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✏️ D–4 — On the eve of departure, a portrait and boxes

Reported by bre

July 26, 2025

✏️ D–4 — On the eve of departure, a portrait and boxes

Gabrielle has arrived in Geneva.

The preparation is entering its final stretch.

📦 Last orders will be delivered tonight.

We pack, sort, and divide. Soon, everything will fit into a few boxes, two backpacks... and a small car.

🖋️ And between two logistical checks, Gabrielle tried her hand at a portrait — on an iPad, this time.

The result is stunning. Fast, expressive, lively.

Another way of capturing reality before brushes and Icelandic watercolors...

The journey is approaching.

And the book is already starting to fill up.

#Inkavik #Iceland2025 #DigitalPortrait #PreparationTravel #GabrielleDraw #SketchNomad #RoadToIceland #Travel Diary #SlowTravel #Illustrated Adventure

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