Travels with a sketchbook - Resources for Artists

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Like looking at travel sketchbooks or want to know how to make one?

This lens provides resources for people who like looking at travel sketchbooks and people who'd like to keep a travel sketchbook but need a few tips first.

When I travel, I sketch. When I sketch on my travels I record it in on my blog Travels with a Sketchbook in......  Plus I provide

1) information about the history and facilities of places I visit and lots of related links for those who want to know more.

2) links to other people's travel sketchbooks in website, blog and/or video form.  You can see the various ways people have chosen to record different places around the world.

New links are being added added on a regular basis. Create a bookmark or link to be able to check back to this site - see the "save and share" section in the right hand column.

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1. The authors of all images and text in all links posted here own the copyright.
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Travels with a Sketchbook......in the UK 

Katherine Tyrrell's sketches from places around the UK

These links all relate to summary blog posts on Katherine Tyrrell's sketchbook blog "Travels with a Sketchbook in......"

You can also see her sketches in the "Travels with a Sketchbook Gallery on her website
Travels with a sketchbook in London: a summary
Sketches from my journeys around London - in central London, to galleries and museums, along the River Thames from the Pool of London to Greenwich and visits to West London and Kew Gardens.
Travels with a sketchbook - in the South of England
Sketchbook blog posts about places in southern England -
Berkshire & Buckinghamshire, East Sussex, Gloucestershire, Kent, Surrey

These include sketches which are drawn in pencil or pen and ink and then completed using coloured pencils.
Travels with a sketchbook.....in the north of England
Sketches from trips to Cheshire, Staffordshire, Shropshire and Yorkshire
Interior landscapes with food - a Sketchbook
Lots of my sketches on my travels end up being done in restaurants, cafes and tea rooms. One day I may do a book.........

In the meantime, this summary post lists all the sketches by title, with their locations. I've organised it geographically in case anybody else fancies having a go at sketching the same view.

Sketchbooks - in the UK 

If you've got a good sketchbook site recording sketches in the UK leave a comment below and let me know what's it's url is.
Vivien Blackburn Cornwall Sketchbooks
Sketches of Harlyn Bay/Trevose Head on the wild, rocky north coast of Cornwall and the south of Cornwall - a much gentler coast with drowned valleys creating complex tidal creeks overhung by woods.
One mile from home
On Tuesday, May 01, 2007 Julie Oakley recorded the last entry in her year long challenge to "Walk a minimum of one mile from home. Record where you've been with a drawing, sculpture, photo or painting and then walk back". The the challenge is now over but the sketches and drawings remain in the archives of this blog which won the "Get off your blogging bottom and sketch" award in 2006.
Shirley sketches London
Shirley made several trips to to see her daughter and family in London in 2006/7. She recorded all her trips out with beautifully simple watercolour sketches - including trips to see exhibitions with me.
Roland Lee - Great Britain Sketchbook
Pencil drawings completed on location in England, Ireland, and Scotland

BOOKS: The City Sketchbooks 

Published sketchbooks on Amazon

These sketches while they may have been done 'on the spot' are essentially commissioned drawings rather than records of a journey

London Sketchbook: A City Observed

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Paris Sketchbook

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New York Sketchbook

Release Date: 11/29/2005

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Venice Sketchbook (Sketchbook Series)

Release Date: 10/21/2004

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Singapore Sketchbook:The Resto

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Gardens of Paris Sketchbook

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Loire Valley Sketchbook

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Oxford Sketchbook (Sketchbooks S.)

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Amsterdam Sketchbook

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Urban Sketchers - the blog and the Flickr group 

Urban Sketchers is a community of artists around the world who draw the people and places of the cities where they live and travel to.

There are two sites
- Urban Sketchers - the blog
- Urban Sketchers on Flickr - Group

All the people who are members of the Urban Sketchers Blog (which includes me) are people whose blogs are mostly dedicated to drawing on location - they travel around different towns and cities all over the world - with their sketchbook!

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Travels with a Sketchbook in.....the USA and Venice 

Katherine Tyrrell's travel sketchbooks - overseas

When I travel, I sketch. When I sketch on my travels I record it in my blog "Travels with a Sketchbook in......". Plus information about the history and facilities of places I visit and lots of related links for those who want to know more. These are links to three major trips which I recorded in my sketchbooks.
Travels with a Sketchbook in.......: Travels with a sketchbook in New England, USA
September 2006: Travels in
* Massachusetts - from Cape Cod to Concord to Rockport;
* New Hampshire,
* Vermont and
* Maine - in the footsteps of Winslow Homer and the Wyeths.
Travels with a Sketchbook in.......: Sketching in the southwestern states of the USA - what happened next....
July 2006: Three weeks and 3,000 miles in one of the hottest months ever in the USA - around Southern California, Arizona, New Mexico and finally a road trip from Monterey down Highway 1 and back to San Diego
Travels with a Sketchbook in.......: Venice 2005 - Summary
A week of sketching in Venice in May 2005

