I’m back! I’ve spent the past week in Wales for work and it’s flown past in a bit of a whirlwind really! Unfortunately it wasn’t a great week weather-wise, but I got lots done and it was good to have a change of scenery.
Having said that, I had absolutely no time for art, which means that my whole weekend has been dedicated to catching up with progress on my illustrated map of the Canal du Midi.
On Saturday I painted all of the little attractions, which is easier said than done as I had to mix individual colours for each one and make sure that every detail was accurate.
Above is the illustration to represent ‘Australian Park’ near Carcassonne and on the right is Lake Cavayere, complete with swimmers and a miniature ‘Aquaviva Park’.
Today I painted the river, which had to be completed all in one go to make sure that the colour was consistent across the whole map.
I’m really looking forward to finishing now as I’ve been working on it for a long time and I’m looking forward to a break over Christmas! I’d also like to have the time to draw some more pages for my adult colouring book which has taken a bit of a back seat recently.
Below is a sped up video with a few snippets of me painting.
That’s about it for this evening, have a good week folks 
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Awesome work you do, such precious detail Clare!
I’m really enjoying watching this develop, I’m looking forward to seeing the finished map. Wouldn’t it be good to be able to paint that quickly in real life?
Oh this is amazing! So many tiny and beautiful details!
Beautiful! I always enjoy the intricacy of your compositions. Happy Sunday Sketches!
Your art is just SO darn cute. The Koala, he’s just such a cutie pie!
Love your work so intricate and looking good
Something very relaxing about watching someone else painting.
Wow, the detail in this is incredible and your pen work and painting is so meticulous – not one dot over the line!!
Oh how nice to go to Wales. Love the art too.
Amazing work! And seeing the video really gives a sense of the detail that goes into this map. Thanks for the sunday sketches visit.
loving the development- such detail and its looking amazing! xx
It’s looking great Clare