Napa Sketchbook: In Search of Bubbles
Sketching and Champagne in Napa Valley
At Domaine Carneros
True to the “Crawl” part of SketchCrawl, Lisa and I recently spent a day in Napa sketching and visiting champagne wineries. We had a great time! We started at Domaine Carneros, where it was sunny and the views spectacular. Quite sketchable, and the champagne is divine!
We moved on the Mumm Winery and on the way stumbled upon an estate filled with thousands of tulips. It was absolutely stunning and we went back later for pictures and further investigation. By then it was raining, so we did our tulip sketches later from photographs.
We finished up at Domaine Chandon, tired but determined to sketch!
It was a wonderful, adventure-filled day. The weather was dramatic and the bubbles divine. It was Lisa’s idea to make the trek, and I must say it was inspired! She is moving to Texas now, in fact she’s on the road today, so our sketching adventures are on curtailed for now.
I will miss you Lisa!
Related Topics: California, Landscapes, Travel Sketching
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May 19th, 2008 at 2:21 pm
Enjoyed the sketches in Napa; I recognized the locations from your drawings. I have enjoyed your site for several years now. Always simple drawings which catch the essence and allow us to see what you are attempting to communicate.
May 1st, 2008 at 2:30 am
Love, love, love your vineyard sketch! They should be employing you to paint their wine labels for them!
April 20th, 2008 at 5:23 am
Martha–
Your drawings continue to be ready to insert into Sunset magazine. Everything you produce has a nice elegant look to them. I always enjoy your posts.
April 17th, 2008 at 8:38 am
Hi Martha—Love your work and your blog. I grew up in Palo Alto Ca, so your beautiful watercolors bring back memories of those wonderful days. I now deal the snow and cold of Maine, but it is also a beautiful place to live and paint.
I have read your tutorial on making a sketch journal and I am in awe. I would love to try it sometime—maybe…
April 16th, 2008 at 9:31 am
I love to see the new places you are sketching on the west coast. I am on the east coast (Florida), so my sketchbook reflects our sunny side.
April 15th, 2008 at 9:46 pm
Martha, these drawings are exquisite and convey a feeling of beauty and emotion.
April 14th, 2008 at 11:23 pm
Wow I love the way your paintings travel across both pages. The perspective and beauty of your trees and tulips are just awesome!
April 14th, 2008 at 8:32 pm
Martha–your sketches of our day truly reflected how special it was–a world-class day from start to finish…as is our friendship. We have plenty of sketching ahead of us–who knows where we will turn up next!
Lisa
April 14th, 2008 at 1:59 pm
As usual I enjoyed seeing your wonderful sketches. You are truly and inspiration. You find such beauty in the simpliest of things. Keep them coming…..
April 14th, 2008 at 12:26 pm
So happy you shared these paintings with us.
As always…, Beautiful.
April 14th, 2008 at 10:36 am
Teri is right, It does not get any better than this!! Truly DIvine!!
April 14th, 2008 at 7:34 am
Gosh, it doesn’t get any better than this. Wine and sketching.
Beautiful sketches.
April 14th, 2008 at 5:33 am
I love the touch of color in the sketches. One day, I hope to be close to as good as these are. They are beautiful! You and your friend are truly blessed with talent! And to have such good friends is more important than wealth!
April 14th, 2008 at 4:43 am
Absolutely gorgeous Martha…Love the tulips!
April 14th, 2008 at 4:31 am
Delightful – I am also inspired. Hope you find another friend to sketch and travel with – indeed a blessing. I’m making a small watercolor travel kit out of a cigar box and plan to try it out this week on a trip to Arizona.
April 14th, 2008 at 2:31 am
What a blessing to have such a friend! Both of you! Thank you for sharing – I am inspired.