Renee Walden
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exploring little french villages

exploring little french villages

18 August 2015

Our climbing life and my husband's BASE jumping take us to some wonderful, beautiful places. Places way off the tourist track. We avoid the famous, busy places and enjoy exploring parts of countries t...

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blob monsters

blob monsters

21 July 2015

While Norway in sunshine is a beautiful thing, it does rain a lot. But for my friend Heidi and I these rainy days are exciting because then there's ample reason to stay in doors and paint all day. And...

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summertime flowers

summertime flowers

7 July 2015

Wildflowers in Europe in summertime! Its hard to take a walk without spending most of the time crawling on your knees and taking photos on macro setting. I find myself sketching one tiny flower while ...

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an alternative view

an alternative view

13 June 2015

I always get a kick of of it when locals don't recognise the view I've sketched. This is the case in both the sketches above. While locals recognised their village church in the sketch at the top, the...

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back in France

back in France

9 June 2015

Here is one of our favourite places in the world ... the Gorges de la Bourne in the Vercors mountains just south of Grenoble. This valley has rock climbing, BASE jumping and lots of old villages perfe...

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new travel sketchbook

new travel sketchbook

29 May 2015

You'll be seeing a lot of this book over the next few months. But most the photos will probably be of the inside so I thought you might like to see the cover. I always have fun with the cover. They're...

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packing for the next adventure

packing for the next adventure

28 May 2015

Next week we leave for the European summer for some adventuring and painting. Here, in New Zealand, it's very cold and wintery, so I'm looking forward to catching some UV. Our first stop will be Franc...

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out and about with my sketchbook

out and about with my sketchbook

21 May 2015

Winter has arrived with a bang and after about 10 days of continuous rain (more rain in one go than I ever remember), the sun came out, the clouds cleared and revealed the mountains all covered in fre...

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