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]]>A visual storyteller, Rardon considers herself an unofficial cultural anthropologist, noting that the driving force behind her work has always been connection. “Across the world, I’ve found art is an incredible vehicle for creating deeper connections—with the places we visit and the people who call each place home,” she explains on her website.
“A sketch is a very tangible interpretation of a place,” she further explained in an interview with Off Assignment. “With a writer’s notes, people have to take time to read them, but with art, they can literally look at the picture and react. There’s a possibility of live and direct comparison: They can see my interpretation as it unfolds, find the connection between what’s moving me to create, and what I’m creating.”
Originally from the state of Virginia, Rardon has spent more than a decade traveling and living abroad, in cultures as diverse as India, New Zealand, and Uruguay—where she’s now based in Montevideo. Having earned her Master’s in Travel Writing (yes, apparently that’s a thing), from London’s Kingston University, her love of writing, illustrating, and travel has led her to some interesting collaborations. Over the years, she’s worked with National Geographic, created large-scale murals for global brands in Thailand and Singapore, and was even featured as a sketch artist and niche travel blogger in the New York Times.
“When I’m doing a sketch, I’m writing about that place through lines and shapes,” explains the visual storyteller. “I’m paying just as much attention as if I was sitting there taking notes. Every sketch is a series of decisions, granting importance to certain elements in the scene. And yet it also results in a visual record, as photography does.”
And while the end result is very much inspiring, Rardon acknowledges that capturing the experience rather than beautifying it is what lies at the heart of her work. “Maybe it’s not so much about beauty,” she notes. “My sketch is never going to live up to reality. Later, I’ll wish I could’ve captured the light better, the details better. But it’s just my way of chiseling the foreignness away, getting to the heart of what was so alien when I sat down and opened my sketchbook.”
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]]>Kimberly Cammerata has dedicated the majority of her artistic career to capturing the beauty of Italy, with its brilliant landscapes, sunny days, ancient towns, and warm welcomes. As a watercolor artist, her work revolves around color and light, and the way in which light can effect our perception of color.
“Many of my clients have been to Italy and they tell me that I capture the sparkle and the detail of what it’s like to be there,” said the Sicilian painter in a piece published on Artnote. “This makes me so happy because it is exactly what I set out to do! If you love Italy but haven’t been there, then my work is a chance to experience a little bit of that feeling from your home.”
Cammerata’s paintings combine the looseness of watercolor with her attention to detail. Inspired by her travels across Italy, Cammerata studies her whereabouts before committing herself to each piece. “I love to immerse myself in the nuances that make a place unique,” she writes. “To me, the details bring the painting to life and make it identifiable as a specific place. This is important, because I actually travel to each location, observe and study it to accurately portray its essence. I have developed watercolor techniques that are all my own to create this level of precision.”
While we await patiently for a return to normalcy, Cammerata’s paintings act as a kind reminder about what can be gained from traveling (traveling via Instagram, that is).
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]]>The post Reexamine the Way you Document Your Travels with Candace Rose Rardon appeared first on Traveler Master.
]]>A visual storyteller, Rardon considers herself an unofficial cultural anthropologist, noting that the driving force behind her work has always been connection. “Across the world, I’ve found art is an incredible vehicle for creating deeper connections—with the places we visit and the people who call each place home,” she explains on her website.
“A sketch is a very tangible interpretation of a place,” she further explained in an interview with Off Assignment. “With a writer’s notes, people have to take time to read them, but with art, they can literally look at the picture and react. There’s a possibility of live and direct comparison: They can see my interpretation as it unfolds, find the connection between what’s moving me to create, and what I’m creating.”
Originally from the state of Virginia, Rardon has spent more than a decade traveling and living abroad, in cultures as diverse as India, New Zealand, and Uruguay—where she’s now based in Montevideo. Having earned her Master’s in Travel Writing (yes, apparently that’s a thing), from London’s Kingston University, her love of writing, illustrating, and travel has led her to some interesting collaborations. Over the years, she’s worked with National Geographic, created large-scale murals for global brands in Thailand and Singapore, and was even featured as a sketch artist and niche travel blogger in the New York Times.
“When I’m doing a sketch, I’m writing about that place through lines and shapes,” explains the visual storyteller. “I’m paying just as much attention as if I was sitting there taking notes. Every sketch is a series of decisions, granting importance to certain elements in the scene. And yet it also results in a visual record, as photography does.”
And while the end result is very much inspiring, Rardon acknowledges that capturing the experience rather than beautifying it is what lies at the heart of her work. “Maybe it’s not so much about beauty,” she notes. “My sketch is never going to live up to reality. Later, I’ll wish I could’ve captured the light better, the details better. But it’s just my way of chiseling the foreignness away, getting to the heart of what was so alien when I sat down and opened my sketchbook.”
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]]>The post Kimberly Cammerata’s Paintings Capture the Beauty of Italy appeared first on Traveler Master.
]]>Kimberly Cammerata has dedicated the majority of her artistic career to capturing the beauty of Italy, with its brilliant landscapes, sunny days, ancient towns, and warm welcomes. As a watercolor artist, her work revolves around color and light, and the way in which light can effect our perception of color.
“Many of my clients have been to Italy and they tell me that I capture the sparkle and the detail of what it’s like to be there,” said the Sicilian painter in a piece published on Artnote. “This makes me so happy because it is exactly what I set out to do! If you love Italy but haven’t been there, then my work is a chance to experience a little bit of that feeling from your home.”
Cammerata’s paintings combine the looseness of watercolor with her attention to detail. Inspired by her travels across Italy, Cammerata studies her whereabouts before committing herself to each piece. “I love to immerse myself in the nuances that make a place unique,” she writes. “To me, the details bring the painting to life and make it identifiable as a specific place. This is important, because I actually travel to each location, observe and study it to accurately portray its essence. I have developed watercolor techniques that are all my own to create this level of precision.”
While we await patiently for a return to normalcy, Cammerata’s paintings act as a kind reminder about what can be gained from traveling (traveling via Instagram, that is).
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