One of the best parts of any exhibition or open studio is the opportunity to talk with fellow travellers and listen to their experiences of locations from all around the world. Whether it’s for work, holiday or exploration; everyone has their own favourite places and unique tales.
These posts contain plenty of destinations i’ve been lucky enough to see for myself. It also works as a wish list for many paths i’ve yet to tread. I hope to share my world series illustrations, travel sketchbooks and perhaps a few travelogs… featuring brave adventurers who have already ventured forth!
No. 8 of my 2018 world series challenge is Mount Fuji, Japan. Mount Fuji (富士山 ), located on Honshu Island, is the highest mountain in Japan (12,389 ft). It lies about 60 miles south-west of Tokyo (and can be seen from there on a clear day) and is an active volcano that last erupted in 1708. Mount Fuji’s symmetrical cone, which is snow-capped […]
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No. 7 of my 2018 world series challenge is the V&A Waterfront Cape Town. The coastal city of Cape Town (Kaapstad in Afrikaans) is the second-most populous urban area in South Africa after Johannesburg. It is also the capital and primate city of the Western Cape province. The city is famous for its harbour and for such well-known landmarks as Table […]
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No. 6 of my 2018 world series challenge is the Berliner Fernsehturm. The television tower close to Alexanderplatz in Berlin-Mitte was constructed between 1965 and 1969 by the government of the German Democratic Republic (GDR). It is easily visible throughout the central and some suburban districts of Berlin. Its height of 368 metres (including antenna) is the tallest structure […]
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No. 5 of my 2018 world series challenge is Mont Blanc, France. Mont Blanc (or Monte Bianco in Italian) meaning “White Mountain”, is the highest mountain in the Alps and the highest in Europe. It rises 4,808 m above sea level. The mountain stays in a range called the Graian Alps, between the regions of Aosta Valley, Italy, and Savoie and Haute-Savoie, France. The location of the summit is on […]
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No. 4 of my 2018 world series challenge is St Basil’s Cathedral, Moscow. Saint Basil’s Cathedral (more officially named The Cathedral of Vasily the Blessed) is a church in Red Square, Moscow. The building was built from 1555–61 by Ivan the Terrible to commemorate the capture of Kazan and Astrakhan. The building, now a museum, is shaped as a […]
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No. 3 of my 2018 world series challenge is Edinburgh Castle. Edinburgh Castle is a historic fortress which dominates the skyline of the city of Edinburgh, Scotland, from its position on the Castle Rock. There has been a royal castle on the rock since at least the reign of David I in the 12th century, and the site […]
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