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sketchbook.

Friday, March 27, 2009

friday field trip (from the sketchbook).

the coffee in spain is really really delicious.


spain
july 2005

Friday, March 20, 2009

friday field trip (from the sketchbook).

the study of swedish eyeballs.


(click on images for eye to eye view)

sweden
june 2004
Friday, March 13, 2009

friday field trip (from the sketchbook).



malaga, spain
1993
Friday, March 06, 2009

friday field trip (from the sketchbook).



stokholm, sweden
july 2004
Friday, February 27, 2009

friday field trip (from the sketchbook).




stuttgart, germany
2000
Friday, February 20, 2009

friday field trip (from the sketchbook).


baja, mexico
1994
Friday, February 13, 2009

friday field trip (from the sketch book).




paris, france
may 2003
Friday, February 06, 2009

friday field trip (from the sketch book).

greece
september 2007
Friday, January 30, 2009

friday field trip (from the sketch book).



in keeping with chinese new year theme, here are some sketches from a trip i took to china. they are mostly from the very southern province of guangdong. this is the province where my father’s ancestors are from and where the factory is that produces my manufactured line. i love visiting this province and i truly feel an eerie familiarity when i’m there. as if the ghosts of my ancestors are hovering over me, in a good way of course.
china
november 2003
Friday, January 23, 2009

friday field trip (from the sketchbook).

(click on image for a close-up)
here is some subtle colour on this grey (but so beautiful) day.  to me, the colours of tuscany are very colourful but in a muted sort of way . . . JUST the way i like it.
italy
july 2004
Friday, January 16, 2009

friday field trip (from the sketchbook).

the trees in tuscany are what really stand out in the landscape.  they are so tall and regal and always lined up in perfect rows.  very dignified.

and the mediterranean cucumbers in the mediterranean are very crisp and crunchy and refreshing . . . not mealy like some of our cucumber here. 
cortona, italy
07/19/04

Friday, January 09, 2009

friday field trip (from the sketchbook).

two of my great passions in life are traveling and sketching, which equals many many travel sketchbooks. it all started in spain in 1993.  while traveling on a train, my camera was stolen out of my backpack. i began to sketch in my journal just so i could capture certain things that i wanted to remember. my journal eventually turned into a sketchbook.  all of my sketches are done really quickly, literally in seconds, and i actually find that my best sketches are done in a moving vehicle like a car or even while riding a bike.
every friday i am going to post a page from one of my travel sketchbooks. that way,  even if i can’t go on a weekend journey physically, i can mentally.

(click on the image to enlarge)
barcelona, spain
24 july 1993

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