Specialization in Creative Travel Journals

Course summary

• U1: Get inspired

  • Introduction

  • Influences | Aniko Villalba

  • Influences | Powerpaola

  • Influences | Iván Cruz

  • Influences | Alicia Aradilla

  • Influences | Infinitos Lugares

• U2: Travel Journaling: Document Feelings and Memories

  • Let's define "travel"

  • The magic of journaling: the notebook as a treasure chest

  • The materials

  • Tips for not abandoning your notebook

  • Previous exercises: ideas to fill your notebook before leaving home 1

  • Previous exercises: ideas to fill your notebook before leaving home 2

  • In transit: ideas to record your days and your emotions 1

  • In transit: ideas to record your days and your emotions 2

  • In transit: ideas for documenting movement, the here and now, and the unexpected 1

  • In transit: ideas for documenting movement, the here and now, and the unexpected 2

  • The return: ideas to finish your post-trip notebook 1

  • The return: ideas to finish your post-trip notebook 2

  • What to do with notebooks

• U3: Travel Journal: Illustrate Your Reality

  • What Is a Travel Journal?

  • Materials

  • Text and Image Ratio

  • Drawing and Writing

  • Spaces, Buildings and Houses

  • Plants and Flowers

  • People

  • Back to Travelling

  • Reflecting and Sharing the Work

• U4: Travel Log Illustration with Mixed Techniques

  • What is a travel log?

  • Materials

  • Basic exercises and mixed techniques 1

  • Basic exercises and mixed techniques 2

  • How to approach the drawing?

  • Plan the page

  • Sketch, layout and structure

  • Conceptualization

  • Color palette, illustration, collage and techniques 1

  • Color palette, illustration, collage and techniques 2

  • Color palette, illustration, collage and techniques 3

  • Final photograph

  • Publishing and Social Media

• U5: Watercolor Travel Journal

  • About travel notebooks

  • Materials

  • Basic watercolor techniques

  • The color

  • Framing and depth

  • Choose the reference image

  • Page composition

  • Pencil drawing

  • First spots

  • Entering details

  • Final touches

  • Ideas to complete your page

  • Your personal style

  • The jump to social networks

• U6: Travel Logbook with French Link Bookbinding

  • Travel logs

  • Tools and materials

  • Mood board and planning

  • Introduction to French bookbinding

  • Bookbinding Lessons: Paper Preparation

  • Bookbinding Lessons: Sewing 1

  • Bookbinding Lessons: Sewing 2

  • Bookbinding Lessons: The Covers 1

  • Bookbinding Lessons: The Covers 2

  • Bookbinding Lessons: The Covers 3

  • Books to use for cutouts

  • Working on your travel logbook 1

  • Working on your travel logbook 2

  • Dies and windows

  • Pockets for storing travel souvenirs

• Final project

  • Visual Travel Journals Specialization