Sketching the journey to Ardarmurchan from a moving campervan by Fiona Wilson Art
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Sketching the journey to Ardnamurchan

How to keep yourself busy - sketching the campervan journey to Ardnamurchan Peninsula in Scotland in a mini-concertina skeychbook.
From Travel Sketches to Finished Art: Artist Talk in Glasgow | Fiona Wilson
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From Travel Sketches to Finished Art: Artist Talk in Glasgow | Fiona Wilson

I'm really looking forward to giving a talk next week on Monday 1st December about my travel sketchbooks and how they feed into my artwork. I'll be speaking at the Glasgow Society of Women Artists' Afternoon Talk series
Fiona Wilson, a proud new professional member of the Society of Scottish Artists (SSA)

Proud to be a new SSA professional artist member 2025

Last month, I tentatively applied to become a fully fledged Professional Artist member of the SSA.
Plein air sketch in my India travel sketchbook made from Haus Khas Complex in Delhi

Day 12/100 – Sketching outside in India

Of course, the second you get a sketchbook out in India, there will be onlookers. Sometimes just a few people wander by and look at the page shyly, before smiling and moving on. Other times, quite a crowd can gather, until you have unwittingly created your own little arty party.
south indian strong coffee

Day 11/100 – Two extra strong double coffees!

It happens in all forms of creative endeavour, and particularly when trying to do a project that makes you show up everyday whether you feel like it or not. Perhaps it was the grey rainy weather here in Scotland, dulling my spirits or the writing about air travel which is basically, let’s face it, pretty boring!
India 2025 Travel Journal sketchbook sketch of signs in Hauz Khas, Delhi

Day 10/100 – No Dog Poo!!

It happens in all forms of creative endeavour, and particularly when trying to do a project that makes you show up everyday whether you feel like it or not. Perhaps it was the grey rainy weather here in Scotland, dulling my spirits or the writing about air travel which is basically, let’s face it, pretty boring!
2025 India Sketchbook Travel Journal

Day 9/100 – Kuk’s Shack Pav Delights

It happens in all forms of creative endeavour, and particularly when trying to do a project that makes you show up everyday whether you feel like it or not. Perhaps it was the grey rainy weather here in Scotland, dulling my spirits or the writing about air travel which is basically, let’s face it, pretty boring!
A dog dozes in the sunshine whilst a cat looks on from above.

DAY 8 – Boring Myself to Death

It happens in all forms of creative endeavour, and particularly when trying to do a project that makes you show up everyday whether you feel like it or not. Perhaps it was the grey rainy weather here in Scotland, dulling my spirits or the writing about air travel which is basically, let’s face it, pretty boring!
My personal flight-safe sketchbook kit that I use to draw and write when I am flying.

DAY 7 – The Flight Safe Sketch Kit

The last time I flew, you were allowed blades and scissors as long as they were smaller than a certain size, but the last thing I needed was to find that the rules had changed and I had to hand over my treasured art items for deposit, and display, in the big glass box of shamefully sharp items.
Indian sketchbook page showing collected labels and sketches relating to the in-flight meal choices.

DAY 6 – Which meal?

We have flown with Virgin Atlantic before, but in the other direction towards the United States, so we didn’t know what kind of food to expect on a flight to Delhi packed mainly with Indian passengers.