Viewing the world through the sketches of graphic artists

In the age of instant click-and-posts, these artist-travellers slow down to document their experiences

Mar 07, 2017, 09:14 IST7 min

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Allen ShawAge: 43Lives in: Berlin, GermanyFavourite places to travel: Russia, Finland, Czech Republic and Kutch (India).Preferred technique: Watercolours on paper.Occupation: Travelling artist, illustrator, storyteller and co-owner of a design firm.Description of experience: I love the way the spaces and the experiences influence my work. I feel I also slowed down to match the pace of lif

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Allen ShawI spent hours looking at the tranquil lake. When it got cold in the evenings, I watched it from the warmth of the kitchen table of the log house. Some pages of my sketchbook from this time are soaked in watercolours and the evening sun.

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Allen ShawMy quest for discovering new places, cultures and people through my sketchbooks has taken me to different parts of the world, but Russia was special. I have known Russia from the Soviet-time propaganda material that found its way to my small town in North India. Living in a log house next to Lake Lekshmozero for me was like living a childhood fantasy.

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Ishita JainAge: 23 Lives in: Currently, New DelhiFavourite places: Étretat in Normandy, France, is one of the most beautiful places I have visited. But I love beaches, and I love places with ruins or old monuments.Preferred technique: While travelling, I usually stick to watercolours and fineliners.Occupation: I am a freelance graphic designer and illustrator.Description of experience: I

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Ishita JainSacré-Coeur, Paris, France: April 2014I visited the crazy artists’ market at Montmartre and got lost in the weekend crowds at the Sacré-Coeur lawns.

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Ishita JainMusée du Louvre, Paris, France: March 2014In 2014, I was lucky enough to go for an exchange semester to Reims, a small city in France. In my five months there, I never ended up going inside the Louvre. It was, sort of, a conscious decision. The crowds at the Vatican had really put me off, as did the crazy queues for the Louvre. I had the option of spending precious time in line

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Antima NaharAge: 39Lives in: Goa, IndiaFavourite places: Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia Isla De Ometepe, Nicaragua Mexico Peru hiking in Norway driving through Patagonia, Argentina.Preferred technique: Pens, markers, on heavy-weight paper.Occupation: I used to be a graphic designer, who grew up in Rajasthan, studied in London and ran a design studio in Mumbai. Now I’m a graphic designer who live

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Antima NaharIsla De Ometepe, Nicaragua: 2008-09In 2008 I went backpacking in South America for five months. Every single day was a crazy adventure. This is a glimpse of one such day, on an island with two volcanoes whose lava gave it a form of two half-fried eggs. To swim in a crater lake inside the dormant volcano, we had to trek to the top of the volcano for hours through a dense forest

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