Things that happen when rabbits disappear...

In a living paradise grow the most beautiful tree there was...

After going through several huge travelogue sketchbooks, I've decided to bring a horizontal A4 sketchbook for the Barcelona trip.

Interesting. There aren't a lot of manufacturers who make horizontal A4 watercolour sketchbooks.

The only one I can think of is Moleskine with their A4 Watercolour Album. I was actually thinking about Stillman & Birn but their largest horizontal is 9 by 6 inches for the Alpha and Gamma sketchbooks.

So this has 60 pages. I just have to fill 5 big pages each day for my 12-day trip.

Check out this personal art book from Ha Huy Hoang (Splendid River on deviantart). He's putting it up on Indiegogo looking for funds so that he can publish it.

You can find more information at
https://igg.me/at/hahuyhoang2012

I'll be in Barcelona from 9-13 July 2013. It's going to be another sketchwalk holiday — the best type of holiday!

It happens that the Urban Sketchers Barcelona Symposium 2013 is also happening around that time from 11-13 July. There are going to be a lot of sketchers in the city during those three days. I'm not attending the symposium though. I'll just be sketching around Barcelona and then joining my sketch buddies for an extended trip to Madrid after that weekend.

I know there are many Gaudi buildings there. I wonder if I can visit them all. I'm so inspired after seeing Nina Johansson's sketchbook Drawing Around Sagrada Familia, and all the watercolour travel sketchbooks by Fabrice Moireau.

What should I look out for? Or what should I not miss when I'm there?

If you guys want to hang out and sketch, I'm all for it too.

This is terribly exciting! First time in Europe!