[images from: Kate T Williamson]
I'm not quite sure how I stumbled upon this gorgeous travelogue by Kate T Williamson, no doubt it came from perusing another blog and the name of the book 'A Year in Japan' just stuck with me, as did the beauty of her simple watercolour illustrations. I'd been meaning to buy the actual book for a while now, so during a 'what the heck' moment the other day, I bought it (along with some other books i'll be telling you about soon).
And boy am I glad I did! I just love it from the beautiful elegance of the geishas to the simplicity of the blossom, the illustrations are just stunning. I work very much in a similar style using simple line drawings to illustrate my work and flicking through this book has got me excited about my trip to China in a couple of weeks time. I'd LOVE to keep a travel journal like this, however, it doesn't sound like i'll have much time, so I'm thinking about just keeping a written journal, and taking photographs to illustrate when I come back (although this isn't the way I tend to work, I'm willing to give it a go for the sake of drawings even half as beautiful as Kate's).
Ahhh, i'm getting giddy at the thought of our trip to China.
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