Keeping visual journals has been popular for centuries among
artist-travelers like Albrecht Drer, 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 Travelerexpands 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.By James Lancel McElhinneyJames Lancel McElhinney is a visual
artist, author, and essayist known for travel journals and other works
exploring American rivers and Civil War landscapes. Exhibited widely,
McElhinney earned a BFA from Tyler School of Art and MFA from Yale; his art is
represented in many public and private collections.www.mcelhinneyart.com30 color drawingsSouthwest30 color drawings