Bumbling Traveller Adventure Series
THE BUMBLING TRAVELLER – Sketching the World
Written and Illustrated by Tom Schmidt
The Bumbling Traveller is filled with over three decades of Schmidt’s highly detailed architectural sketches and analyses of various destinations around the world. From subjects of architecture and the built environment to local people and handicrafts, readers will experience the age-old tradition of putting pen to paper to remember the world around them, capture moments in time, tell stories and daydream.
With over 250 hand-drawn illustrations in a variety of media, readers will see the genesis of the award-winning Bumbling Traveller™ Adventure Series. Schmidt hopes that the book will inspire younger generations of travellers, artists, and architecture students to sketch the world around them, and better appreciate the place they are visiting.The Bumbling Traveller is the fourth installment in the award-winning Bumbling Traveller™ Adventure Series, a book series that seeks to promote environmental and cultural awareness through entertaining mysteries and adventures.
The Bumbling Traveller will be launched on 27 September 2021 in Hong Kong in commemoration of World Tourism Day.
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AWARDS & RECOGNITION:
GOLD MEDAL WINNER – 2022 INDEPENDENT PUBLISHER BOOK AWARDS
SILVER MEDAL WINNER – 2022 NAUTILUS BOOK AWARDS
DESIGNATED FINALIST – 2022 NEXT GENERATION INDIE BOOK AWARDS
BOOK REVIEWS:
“Architect Tom Schmidt’s illustrated collection of buildings and the spaces in between is a fun, autobiographical guide to understanding – and remembering – locations great and small.”
“Inherently fascinating, impressively informative, uniquely inspired and inspiring, ‘The Bumbling Traveller: Sketching the World’ is a unique, extraordinary, and unreservedly recommended addition to personal, professional, community, college, and university library contemporary art instructional reference collections.”
“By dint of his well-developed architectural and illustration skills, coupled with an astute eye for historic, iconic, novel or arresting vistas encountered in his world-wide travels, Tom has compiled another terrific book for the inveterate traveler and sketcher. Beginning with an appealing primer of the basic tools needed for drawing or painting, this book features a global spectrum of subjects, all portrayed by his experienced hand in various media. With insightful subject text and drawing tips, ‘The Bumbling Traveller — Sketching the World’ is a guidebook, sketchbook primer, history lesson, and very entertaining read — all in one slim volume; well-built as a companion for anyone’s travels.”
— Frank M. Costantino, ASAI FAIA ASIP FSAI JARA, Architectural Illustrator, Co-Founder American Society of Architectural Illustrators
“In this latest volume of his autobiographical Bumbling Traveller series, the author and illustrator, Tom Schmidt, has artfully weaved his brilliant sketches and renderings together with engaging personal narratives about architecture, the environment, travel and culture, as well as sharing his drawing techniques. This book is both a visual delight and essential reminder to a digital generation that the deliberate activities of site visits and drawing by hand will impart indelible insights of places, heritage, and human experience.”
— Professor Nelson Chen, FAIA FRIBA FHKIA, Architect, Hong Kong
“The Bumbling Traveller is a great read with 250 sketches that capture the mood of destinations.”
– Today’s Traveller Magazine
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BOOK STATISTICS:
Title: The Bumbling Traveller – Sketching the World
Author / Illustrator: Tom Schmidt
ISBN: 978-988-18066-4-2
Category: Travel / Art / Architecture
Length: 156 pages
Retail Price: US$39.95
Binding: 11.0″ x 8.5″ (28.0 cm x 21.6 cm) paperback
Additions: Internet Resources
Illustrations: Original Line Art; 252 Color and B&W illustrations
Paper Stock: Printed on FSC Mixed Sources product group from well-managed forests and recycled wood of fiber
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Tom Schmidt is an award-winning architect, writer, illustrator, musician, and part-time stand-up comedian. Born in the United States, following his studies of Architecture and Environmental Design at the University of Colorado, his wanderlust has carried him through various bumbling adventures in over 70 countries around the world, across all seven continents. Schmidt is a licensed architect in the US and New Zealand, an Accredited Professional in the LEED® and WELL building certification programs, a founding member of the Hong Kong Chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA), and a member of the American Society of Architectural Illustrators (ASAI). He has resided in Hong Kong since 1997 and is founder of Sepia Design Consultants Limited (www.sepiadesign.com), an architectural consultancy specializing in sustainable hospitality design.
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