My Travel Sketchbooks
A Yellow Oleander Tree from my Tanzanian sketchbook
Front Page from my Turkey and Greece Sketchbook
My visit to Petra in Jordan, from my Damascus Sketchbook
A page from my Russia Sketchbook
Sketch of a dragonfly in our garden in Mwanza from my Tanzanian sketchbook
Frescoes from Qusayr Amra one of the desert castles just outside Jordan, from my Damascus Sketchbook
Page from my Cambodia sketchbook.
A page from my Hong Kong sketchbook.
Sketches of my approach to Venice
Front Page of my Damascus sketchbook and journal.
Quick sketch done on a bus while travelling around the Middle East from my Damascus Sketchbook
Jabri House Restaurant in Damascus, Syria.
A page from my Russia Sketchbook
Page from my Hong Kong Sketchbook
Page from my Baltic States Sketchbook
Page from my Venice sketchbook
Sketch of people inside Kivukoni Fish Market in Dar Es Salaam from my Tanzanian sketchbook
A page from my Damascus Sketchbook
Sketch at Görvälns naturreservat near Stockholm from my Sweden Sketchbook
Page from my Russian sketchbook
Page from my Damascus Sketchbook
Front page from my Venice sketchbook.
Page from my Baltic States sketchbook
A quick sketch from a bus window, passing through the wine from my Europe Sketchbook
Page from my Java Sketchbook
My sketches from the Cast Courts at London’s Victoria and Albert Museum from my England Sketchbook.
Sketch of Haight Ashbury Street Corner in San Francisco from my United States of America Sketchbook
View across Mwanza from Isamilo Lodge
Page from my Damascus Sketchbook
View of Hong Kong harbour at night from the Star Ferry – from my Hong Kong sketchbook.
Australian animals from my Australia sketchbook
Detail cave paintings in the Ajanta Caves from my Indian Sketchbook
My sketches from London’s Natural History Museum from my England Sketchbook.
Page from my Greece sketchbook “One more move and I’ll get you with me flip flop”.
Helsinki Cathedral and Moomins – from my Baltic States Sketchbook.
Front page from my Baltic States Sketchbook.
Sketches from Brunei Darussalam from my Java Sketchbook
The grand staircase in Stockholm’s National Museum from my Swedish sketchbook
Sketch of two agama lizards basking in the sun in the grounds of Isamilo International School in Mwanza from my Tanzanian sketchbook
View from a friend’s flat in the Bairro Alto, Lisbon, from my Portugal Sketchbook
Coimbra cityscape from across the Mondego river from my Portugal Sketchbook
Woman selling flowers in Anjuna market, Goa from my India Sketchbook.
Capybara, Caipirinha, Capoeira – from my Brazil sketchbook.
One of my favourite trees in the world, situated just outside Mytholmroyd, West Yorkshire
Man in a Djellaba and Fez in Souk Cherifia, Marrakech from my Morocco Sketchbook.
Busy street scene in Istanbul
Image inspired by art in the Hong Kong Museum of Art from my Hong Kong Sketchbook
Enjoying a coffee at the roof top cafe at Darat al Funun Art Gallery in Amman, Jordan
The 5-star Taj Hotel from my window in the 3-star Diplomat Hotel in Mumbai, India.
My watercolour of Passion Fruits
Page from my Egypt Sketchbook
Sketch of Central Market in Mwanza from my Tanzanian sketchbook
Faces – from my Tanzanian sketchbook
Sketches on the street in Sucre, Bolivia, from my South American Sketchbook
Woman selling limes at a floating market in Bangkok, Thailand from my South East Asia Sketchbook.
Tea and dim sum at the Lock Cha tea house from my Hong Kong Sketchbook.
Under the blossom Trees in Kungsträdgården, Stockholm – from my Sweden sketchbook.
Woman in Souk Cherifia, Marrakech from my Morocco Sketchbook.
Drawing of a zebra the from my Tanzanian sketchbook
Paintings of Vervet Monkeys from my Tanzanian sketchbook.
Page from my Hong Kong sketchbook
Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia from my South American Sketchbook
Sketch of a cheetah in the Serengeti from my Tanzanian sketchbook
Sketch of Gamla Stan from my Sweden Sketchbook
Stage 1 – initial sketches from pages from my Tanzanian Sketchbook
Sketching under the palm trees in at the Serena Beach and Spa resort in Mombasa, Kenya
Sketches from Prambanan from my Java sketchbook
My watercolour of a papaya
Peacock pattern from my Tanzanian sketchbook
Tinned fish from my Swedish sketchbook.
Page from my South American sketchbook, Lake Titicaca
My mischievous kitten Kerouac, interrupting my painting.
