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The Travel Journal

I CANNOT OVERSTATE THE JOY of making a travel journal. caricature and this will draw out of your memory what was
Every drawing writes an indelible memory of place, activity, most important. Above all, focus on the action of the
and companionship. No camera can tie you to a time or event, not its outline. You will make outlines, of course, but
people in the same way. However, when out drawing, life they should not be what you dwell on. Each line acts its
will not slow and wait for you to catch it. You must learn part in the narrative; let it enter the stage and perform. Let
to trust your memory and to draw what impressed you the line of the flying coat fly and the hanging arm hang,
most. Exaggeration helps; if a person was stout, make them Don't worry about measuring angles, just draw the action;
stouter, if animated, animate them more. Push toward angles will happen as a matter of course.

FLEETING MOMENTS

Walking through Venice with a small, black, pocket notebook and a
fiber-tip pen, I caught fleeting glimpses of gathered people and solitary
souls going about their affairs. Each one was witnessed and drawn
immediately from the afterimage of what I had just seen.

Movement

Circular lines buzz around a man puzzling at
the end of a train platform (left). A curatorial
assistant flies to do a chore (right); all action is in
the line of his coat and directed by his nose.