Check this climber’s illustrated journals for major #travelstoke
THESE INSTAGRAMS from climber, illustrator, and storyteller Jeremy Collins are for everyone who’s ever looked out of their office window and asked, “What else is there?”
I bought Collins’ book, Drawn: The Art of Ascent — a visual exploration of summits lost and achieved, last weekend, and I’m so glad I did. Rich, soulful, and textured, the book contains the best advice I’ve read all year,
“Find the outcasts. Make them feel welcome.”
And I’ve been drawing mountains and bears and birds every night since. I hope Collins inspires you to get out there and do the same.
1. The view from up high in Canyonlands National Park, Utah
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2. Painting Half Dome in Yosemite National Park, California
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3. Drawing Bangkok, Thailand
4. The woods of Portland, Oregon
Hey Portland. My, you're green. See you tonight. @keen @scoutbooks #portland #stayDrawn
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5. Collins put in a six-hour drawing session during a “rest day” from climbing at Vampire Spire in the Yukon
6. A quick sketch of the Guggenheim in Bilbao, Spain
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7. Collins developed a crowd as he sketched a devout holy person called Ram Bilash in Kathmandu, Nepal
8. Indian Creek at sunrise, Utah
9. Drawing a classic east coast lighthouse on location in Maine
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10. This drawing is the product of a one-hour session in Brescia, Italy
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11. Collins says, “Drawing on location gives me a chance to be “clear and transparent when I’m exhausted.” Lake Minnewaska, New York
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12. A peaceful spot to draw from at Cottonwood Pass, Colorado
13. Collins and his daughter draw and paint together in the City of Rocks, Idaho
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14. The colors of a sunrise in Alabama Hills, California
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15. Creating a splash at Laguna Beach in Orange County, California
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16. The end of the line on a cross-country family road trip; this image was shot in Acadia National Park, Maine
I had a master list of things I wanted to do on our cross country trip. This was the very last one.
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17. Drawing an abandoned Anasazi home at Indian Creek, Utah
18. Painting in 107 degree heat in Mojave National Preserve, California
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19. I love Collins’ caption on this ‘image of an image’ at Mono Lake, California
20. “Hot days are good for sittin’ and doodlin’” at Arches National Park, Utah
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