Whenever I go on holiday I always pack art materials - the biggest pad of paper my suitcase will take, some watercolours or pastels, drawing pens, pencils, a rubber, masking fluid, tape, a selection of brushes, you name it, I'll use up my baggage allowance with creative paraphernalia and if I'm not quite up to the limit I'll chuck a couple of art books in too for added inspiration. My confession is that I often return home with at least a third of my suitcase unworn and unread and the art materials untouched! However, this time, I decided rather than setting myself the onerous task of creating a finished masterpiece by lunchtime each day (preferably framed and packaged for shipping as well), I would just try to do a doodle each day - a quick sketch of a landscape, a detail in my surroundings, something quick, in pen & ink, just as my great-grandfather did on his travels. I have plenty of photos to inspire me now I am home but these are the doodles from my sketchbook and a flower I painted as a gift for our friends Ioanna and Antoniou in Greece as it was picked for me from their garden...
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