Here is a view of the beach at Kampung Air Batang on Tioman island, to the east of mainland Malaysia.
We spent almost a week snorkling the wonderful reefs but of course did no underwater sketches.
We spent a week hiking in the temperate rainforests of the Cameron Highlands. Here is a quiet corner of the village of Tanah Rata.
We spent a month backpacking around Singapore and Malaysia. Despite all the excitement, I took the time to do a few sketches…
Here’s one of the wonderfully chaotic architecture of downtoen Kuala Lumpur. That’s Sri Maha Mariamman Temple in the foreground.
Smoggy Shanghai, originally uploaded by Brin d’Acier.
I was in Shanghai for two weeks, working. I managed to do a few sketches.
Great art deco movie theatre
Piece of retro architecture in the bazaars outside the old town. ‘Ye Olde Cathay’ – style
Sketched from the Bund on my first day. The Jetsons-looking tower is the Pearl of the Orient Radio Tower.
Sketchbook Stockholm 2010-10-07, originally uploaded by Brin d’Acier.
The view from our hotel window, on Sturegatan.
It was a great and sunny fall day, so I stopped to draw the view. The next day we visited the East Asian museum to see the Terracotta Warriors, and the best new Swedish art show at the Museum of Modern Art, both located on this island
Beautiful sunset on the old town, seen from the courtyard of the East Asian Museum.
We stopped at this hip café while walking around in Södermalm, a young and artistic neighbourhood.
Sketchbook_elokuu 15, 2010_11-2, originally uploaded by Brin d’Acier.
Drawn from the boat between Helsinki and Tallinn.
Luckily there’s still time for a long weekend away.
Sketchbook_August 09, 2010_3, originally uploaded by Brin d’Acier.
Tallinn old town, seen from Toompea ramparts.
Tallinn is just two hours away from Helsinki, but it’s another world. An older and in many ways more cultured city, full of history. No city in Finland has managed to keep its medieval center intact, and Helsinki is a new town, mostly built in the 19th -20th century.
Sketchbook_August 06, 2010_10, originally uploaded by Brin d’Acier.
Alexander Nevsky cathedral (1894-1900).
Done in watercolour from a sidewalk café in Tallinn.
Starting a new Moleskine in the plane.
Sketchbooks_summer_2010_quebec_0019, originally uploaded by Brin d’Acier.
Sketchbooks_summer_2010_quebec_0020, originally uploaded by Brin d’Acier.
A small island in the St-Lawrence river that you can only reach during high tide. Around forty inhabitants and passing whales. This is the south coast, green and muddy. The north coast is colder and rocky.
I think I love mountains so much because I grew up by the sea, in a very flat country.
Another great jazz festival in Montréal, with plenty of excellent free concerts. I managed to sketch some of the performers.
Downtown Montréal.
Black Joe Lewis
Trombone Shorty
Allen Toussaint
Mille Croquis 