Keeping a watercolor travel journal on your next trip

I've always felt that my watercolor travel journal is the one thing I absolutely cannot leave behind when I'm packing for a flight. Sure, I've got my phone and a decent camera, but there is something fundamentally different about sitting down on a crumbly stone bench in a quiet piazza and actually looking—really looking—at the way the light hits a building. ...

May 21, 2026 · 7 min · Brenna Walcot