Luis Gómez Feliu, an illustrator based in Madrid, sketches his hotel rooms while travelling, including the occasional gift of a ceiling map. Exquisite execution. See more on his Behance site, here.

National Geographic and Tourism New Zealand sent Berlin-based artist Christoph Niemann to New Zealand to bring his experiences and impressions of the country alive through art.

Christoph Niemann is well known for his simple, witty illustrations that cleverly combine neat paint-like strokes with real-life objects, creating fun and whimsical scenes.

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An interview with the artist and his latest exhibition, here.

Gerard Darris was in the French alps when he stopped to sketch a herd of cows with trademark alpine bells.  “But when we draw sitting motionless, the cows approach closely and become very curious, one starts to lick my backpack and I fear that it will take on my picnic ! I have to change places to continue my sketch !”The most interesting travel sketches rarely are predictable, or done at tourist sites. The best ones give you a little slice of something unexpected. Flickr user kh_anele found a bit of wilderness in Berlin, where a natural oasis had developed, “wedged between the railway lines of the long-distance and S-Bahn and interspersed with overgrown tracks.”

These observations about people, transport, animals and life in general (above) while on a bus in India are stellar examples of how to use a travel sketchbook. The artist sketchrboy is a Flickr pro with multiple pages  of similar examples. (Click on the image, then click on the URL to read all the text.)

And then sometimes, it’s just the colours and glorious technique that catch the eye (see original here)

See many more sketchbooks in the Art Junkie Sketch & Draw category, here.

@senoajisketsa Bike camping

@annelaurewatercolor Sketching in Portugal. “It’s so lovely, and so enjoyable to sketch there!”