Narrow Street in Stone Town from my Tanzanian Sketchbook
Work in progress – paintings and sketchings for Travels with my Art
Sketch of a giraffe in the Serengeti from my Tanzanian sketchbook
Aztec art – from my South America sketchbook.
The Flat Iron Building in New York from my United States of America Sketchbook
Cook Islands Dancer in Raratonga
Baby cow in Banaras (Varanasi) from my India Sketchbook
Sketch of a road side market in Dar Es Salaam from my Tanzanian sketchbook
Pied Kingfishers on the banks of Lake Victoria.
Sketches from the “Paris Exhibition” at the Royal Academy in London.
Bolivian woman – from South American Sketchbook
Fancy hotels on the Corniche in Beiruit, Lebanon
Stage 1 – Initial sketches from the pages from my Tanzanian Sketchbook
Serengeti beer
Salar de Uyuni and Atacama desert in Bolivia from my South American Sketchbook
A selection of travel sketchbooks by Ali Dunnell of Travels with my Art
Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia from my South American Sketchbook
The grand stair case in Stockholm’s National Museum from my Sweden sketchbook
Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia from my South American Sketchbook
Palm Trees from my Tanzanian sketchbook
Sketch of Angkor Wat in from my Cambodian sketchbook
Page from my Swedish sketchbook
Sketches of my family
A wintery walk with Vera and Baron in Baldock, Hertfordshire, England.
My sketch of Zoya
Sketch of Lottie, Leon and Frida at National Theatre in Nairobi, Kenya
Portrait of Karol, my sister.
An attempt at a Sunday morning lie in.
Self Portrait in Watercolour
Frida sleeping
Frida, Lottie and Leon watching tele on a Saturday morning.
Mum opening presents on Christmas Day with Baron
Lottie (aged 4) reading a book to Frida (aged 2)… in a rare moment of calm
Self portrait.
Feeding the ducks on a snowy sunny Sunday on Åkers Canal, Åkersberga, Sweden
Sharing a bottle of red with my darling Mark.
Sketch of Mark
Lottie, Leon and Frida painting some pictures at the kitchen table
My old cat Brzeska having a nap on the Syrian camel foot stool.
Lottie, Leon and Frida in their rock band, belting out the classic “Eye of the Tiger”
Portrait of Frida, aged 2.
Portrait of twins Tomas and Luke – aged 5
Portrait of Leon, aged 4.
Cartoon sketch of the dunnells… en route to Sweden!
Self Portrait with my very handsome cat, Brzeska.
A sketch of my dad, David Frank William Davies
My sketch of Bertie Rooster
My watercolour sketch of our new kitten, Modraniht
Watercolour sketch of our dear old dog Lucy
Cartoon of the Dunnell Family
Portrait of my sister Lynne
Portrait of Lottie, aged 4.
Beachbums1 March 25, 2014
Thanks for following my Displaced Beachbums blog. It brought me to your blog which I find fascinating. Love your artwork and I especially enjoyed looking at your work from your sketchbooks from around the world. Beautiful!
alidunnell March 25, 2014
Thanks so much. I have always travelled with a sketchbook and a camera, and am now going through all my old visual memories, trying to turn them into larger pieces of art. So, I’m really glad you like my work. Maybe you could like my facebook travels with my art page too, where I put I work more regularly, here’s a link, I hope it works. https://www.facebook.com/ali.dunnell.
Ali
Beachbums1 March 26, 2014
Thanks for the link ~ I just “liked” it
alidunnell March 26, 2014
Great. Thanks for your support and look forward to seeing more of your blog posts too.
3weeksandashoestring October 4, 2015
Loved this! Looks like you’ve been all over the world, Ali – and the sketches are such a refreshing perspective of the places that we usually see in photos.
alidunnell October 5, 2015
Thank you so much… I try to imagine my sketchbook as postcards and try to get a snippet of life from different places I visit.
Beat Company April 6, 2016
Anything available for private purchase (e.g. “Silver Birch trees – from my Russia”) – just get in touch. Great piece of art anyway !!!
Aesthetics of Longing February 28, 2017
This is very inspiring 🙂 Great work – thank you for sharing!
Ali Dunnell March 1, 2017
Thanks – I love keeping my travel sketchbook diaries. Ali
Deepak Das May 31, 2017
It’s so encouraging to see so much of work, beautifully showcased. I love the featured sketch the most.
Ali Dunnell June 22, 2017
Thank you so much for your positive words Deepak Das. Sorry for the late response… I have been away from my blog for a while. Ali
Amrita Sen October 28, 2017
Wow! your sketchbook is amazing. I am really glad that I came to this page to see your sketches. 🙂
Ali Dunnell October 28, 2017
Thank you so much – I hope you enjoy looking around my site 🙂