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Ivan Seymus


  • Travel journalsLink to my portfolio of pages in my travel journals
  • Hand drawn mapsLink to my portfolio on hand drawn maps
  • 18 August 2023

    Mexico 1986, my plein air sketch roots

    Mexico 1986, my plein air sketch roots

    While unpacking after moving between houses recently, I stumbled upon one of my first sketchbooks with plein air sketches. A pack of memories came back to me, together with the rediscovery of my roots of why I write and draw. I must have been around 19 years old at the time. Of course, I sketched… Continue reading

    Carnet de voyage, Journaling

  • 2 August 2023

    A commissioned travel journal

    A commissioned travel journal

    Almost without exception, my travel journals are for personal use. It does happen that an isolated drawing ends up as an illustration in an article or book. But then, it is out of his original context. So when the Deputy Creative Director of Road & Track (Hearst magazines) contacted me, I was challenged! If I… Continue reading

    Carnet de voyage

  • 2 August 2023

    The creation of a story map: Moulin Saint-Augustin, Oppède

    The creation of a story map: Moulin Saint-Augustin, Oppède

    Estate map vs. story map In the creation of the story map for the Moulin Saint-Augustin in Oppède Provence, I started by learning the history on what estate maps used to be. Estate maps, also known as land maps or cadastral maps, have a long history dating back centuries. These maps were created to document… Continue reading

    Deep Mapping
    France, Provence

  • 4 February 2023

    The landscape as memory

    The landscape as memory

    When we consider a landscape to be the memory of time, a collection of past events, I cannot but speculate when I see the breach in the dry stone wall where wild boars, coming from the mountain, have made a passage to look for water in the valley during dry periods. Continue reading

    Deep Mapping
    France, Provence

  • 24 January 2023

    The cultural artefact in the Provençal landscape

    The cultural artefact in the Provençal landscape

    Drawing is that rare thing that gives you a chance of very close identification with something, or somebody, who is not you. A quote by John Berger that stays with me … Continue reading

    Deep Mapping
    France, Provence

  • 21 January 2023

    Jean-Paul Clébert’s house

    Jean-Paul Clébert’s house

    Unfortunately less known and hard to find in translation, but for me, Jean-Paul Clébert is right up there with Giono and Bosco. Especially when you know that Guy Debord (Situationists) based his ‘dérive’ on the writing of Clébert. Continue reading

    Deep Mapping
    France, Provence

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World citizen with a notebook in hand to write, sketch and tell stories with all senses present.

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  • Mexico 1986, my plein air sketch roots
  • A commissioned travel journal
  • The creation of a story map: Moulin Saint-Augustin, Oppède
  • The landscape as memory
  • The cultural artefact in the Provençal landscape

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World citizen with a notebook in hand to write, sketch and tell stories with all senses present.

Ivan Seymus
Teotihuacan, Mexico 1984. My first plein air sketc Teotihuacan, Mexico 1984. My first plein air sketches and travelogue. Some thoughts in a new blogpost on my website. Link in bio.  #travelogue #sketchbook #carnetdevoyage #mexico #teotihuacan #dippen #illustration
Many thanks to @roadandtrack.artdept for having me Many thanks to @roadandtrack.artdept for having me in their latest issue of Road & Track vol.17: 'Sacred grounds' and creating this stunning collage of the illustrations. 😍  With a total print circulation of nearly 600,000 copies, this is by far my most distributed travel journal 😳 Amazing!  A big thanks to @cassidyzobl and her team for taking such good care ✨  #roadandtrack #traveljournal #porsche911 #editorialillustration #handdrawn #illustration #carnetdevoyage #porsche #roadandtrackmagazine
Pernes-les-Fontaines (Part 2) Pernes-les-Fontaines Pernes-les-Fontaines
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Pernes-les-Fontaines counts 41 fountains. Hence the name. you can follow ‘Les Ateliers de Pernes’ as your guide through the maze of narrow streets. (Follow the sun!) Workshops of local artists and artisans are open to visitors. And there is always some other interesting subject matter to spot!  #traveljournal #carnetdevoyage #provence #luberon #urbansketching #USK #tnb #traveljournaling #travelerscompany
Pernes-les-Fontaines (Part 1) Strolling through th Pernes-les-Fontaines
(Part 1)
Strolling through the narrow medieval streets of Pernes-les-Fontaines you can follow ‘Les Ateliers de Pernes’ as your guide. You can visit the workshops of local artists and artisans and spot some other interesting subject matter!  #traveljournal #carnetdevoyage #provence #luberon #urbansketching #USK #tnb #traveljournaling #travelersnotebook
On our way to Provence we sometimes stop in Bourgo On our way to Provence we sometimes stop in Bourgogne. Beautiful landscapes and vineyards. Visiting friends makes it even more special. But in winter the climat is damp and we feel it in our old bones. So on to the dry Luberon it is!  #traveljournal #carnetdevoyage #sketchingfrance #bourgogne #urbansketchers #usk #lateliernomade #sketchdaily
I’m a believer and optimist when it comes to tec I’m a believer and optimist when it comes to technology, but an addict to paper and journals as well. Luckily there’s no definitive choice to be made. The mix can be very fruitful. 
#traveljournal #carnetdevoyage #mapmaking #sketchdaily #deepmapping #collagebooks #provence #oppede #luberon
From analog to digital … #mapmaking #deepmapping From analog to digital …
#mapmaking #deepmapping #oppede #provence #luberoncoeurdeprovence #lateliernomade
50 ways to draw a mountain Cézanne showed us wit 50 ways to draw a mountain  Cézanne showed us with his Mont Sainte-Victoire. These studies from the Luberon were made west of Oppède-le-Vieux. In different seasons and time of day. Moving slightly in any direction changes the light and scenery in interesting ways. Variations and endless possibilities.
Makes me contemplate on a quote by Nadine Gordimer:
“Time is change; we measure its passage by how much things alter.”  #deepmapping #oppede #luberon #lablaque #sketching #traveljournal #luberoncoeurdeprovence #provence #lateliernomade #mapmaking
Behind the scenes of mapmaking. A peek into the no Behind the scenes of mapmaking. A peek into the notebook where I keep the comments, ideas, preliminary sketches. 
@moulinsaintaugustin 
#oppede #luberon #provence #deepmapping
Have a peek into my sketchbook, where I keep all t Have a peek into my sketchbook, where I keep all the preliminary sketches for the different projects I'm working on. In this case, a map where nature is the protagonist in many forms and ways. Situated in the heart of the Parc Naturel Régional du Luberon in Provence, the domain of the Moulin Saint-Augustin is host to a multitude of rare birds, amphibians, and insects. The Calavon river meanders the grounds of the olive oil mill. Though dry for most part of the year, the river has been the reason for existence for more than a thousand years! And as the ecosystem today shows, not only for men, even more important for animals too. On these pages a study of the great oak and several impressions of the dry river bed of the Calavon.  @moulinsaintaugustin  #sketchbook #provence #luberoncoeurdeprovence #mapmaking #drawing #deepmapping #lateliernomade #oppede
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The promise of a nice view. The arch at Place de l The promise of a nice view. The arch at Place de l’horloge, Ménerbes.  #luberon #provence #usk #urbansketchers #travelsketchbook #carnetdevoyage #sketchingfrance
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  • Mexico 1986, my plein air sketch roots
  • A commissioned travel journal
  • The creation of a story map: Moulin Saint-Augustin, Oppède

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