Travels with a Sketchbook in...... (recent posts) 

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The last three posts on my travel sketchbook blog

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Advice about how to sketch 

Pastels and Pencils - Advice on Sketching by Katherine Tyrrell ASGFA
Read my website page if you would like to try to develop or improve your skills in sketching. This page provides links to my advice on approaches to sketching and sketching toolkits plus Word files for downloading. It's organised as follows:

1. Starting to Sketch with Coloured Pencils
2. Travels with a Sketchbook - tips and techniques
3. Advice on Sketching Toolkits and Materials
4. Sketching for Real - a class with assignments
Dordogne Painting Days: 'Wet' Sketching in Pen & Ink using washes - includes advice about materials & techniques
Dordogne Painting Dayspaintings & drawings from the south west of france
lundi 3 mars 2008
'Wet' Sketching in Pen & Ink using washes - includes advice about materials & techniques
American Artist: Letters on Landscape Painting
American Artist August 2008 'Letters on Landscape Painting'
Asher B. Durand's "Letters on Landscape Painting" from the mid-1800 publication The Crayon are today considered an invaluable source of information for landscape painters, offering advice that is as evergreen as it is enlightening. Here American Artist presents an excerpt of a letter from 1855, in which Durand advises artists to spend considerable time studying and drawing from nature before painting it.

BOOKS: How to keep a sketchbook 

books on Amazon

Everyday Matters

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The Sketchbook Kit: An Artist's Guide to Techniques, Materials, and Projects

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Create Your Own Artists Journal

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Watercolor Journeys: Create Your Own Travel Sketchbook

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How to Keep a Sketchbook Journal

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BOOKS: Sketchbooks for sale on Amazon 

Moleskine Large Sketch Book Writing Journals Book (Moleskine Notebooks and Calendars)

The main sketchbook I use when I need a small one. Very well suited to pen and ink, pencil and coloured pencils

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Moleskine Sketchbook Pocket

An even smaller sketchbook which can fit in a pocket

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Sketchbook Black cover 8 1/4 x 11"

The paper is archival quality, neutral Ph and nonyellowing

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Sketchbook-Hunter Green Spiral Bound-Landscape Format, 10x7

I've not seen this or used it but I'd definitely be picking it up if I saw it in a shop.

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Sketchbook-Blackberry Blank Book-5 1/2x8 1/4"

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Sketchbooks from USA suppliers 

Artexpress - CHARLES REID WATERCOLOR SKETCHBOOK 8.5x11
CHARLES REID WATERCOLOR SKETCHBOOK 8.5x11

This spiral bound 140lb. cold pressed watercolor sketchbook is made with 100% cotton, neutral ph watercolor paper. It has 24 sheets and is available in 2 sizes. Great for travel, studies or those who want a nice way to keep their sketches together.

Exhibitions involving Sketchbooks 

More and more exhibitions in art galleries and museums are putting sketchbooks on show and some have sketchbooks as the main focus of the exhibition
Brooklyn Museum "Under the Open Sky" Landscape sketches by 19th century American Artists
"Under the Open Sky" (March 28-July 29 2007) features a selection of almost thirty sketchbooks, drawings, watercolors, and oil paintings from the Brooklyn Museum's rich holdings of American art.

