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cbuchholz aka Chris Buchholz is a 27.01 year old boy, has been a member since June 29, 2006, has scored 6783 submissions, giving an average score of 2.42.

Jun 04 '08 by cbuchholz

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Back from Germany/Austria/Czech with sketches...

I just got back from my trip to Germany Austria and Czech! I had an awesome time. Drawing never ceases to amaze me in its ability to cause people to approach you. People just felt comfortable coming up and talking to me when I was drawing, and that's really great. I got to meet many really interesting people and had some great experiences.

Below is the sketchbook. this one is hand-bound on 140lb hot press fabriano artistico paper, which I tinted so it's off-white.

this sketchbook is kind of different from others of mine, since I really just kind of used it as a place to experiment and just have fun with.

sorry for the bad quality of some of the pics. if you're curious about what anything says, I can translate.

juliejeremiah on Jun 04 '08 at 12:43pm

Your travel logs are amazing!

TimScribble on Jun 04 '08 at 12:44pm

Wow, just wow. That is awesome.

stubby43 on Jun 04 '08 at 12:46pm

I will forever be a fan of your work.

spacesick 2 on Jun 04 '08 at 12:47pm

fascinating as always, christopher!

canadianbeaver on Jun 04 '08 at 12:47pm

magnifique!!!!!!!

the golden spatula on Jun 04 '08 at 12:49pm

WOOW I'M STUNNED!

this i more than beautiful - amazing work!!!

wullagaru on Jun 04 '08 at 12:50pm

chris honestly find a travel book publisher or something and get these made this work is amazing.

oh yeah and youre still a jerk for making the rest of us look bad

cbuchholz on Jun 04 '08 at 12:51pm

thanks alot guys! I still have some work to do doing a title page, and I want to come up with something cool for the cover.

olie! on Jun 04 '08 at 12:55pm

Always a pleasure to view your blogs.

tracerbullet on Jun 04 '08 at 12:57pm

another fantastic one! how long does it take you on average to do a page like that?

littleclyde on Jun 04 '08 at 12:57pm

This is the most beautiful sketchbook I've ever seen. I agree with wullagaru, you could and should seriously publish this.

Ian Leino on Jun 04 '08 at 12:58pm

To start off with, I was jealous of your incredible abilities. But now I'm jealous of your incredible abilities AND all of the cool places you've been going.

Amazing work, as always.

NomadSlim on Jun 04 '08 at 1:02pm

Since we are now friends from the last book you posted, I thought I should comment again. This is really marvelous. Do you paint them while you're there or just sketch and then paint later?

kiLLyou on Jun 04 '08 at 1:04pm

Such Incredible talent!!! WOW!!!

So, are you looking for a publisher or what?!

What's your favourite place from this trip?

Bramish on Jun 04 '08 at 1:07pm

Absolutely amazing.

EricDiaz on Jun 04 '08 at 1:09pm

woah, that was fantastic!

cbuchholz on Jun 04 '08 at 1:11pm

I paint it all while I'm there. It takes about 2, maybe 3 hours for the more detailed and painted spreads, some of the quicky's like just black and white sketches from musems might only take half an hour or so. it kind of depends. Some of these pages I was real dedicated to rendering out real well and thinking about compositons, and others I just kind of pooped out whatever all over the place.

cbuchholz on Jun 04 '08 at 1:12pm

Oh, and my favorite city was probably Prague or Salzburg, but I'm probably a little more partial to the quiet towns, like Hallstatt Austria.

ladrones on Jun 04 '08 at 1:13pm

beeutiful.
i hope you had a great vacation!

stubby43 on Jun 04 '08 at 1:21pm

Amazing, I'd also really like to see these printed into a book if I had money I'd buy one in a heartbeat.

Mountain Gnome on Jun 04 '08 at 1:27pm

You have an amazing skill, and those are some most beautiful memories you have captured there. Well done, Kudos to you!

castle on Jun 04 '08 at 1:28pm

You're really having too much fun!

Nice work!

