World is so big an artist's sketchbook

• Main Author: Tan, James (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore Basheer Graphic Books 2015
• Subjects: Voyages and travels
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• Physical Description: vi, 281 pages colour illustrations 23 cm.
• ISBN: 9789810957094

The product of a combined mid-life crisis, James Tan and his wife decided to mark their 40th birthdays by quitting their jobs and traveling around the world for six months. They bought one-way tickets and began their travels in Asia before continuing on to Europe, only planning two countries ahead at any given time. A professional artist, James packed his bags full of sketchbooks to document their trip through candid, on-the-spot sketches of people and places. Illustrated in a direct, gestural style and complemented by the subtle use of watercolors, the scenes are largely captioned and present a charming portrait of their incredible voyage.