L'Atelier Nomade

Ivan Seymus

3 March 2025

Velleron-Vaucluse

Sketch of a house in Velleron with blue accents

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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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ivanseymus

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

Thinking through making As part of the deep mappi

Thinking through making As part of the deep mapping project around Saint Augustin, I set out to better understand how building a new site in the 12th century might have unfolded. Instead of relying on written sources alone, I chose to explore this through making. Not far from the location I was documenting, I constructed a larger-scale sculpture: an attempt to reconstruct the principles of medieval building practices. It began with gathering materials, transporting them, stacking, disassembling, adjusting. Working with weight and balance, volume and void. As the process continued, immaterial aspects revealed themselves naturally: orientation, the position of the sun, shadows, the play of light, the connection to the landscape. These were not decisions made in advance but responses to conditions on site. I used only what was at hand: stones, tree stumps, branches. Slowly, the structure began to resemble a hilltop village — Gordes serving as a model. A small architecture, assembled by hand, guided by observation. Sometimes the best way to understand history is to let your hands ask the questions. IMAGES 1. Preliminary study 2. NORTH: a hilltop village under construction 3. EAST: “The painter sketches to paint, the sculptor draws to carve, and the architect draws to build.” — Louis I. Kahn 4. From drawing to the field 5. SOUTH: “At the end of the day I was inventing shapes and placing buildings in different relationships than they were.” — Louis I. Kahn
 
6. WEST: “A space can never reach its place in architecture without natural light. The structure is a design in light.” — Louis I. Kahn #DeepMapping #ThinkingThroughMaking #HandsOnHistory #MaterialThinking #ArtisticResearch #SculpturalProcess #SiteBasedResearch #ateliernomade

Storm Darragh unleashed havoc on the Victorian pie

Storm Darragh unleashed havoc on the Victorian pier of Llandudno in Northern Wales last week. A 150 year old kiosk was ripped from its foundations. An ice cream parlor has been missing since then. I do not know if it is the one a sketched earlier this year on our first visit. Will be checking later this week. #wales #llandudno #sketch #carnetdevoyage #usk

When in Provence you can blend in with the local s

When in Provence you can blend in with the local scenery by renting a ‘deuche’ or ‘deux chevaux’. The first one is a 2CV Special, the second sketch is a ‘Charleston’ version. Probably the best way to take in the landscape with as few horsepower as possible. 😋 #citroen #2CV #deuche #carnetdevoyage #sketchbook #traveljournal #provenceluberon #provence #urbansketching #drawing #illustration #locationdrawing #travelillustration #cardrawing #ateliernomade

I promise, this is the last page I will share with

I promise, this is the last page I will share with the blanc-out-bleed-through-text-technique. This kind of serendipity keeps me drawing in notebooks and from switching to a tablet. Paper is my home. Little square in Uzès at the entrance of the local library. Pencil on 52g Tomoe River paper. #Uzes #sketchbookdrawing #journaling #provence #handlettering #USK #urbansketchers

'No littering. The sea begins here.' Pavement sign

'No littering. The sea begins here.' Pavement sign in Javea. They chose the silhouette of a giant sunfish (mola mola) to fit all the text in, I presume. (detail travel journal) #sunfish #javea #pencildrawing #uskspain #traveljournal #sketchbook #handlettering

Fond memories of Javea/Xabia in my journal. 52g To

Fond memories of Javea/Xabia in my journal. 52g Tomoe River paper in goodinkpressions notebook, perfect for travelling. #tomoeriverpaper #goodinkpressions #carnetdevoyage #jávea #costablanca #usk #urbansketchers

#nationalillustrationday , #thanksgiving , where’s that turkey from a few years back 🤔 #penillustration #inkdrawing #artistsofinstagram #illustrationartists #turkey

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

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