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1986 Amsterdam-France
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Michael Kluckner
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Artwork & text © Michael Kluckner
| This was the first trip where I took
watercolours and a sketchbook and really began to think about
travel as a visual inspiration for a journal or published book or
something. I had taken pens and some kind of sketchbook with me
before, even as early as my backpacking odyssey in Europe when I
was 20, but never liked what I drew and – sadly in retrospect, I
guess – threw them all away. I'd just turned 35 and had just completed Victoria The Way It Was, the second of my big history books illustrated with "historical re-creation" watercolours. I took along a sketchbook that had really poor paper for what I was trying to paint. The extended digression on paper and paints on the main travel page speaks to that evolution. |
Christine that October, somewhere in the south of France.
Me slowly developing my en plein air watercolour technique (see the image below).
Amsterdam hotel – the first few days
Near Beaulieu sur Dordogne, an abandoned chateau
Another page from nearby, at Villeneuve l'Aveyron, the view from our little hotel room window.
La Couvertoirade near Millau.
Barjols, where we returned in January 1993 and rented a gîte during our "Winter in the Mediterranean."
Local people were still using les lavoirs for washing clothes and dishes, as well as for their drinking water.
Arles from the hotel window.
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