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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
  • 20 January 2023

    From Oppède-le-Vieux to Sénanque with a travel journal

    From Oppède-le-Vieux to Sénanque with a travel journal

    At a chance meeting, a story pops up. Not just a funny anecdote or forgotten legend, but a historical event spanning many centuries and featuring well-known sites. Reason enough to re-explore my familiar surroundings with a sketchbook and to look for traces of this history. Continue reading

    Deep Mapping
    France, Provence

  • 17 January 2023

    Urban sketching and deep mapping

    Urban sketching and deep mapping

    Deep mapping & sketchnotes coming together in one project. Two short video’s to explain the idea. I believe that both practices complement each other quite nice. Continue reading

    Deep Mapping
    Provence

  • 28 April 2021

    How I came to know ‘Le Geste’. (French mark making)

    How I came to know ‘Le Geste’. (French mark making)

    Sleight of hand, perfect moves, how should we call what the French describe as ‘Le Geste’ ? Continue reading

    Journaling

  • 17 April 2020

    On keeping a zibaldone

    On keeping a zibaldone

    A zibaldone is an Italian vernacular commonplace book. The word means a heap of things or miscellany in Italian. A commonplace book can be described as a register of continuous learning. Continue reading

    Journaling
    journaling

  • 20 February 2020

    Each man under his own vine and fig tree

    Each man under his own vine and fig tree

    We installed our barbecue and table in the shade of the old fig tree on our courtyard. It was fresh and pleasant under his leaves in times of intense heat during summers in Provence. Continue reading

    Journaling
    France, Provence

  • 13 November 2019

    Inheritance from a younger self

    Inheritance from a younger self

    First impressions of an artists’ work are based on visual aspects. Investigating it further you go deeper into her or his world. And if there is one, the reward is that you learn more about yourself. Continue reading

    Journaling

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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
(Part 2)
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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