Looking back on my Greek travel adventure by compiling a list of blog posts of the different people and landscape sketches I did during our travels. I also look at the difference between Carnet de Voyage and Urban Sketching, and determine which sketch umbrella I fall under.

Day 169 to 173 of sketching people in Athens and Rome. Some sketches done live, and the rest sketched from photos I took.

Day 168 of sketching people on the long and uncomfortable overnight ferry ride from Rhodes to Piraeus. Plenty of time to sketch groups, and cobble together scenes of people desperately trying to get a comfortable night’s sleep.

Day 167 of sketching people on the Greek Island of Symi. A couple of group sketches of people on sun beds. One with a clear focal point with a monochromatic background, and one where I used watercolour on the entire sketch.

Day 164-165 of sketching people on the Greek Island of Halki. A mixture of travel sketches of individual people, and groups of people lining to buy or board.

Day 161-163 of sketching people on the Greek Island of Karpathos. A variety of travel sketches of groups of people where I’ve experimented with different sketching styles to add depth and interest.

Day 159 and 160 of sketching people on the Greek Island of Crete in Heraklion. Using my travel sketches to decide how to effectively combine sketching styles of monochromatic and colour to create a stronger focal point and add depth to a sketch.

Urban Sketching some Memories of Crete in a small travel sketchbook, as we explored Malia, Rethymno, Heraklion, and took the ferry towards Karpathos.

Day 158 of sketching people during a trip to Malia Beach on the Greek Island of Crete. A mix of solitary figures on a page, and one compilation that takes a little bit of deciphering because one of my sketch subjects got up and walked away.

Two Trains, Two Planes, and a Taxi ride to reach our Greek destination of Crete. I managed a couple of sketches of people I encountered along the journey. I don’t think night flights are ideal for getting a lot of sketching done.

Scouring the internet for iconic but not twee photographs that I can use as reference to practice some ink and wash Greek Island postcard sketches using loose lines and watercolour.

I swatched all the colours in my Daniel Smith Palette with their Naples Yellow, to see what useful shades I could create for my next summer Adventure. The most useful Naples Yellow colour mixes I created were subdued greens, and toned down pinks and reds.

Greek hospitality is alive and well on Leros, an island in the Dodecanese chain untouched by mass tourism. A couple of nights here was enough to make us realize we needed to come back.

The picturesque Greek Island of Symi is next door to Rhodes, and is famous for it’s pretty harbour and their tiny red panfried shrimp, that are eaten whole.

Feature Image: Pothia Harbor, Kalymnos My first experience of Greece, was a day trip from Turkey to the neighboring Greek island of…

Find out how to travel from Kalymnos to Telendos via water taxi, and what to do during your day trip to this tranquil Greek island. Also a couple of ideas for free and cheap souvenirs.

Known for sponge diving and rock climbing, Kalymnos also has beaches on its western coast that overlook the small island of Telendos. It’s where the longest sandy beach is located.

The ferry that connects the Greek Island of Kos to Kalymnos departs from the Mastichari Ferry port. We got there by bus, and spent a few hours in a taverna waiting for our ferry.

We took a day trip to Kalymnos to explore the eastern coastline and spend the day in Vathy, and discover an off-the-beaten path beach where the Greeks gather for family Sunday.