Watercolor Journeys: Create Your Own Travel Sketchbook

Doctor Schilling is an unique individual who combines his regular profession with his love for painting. As a dentist, he has traveled all over the world, volunteering his services to the native people of different lands. While traveling, he has chronicled his trip in his sketchbook! I actually ended up with an autographed copy! Dr. Schilling starts with his painting survival kit. . .He discusses his favorite types of sketchbooks. He shows how he can do a tonal sketch with two tones of gray and a fine line marker. He shows how he does a picture from a photo reference. He discusses lifting paint, rules for getting reflected images correct, capturing emotion, creating depth, painting faces, making title pages and covers, painting wood, and dangers to watch for. (He sat in an ant nest!) I found this book, not only informative, but inspiring. Dr. Schilling used his travels as a way to be an artistic ambassador. He ends the book with the poem "Renascence" by Edna St. Vincent Millay. Dr. Schilling spread his sky wide with his heart of love for people. . . He welcomed people to watch him draw, got autographs of people he drew, and sent them a color copy of his drawing. Truly a wonderful book!

Watercolour Journeys is packed full of tbe artist's beautiful watercolour sketches and paintings along with dozens of ideas and notes on how to keep a travel journal. I collect artist's journals and this book is one of my favourites. Richard shares himself as he writes and draws. By the end you feel you know him.

This book is a gem at conveying the rewards of creating a sketchbook journal. Much of it is made up of sketches of all types with short explanations about the location of the sketch. In a few cases the author explains how he created some of the effects. So it's not instructional as much as it is inspirational. It made me start sketching anew. Most of all the sketches are so good that they serve as some great examples to follows.

I'd bought Watercolor Journeys prior to an overseas trip and it was so helpful and inspirational. I just loved the insights, memories, notes and of course, the charming pen & inks with watercolor illustrations. Lots of tips and ideas on materials, art supplies, travel tips and generally SUPPORT for an artistic way to chronicle your adventures. A wonderful book. Also, the dedication to his wife is a real zinger. Lucky gal!

I preordered this book and just received it yesterday. The tips and instructive sections are very pertinent. I found them immediately usable. I am also delighted with the images from Schillings various sketchbooks. It meets my needs very well.

This book was a prize from a survey questionaire. I would have never bought the book for myself because I never thought that I would make a watercolor journal but after reading this book and seeing the illustrations, I was so inspired!!! I had an old sketch pad and headed outside with it and this book, then, sat down and sketched things around my home and town. This sketching brought so much personal emotion to me as I looked closely at all the beauty around me in my everyday life. I slowed down my life to see, to really see and now I am taking a journal with me everywhere. Thanks for opening my eyes with the wonderful book containing beautiful drawings and words!!!