Travel Sketching - Drawing Insights from Istanbul

Part memoir, part instructional and part demonstrative, this book describes the author's personal experiences sketching in and around the city of Istanbul, Turkey, as a case study of how to observe and appreciate the places we visit. Featuring scores of beautiful ink-and-watercolor illustrations, along with eloquently addressing big-picture "whys" to highly detailed "hows," this book draws the reader into the joys, challenges and satisfaction of celebrating places and people through the lens of travel sketching. What people are saying about Travel Sketching - Drawing Insights from Istanbul: "Ivan Chow has a gift for celebrating architecture and the importance of drawing by hand through the most captivating original work. Through this case study of sketches from Istanbul, Chow demonstrates his virtuosity as a sketch artist in a collection of imagery unlike anything I can remember seeing - anywhere before. This small book is a beautiful work of art, cheerfully compelling and it belongs i