Keeping visual journals has been popular for centuries among artist-travelers like Albrecht Durer, J. M. W. Turner, Katsushika Hokusai, and David Hockney. Explorers like Jacques le Moyne, Alexander von Humboldt, Charles Darwin, and Marianne North also recorded their journeys in sketchbooks and diaries. Topographical drawing was essential. Knowing what destinations looked like let voyagers know they had arrived. Carrying this concept to the next level, Sketchbook Traveler expands plein air painting beyond the range of easels and backpacks, providing educators with instructional concepts. It gives professional artists many new (and old) ways to hone mobile sketching skills. Inviting readers to explore their surroundings through drawing and writing, Sketchbook Traveler is a field guide to mindful engagement with personal experience in ways that make every day an adventure.

Keeping visual journals has been popular for centuries among artist-travelers like Albrecht Durer, J. M. W. Turner, Katsushika Hokusai, and David Hockney. Explorers like Jacques le Moyne, Alexander von Humboldt, Charles Darwin, and Marianne North also recorded their journeys in sketchbooks and diaries. Topographical drawing was essential. Knowing what destinations looked like let voyagers know they had arrived. Carrying this concept to the next level, Sketchbook Traveler expands plein air painting beyond the range of easels and backpacks, providing educators with instructional concepts. It gives professional artists many new (and old) ways to hone mobile sketching skills. Inviting readers to explore their surroundings through drawing and writing, Sketchbook Traveler is a field guide to mindful engagement with personal experience in ways that make every day an adventure.

A portable, interactive art journal and field guide that inspires through depictions of 31 New England scenes and encourages a deeper engagement with travel through painting, drawing, and writing. This small yet sturdy sketchbook-and-journal combination is the ideal travel companion -- ready to toss into a backpack at a moment's notice. Through drawing, painting, and writing tips and inspiration, it invites curious creatives to journey toward an expansive, more meaningful engagement with the world around them. A mix of history, narrative, and art explores the natural beauty of New England, which has long captivated artists, writers, and everyday travelers; Includes brief historical overviews of the region, composition and painting tips, a gallery of the author's field sketches, a helpful listing of resources and sites to visit, and sage advice for becoming a sketchbook traveler; Spotlights iconic New England subjects, including Mount Greylock; Pittsfield State Forest; Monument Mountain and the Housatonic Valley; Sandwich Town Beach, Cape Cod; Stage Rocks, Gloucester Harbor; Ten Pound Island; Cape Ann; the Essex River; Salem Harbor; Popham Point; Prouts Neck; Pemaquid Point; Cape Elizabeth; Morse Mountain; Fort Preble; Mount Equinox; Camel's Hump Mountain; and Fort Ticonderoga; Filled with inspiring quotes and blank pages, allowing readers to develop their own visual journal and record their observations and impressions while traveling; Author's artwork is found in many private and public collections, including Asheville Art Museum (NC); Avery Fine Art and Architecture Library, Columbia University (NY); Denver Art Museum, Institute for Western Art (CO); Hudson River Museum (NY); Museum of the Southwest (TX); New York Public Library, Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photography (NY); Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Archives and Special Collections (PA); West Point Museum, United States Military Academy (NY); and Yale Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library (CT). By deepening readers' knowledge and enriching their personal experiences, this portable canvas ensures that every day can be a meaningful, mindful artistic adventure.