Having had a week of one-on-one sketching with me in the Minervois, Robin began to realise she could do this.
First time we met since our early school days, was at Daku Resort in Fiji last year. She’d decided to give this Travel Sketching ‘thing’ a go. Hadn’t sketched or drawn since school and was determined to see if she truly could learn.
Fear of not being good enough is very common, and everything she sketched was a triumph. Not to her though.
We needed to work on that.
This isn’t about perfection. Whatever that is! It’s you putting down your version of what you see. That’s it.
A term of classes and Robin was beginning to think sketching may be possible after all. Not convinced yet though.
Then came the 7 days in Caunes Minervois and surrounding villages in our authentic villages - life being lived every day as it always has been.
Happiness was beginning to become real. Sketching more confidently. Just the simple version, just the interesting parts.
Off to London for a month,alone. Guess what. Sketching has become her friend. After all that doubt, she can go anywhere in public and thoroughly enjoy herself.
Goes somewhere new each day, and sketches something that catches her attention.
She’s an addicted Travel Sketcher now. I’m so proud of her.
