on my tour. I hope others who sketch or paint or otherwise create some art will share yours too.

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Kathleen JonesTo Rachel and Patrick HugensMe too. It’s my favorite of all of them. Just sketched on a piece of printer paper I had with me for some reason.
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Rachel and Patrick HugensI like this, how did you do it? It looks like a poster.
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Kathleen JonesTo Rachel and Patrick HugensI loaded a photo into an app called Sketchbook. I hand-traced everything, then did a simple color fill for all the sections.

However, it’s very different than the reference photo. I played around with the fully-traced image for a few days but didn’t like it much. I ended up taking out all the trees, shrubs, and clouds, moved the sign, and muted the background colors. So the bike becomes more prominent.

Here’s the reference photo:
https://www.cycleblaze.com/journals/frenchtootle/to-pont-a-mousson/#54203_5fwm6wt3manenwi274tidakf9u8.

It’s magic!
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Kathleen JonesTo Rachel and Patrick HugensYou can email me at kleen at sonic net so we can be more art nerdy if you want.
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Rachel and Patrick HugensTo Kathleen JonesHi Kathleen,
I'll have to consider this, but presently I barely use the cell phone and not an app user. Maybe one day I'll really get into the techno 21st century
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Kathleen JonesTo Rachel and Patrick HugensSmart woman; don’t bother becoming techno. I was thinking, though, of being nerds about art. Having little discussions like this every once in a while. No worries if you’d rather not.
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Rachel and Patrick HugensOh, but I love our conversations, maybe through email racpat_rtw@yahoo.com
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Rachel and Patrick HugensUsing the two pages together, I love this.
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Kathleen JonesTo Rachel and Patrick HugensNo limits in art!
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Rachel and Patrick HugensThis is what I want to learn, how to blend the watercolors. I think I had one picture that did this, but didn't duplicate.
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Kathleen JonesTo Rachel and Patrick HugensHa! And what I want to learn is the way you paint, very spare, just enough color. I start to do that but then I find myself adding every (unnecessary) detail. Ugh.
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Rachel and Patrick HugensA different style from mine, but I love yours! And thank you for sharing both of ours! I hope we meet one day.
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Kathleen JonesTo Rachel and Patrick HugensThanks, Rachel. Oh, I think we’ll cross paths one of these days.
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Suzanne GibsonSo glad you posted this! Memories for me, too.
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Kathleen JonesTo Suzanne GibsonThanks, Suzanne. You and Janos are a big part of my memories.
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