Dick Firestorm on Jun 04 '08 at 1:30pm

BRO, THESE SKETCHES ARE SOLID, BRO!

theurbanraptor on Jun 04 '08 at 1:33pm

question,
what kind of sketch book is that?
what kind of pens.
and what kind of paint?

cbuchholz on Jun 04 '08 at 2:04pm

The sketchbook is handmade, and it's 140lb. fabriano artistico hot press paper.

the pens are Faber Castell Pitt pens. They come in four thicknesses of nibs. I like the brush tips at first, but the get worn out and loose the point pretty much on your first sketch.

The paint is winsor newton watercolor.

squeegebeckenheim on Jun 04 '08 at 2:38pm

Those are absolutely amazing. I want to go back to Prague so badly.

ir0cko on Jun 04 '08 at 2:48pm

wow!

fatheed on Jun 04 '08 at 3:01pm

I was actually going to make a blog today asking where the hell you were! Welcome back, and incredible work, yet again.

Your sketchbooks are going to be worth a fortune one day, I'm sure of it.

chlobo107 on Jun 04 '08 at 3:05pm

Damn, you are too good.

Actually, I look at your sketches often. The beautiful renderings of your dreams inspired me to start an illustrative dream journal, which I haven't done yet, but it will definitely happen this summer. Anyway...

pilihp on Jun 04 '08 at 3:12pm

jeez, chris! where are you off to next?? :)

great stuff as always (i hate you--not really)

Robsoul on Jun 04 '08 at 3:25pm

great colors and imagery

I'm always worried the pages with wrinkle or stick together but I guess that's why you are using 140lb hot press

Robsoul on Jun 04 '08 at 3:26pm

I need to get back to crying my gouche set with me, seeing this makes me want to get back into the routine

nonolarson on Jun 04 '08 at 3:37pm

Really love the views through the window in the last one.

Cactus Pirate Jr. on Jun 04 '08 at 3:42pm

Wow, great sketches!

How much time would you usually spend in one sitting?

SteveOramA on Jun 04 '08 at 3:48pm

yes!

ndstillie on Jun 04 '08 at 3:50pm

dayamn!

alvarejo on Jun 04 '08 at 4:13pm

do you do them in situ? or they are made afterwards from photographs?

opifan64 on Jun 04 '08 at 9:24pm

I add all these blogs to my watch list just so i can come back and admire them from time to time. truly awesome

cbuchholz on Jun 05 '08 at 7:57am

thanks guys! In the case of this sketchbook, all were done right on the spot, and they usually take about an hour or two. One cool thing was that I filled my waterbrushes up with water from all the amzing fountains to do the art.

ilovedoodle on Jun 05 '08 at 8:12am

I love ur sketch book!

snaggle tooth on Jun 05 '08 at 8:25am

are you related to the red sox pitcher?

radiostaticstar on Jun 05 '08 at 8:57am

i love when you share your journals!
i hope you have more travel plans.
these are simply amazing as always!

avalanche_lily on Jun 05 '08 at 9:04am

Your books always put me in a happy place.

pinkpiggyme on Jun 05 '08 at 9:04am

Another amazing book!
I went to Prague, Salzburg, Český Krumlov and Český Budejovic. Český Krumlov is the most gorgeous place I have even seen. Prague was just amazing. I can't wait to go back!
You captured the cites with wonderful beauty. Thank you very much for sharing.

64 days later

Dorito bandito on Aug 08 '08 at 9:50am

If you made your last entry into a print, lets just say I would pay quite a bit for that.

Bugmen on Aug 08 '08 at 9:51am

WOW
ur an amazing artist

gtoast99 on Aug 08 '08 at 9:54am

This is one of the coolest things I've ever seen. Seriously. You need to write a book in diary narrative form, illustrate it like that, get it printed, and sell me one. Or, like, fifty. Wow that's cool.

19 days later

Robsoul on Aug 28 '08 at 4:09am

you must go to tokyo next, it's amazing, specifically to harajuku to see the people

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