Bridget Bryan

Hello my friends, I hope this first week of may is finding you well!

This week, I’d like to show you what I have been doing art-wise when I am not working on the Camino Project.

I take either a teeny little sketch book or watercolor book with me and it goes into my purse or bag wherever I go.

Call it my life support.

It kinda is.

It helps me slow down and see and appreciate what is before me.

It helps me find the adventure in the every day.

“Vacate et videte.” -Be still and see.

It is through taking the time to recreate reality and capture it in a beautiful way that I can see, know, love what is in the present moment.

The picture below was composed over several ten-minute slots of time. It was literally breaking my heart that I wasn’t able to do more artwork, so during my lunch breaks, I started and finished this.

Who says one’s terra firma can’t be a source of inspiration?!

There are a few more spreads to share with you in this little sketchbook, but I’ll wait till maybe next week.

A business trip and a travel delay brought about some unexpected encounters, and some of the highlights are captured in those pages. Within 24 hours, I not only had many neat experiences, but I also had several new paintings, which I shared with two international fellow travelers.

Needless to say, I came back from that trip more convicted that I must capture the adventures around me.

Question for you: what is your life-giving activity?

Thank you so much for reading!

If you enjoyed this and are interested in some tools to help you with your adventures in capturing beauty, check out these products below. (Note: when you click the link below, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.)

This little notebook will make your mouth water as soon as your fingers feel it’s smooth yet toothy 100% cotton surface.

And this guy, he’s the best portable studio ever!

Both these tools fit well into my cute backpack-purse!