Sketch for next travel book

Had a bit of time to sketch today to work on my next Travel With Me book.

Here's a few: 

1. Arcosanti, AZ

2. Cinde Cone OHV area, near Flagstaff, AZ

3. The open road

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Indonesian Temple Moleskine Sketchbook 4

Moleskine sketchbook from magazine photo: Indonesian temple.

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Get Free Tall Ship Book Cyber Monday

Here's your chance to get a free book from me: the latest Travel With Me book is coming out in December and I'll send you a signed copy. Details HERE!

Cover of the book:

Click on link above for details. Today ONLY! Cyber Monday.
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Inktober 2018 Galveston Restaurant

Inktober day 2 for me - a restaurant on Pier 21 in Galveston, TX, done for a photo I took while there a few month ago.

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Tall Ships Book Cover Drawing

Today I managed to draw out the tall ships for the cover of my next travel sketch book.
They'll be finished in watercolor.
For more info, go to This PAGE.

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Postcards and Travel Sketch books

I got a few postcards done with the tall ship weekend sketches I've been working on.
I'm also announcing a couple travel sketch books in progress.
Get details HERE.

Seagulls on Zazzle and RedBubble.
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Coloring Pages New Mexico Landscape

Added the last 2 of 5 New Mexico landscape coloring pages to the Patreon.

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Throwback Thursday #6 Travel With Me Book

A look back at the Sketchbook Project 2012, where I participated with the theme Travel With Me.
It was a really good experience and fun to take part of something this big.

This short video shows the original sketchbook and the book it eventually became, now available on Amazon.

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Mont Saint Michel - March Art Rewards

Here's the art I'm sending as the March Art Rewards for my Patreon supporters.
It's a narrow street from the Mont Saint Michel in Normandy, France.

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Arizona Travel Sketches

Yesterday was very productive in getting several travel sketches done. I'm posting a few from the Arizona chapter, driving through the Navajo Nation.

 

Travel With Me: From Moab to the Grand Canyon and Back

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Arcosanti sketches For Travel Book

This weekend was very productive as far as doing drawings for my 2nd Travel With Me book.
These sketches are for the chapter on Arcosanti, AZ:
 

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Enduro 125cc Dirt Bike

This weekend I felt inspired to re-visit the 2nd "Travel With Me" book I had written about a year ago and continue on the illustrations for it.

This is the little dirt bike I had at the time:
Yamaha 1973 Enduro 125cc

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Long Canyon Road by Moab UT

Sketches from the Long Canyon Road, a few minutes from Moab, UT.
We rode down the canyon on motorcycles. It was quite an adventure, and incredibly beautiful.

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Starting on Arcosanti Sketches

I'm starting sketches on the Arcosanti section of my travel book.
Here's the first quick sketch:

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Sunrise in Arizona

Watercolor sunrise from a picture I took at a campsite in Arizona, right outside of Flagstaff.
The combination of snow on the ground, overcast sky and rising sun piercing through the clouds created an amazing blue-ish atmosphere.

I tried to re-create that morning below, from a picture I took then.
Take one:

Take two:

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The Campmobile

A sketch of the ever reliable "Campmobile":

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More Monument Valley Sketches

More Monument Valley sketches today, playing around with the watercolor.

Entrance view into Monument Valley:

The two Mittens Formations, and an abandoned roadside Navajo jewelry stand: 

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Road Biking in Moab

Time to get started on the next Travel With Me book - this one on a trip to Moab, UT.

This is from a picture taken during a stop to enjoy the view while dirt riding through the wonderful canyons of Utah.

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3 Most Popular Zazzle Photos 2012

I've really been slacking this year in doing this, and at the same time, it's nice to revisit and spread this task out over the first few month of the year. In the end, it's all good anyway, right? :)

Here were the 3 most popular photos for 2012,out of my Zazzle RiverbyNightPhotos gallery:

Back Alley Kayaks Postcard by RiverbyNightPhotos

Zucchini Hummus Post Card by RiverbyNightPhotos

Irish Pub in St. Malo, France Postcard by RiverbyNightPhotos

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Moleskine: Greece

Greece is one country I've always wanted to visit - probably that combination of blue and white with the sea everywhere ...

Here are two sketches from made from pictures of Greece: a house façade and a village street.

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