Schizzinosa's travel sketchbooks 

Barrea by schizzinosa

Barrea

Barrea by schizzinosa

Barrea

Civitella Alfedena by schizzinosa

Civitella Alfedena

Civitella Alfedena by schizzinosa

Civitella Alfedena

Civitella Alfedena by schizzinosa

Civitella Alfedena

Montenero by schizzinosa

Montenero

Maiella by schizzinosa

Maiella

Piana delle 5 miglia by schizzinosa

Piana delle 5 miglia

Piana delle 5 miglia by schizzinosa

Piana delle 5 miglia

Montenero by schizzinosa

Montenero

A lot of people travel and sketch in Europe 

Sketchbooks by various people visiting different cities and countries in Europe
Laurelines - Travel Sketches
Travel sketches by Laura Frankstone. Mostly from a month in France in 2006.
paris breakfasts
Paris and watercolors are Caroll Gillot's twin passions
RozWorks | Fun | Journaling | Paris 2006
Paris Sketchbook by Roz Stendahl
2007: Judith Nijholt-Strong's French sketchbook(Champagne, Normandie, Somme)
Sketches from Northern France (Normandie, Picardie, Pas de Calais)
2006: Judith Nijholt-Strong's French sketchbook(Champagne, Normandie, Somme)
A Moleskine Sketchbook dedicated to vacations in France.
2006: Judith Nijholt-Strong's Berlin sketches
Sketches from Berlin done on site in a Moleskine sketchbook, using Derwent Graphitints, Derwent InkTense and van Gogh watercolor pencils with Sakura Micron ink pens
in viaggio col taccuino
in viaggio col taccuino
libreta de viajes :: travel sketchbook :: carnet de voyage
Europe Sketchbook - Watercolor Paintings by Roland Lee
Europe sketchbook by Roland Lee
Shirley sketches Italy (2006)
Shirley visited Italy in 2006 - and started to keep a travel sketchbook
A sketch in time: A holiday in France
Pages from the journal which Cathy Gatland kept on a wonderful painting holiday in France - the writing's mainly about the food, but the drawing 'notes' helped her to really be there with the details.

BOOKS: Published sketchbooks - Europe 

books on Amazon

Sara Midda's South of France: A Sketchbook

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Road to Rome: An Artist's Year in Italy

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Travel Resources - Venice 

Links to places which people may find helpful if visiting Venice
Top 10 B&Bs in Venice | Travel | guardian.co.uk
A new wave of B&Bs are finally offering visitors an affordable alternative to over-priced hotels - and they are a great way to meet the locals, says John Brunton

Cindy Woods New York Sketchbook - on Flickr 

The Silk Road Ensemble by Cindy Woods

The Silk Road Ensemb...

Ticket Player by Cindy Woods

Ticket Player

alone on the train by Cindy Woods

alone on the train

#6 bus to Soho by Cindy Woods

#6 bus to Soho

on #104 going to The Beacon by Cindy Woods

on #104 going to The...

The Beacon by Cindy Woods

The Beacon

Rufus by Cindy Woods

Rufus

Rufus by Cindy Woods

Rufus

Rufus by Cindy Woods

Rufus

Ronda asleep by Cindy Woods

Ronda asleep

Cindy Woods San Franciso Sketchbook 

driving to Dulles by Cindy Woods

driving to Dulles

At the Gate by Cindy Woods

At the Gate

Stewardess Mary and Shelly by Cindy Woods

Stewardess Mary and...

First Hotel by Cindy Woods

First Hotel

Hotel Room by Cindy Woods

Hotel Room

Hamilton De Holanda by Cindy Woods

Hamilton De Holanda

ferry to San Francisco by Cindy Woods

ferry to San Francis...

Ferry Dock by Cindy Woods

Ferry Dock

San Francisco breakfast by Cindy Woods

San Francisco breakf...

on the subway in San Francisco by Cindy Woods

on the subway in San...

Enrique Flores Travel Sketchbooks on You Tube - vote for your favourite 

Enrique Flores has a lot of his travel sketchbooks on You Tube. Check out some of them below

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Trumpetvine's Travels with her sketchbook 

See also the sketchbllog at http://trumpetvine.com/sketchblog/

Cappuccino by trumpetvine

Cappuccino

Notre Dame by trumpetvine

Notre Dame

Notre Dame and Sketch by trumpetvine

Notre Dame and Sketc...

Cafe de Flore by trumpetvine

Cafe de Flore

Paris Sketching by trumpetvine

Paris Sketching

Calder's Eagle by trumpetvine

Calder's Eagle

Oldenburg's Typerwriter Eraser by trumpetvine

Oldenburg's Typerwri...

Space Needle by trumpetvine

Space Needle

Down Pike Street by trumpetvine

Down Pike Street

At the New Tapas Bar by trumpetvine

At the New Tapas Bar

Pastels and Pencils - Fine Art by Katherine Tyrrell 

Pastels and Pencils - Travels with a sketchbook
Travels with a Sketchbook - Katherine Tyrrell displays her sketchbooks from travels all over the world

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KimGiancaterino wrote...

Oh, these are beautiful... Makes me want to go back to Italy and create one. Thanks for adding this to All Things Travel.

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laura wrote

I have been navigating in and around this article--it's absolutely wonderful; I'm amazed and so grateful that you put all this information together so thoughtfully! Thank you!

Reply Posted May 17, 2008

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Cathy Gatland wrote

Katherine, you left a comment on my blog http://asketchintime.blogspot.com/2007/08/here-are-some-pages-from-my-journal-i.html in November, which I have only just discovered, asking if you could link to it here - This is another wonderful and inspirational lens and it would be an honour, thank you.

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daveterry wrote...

Awesome lens, great idea. Will be back to see more since I plan on second trip to China in April (last one here) I will be doing more journaling and sketching this time.
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