Book Review: A Small City by the Sea: An Artist's View of Portsmouth, New Hampshire

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In 2014, Sue Anne Bottomley published a book that featured sketches of every town in New Hampshire, USA, the state that she lives in.

This book takes a more intimate look at Portsmouth, the only city on the New Hampshire's coastline. There are are plenty of sketches of the buildings, street scenes, shops, harbour and close on certain details, like beautiful doors, windows, details.

So I was looking at the sketches and went online to look at photos of Portsmouth and was amazed by the beauty of the city. A nice travelogue sketchbook would always make you want to visit the places featured. I enjoyed the stories and details of the different places. The sketches are just very simple pencil sketches and watercolour, charming in their own way.

This is a 104-page hardcover. The earlier book on New Hampshire is called Colorful Journey and has 268 pages.

You can find this book on Amazon and Book Depository via the links below.

A Small City by the Sea: An Artist's View of Portsmouth, New Hampshire is available at Amazon (US | CA | UK | DE | FR | IT | ES | AU | JP | CN)

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