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Greetings from South Africa - The Sketchbook Project

This sketchbook was made for the Sketchbook Project located in Brooklyn New York. For this project my sketchbook will travel on a route through the US in a caravan as a mobile library. The theme I chose for my book is to represent South Africa to the American readers and give them a glimpse of what my country is like and how I live. Most of the drawings consist of my travels through the Klein Karoo during the December holidays, architecture, South African products and all the things that makes me, me.  Enjoy the journey to discovery South Africa through these spreads. 
Cover design
Cape Town,
Yes we live in apartments and houses not huts
Illustration of a building in my hometown Strand 
and
Selfportrait and my passion for running
Johannesburg the captial of South Africa
and 
The start to our road trip through the Klein Karoo. 
The vintage dresser is from the guesthouse we stayed at.
What to pack if you go traveling.
The pantry in our house depicting different 
kinds of South African products
Some of South Africa's traditional dishes
and what it consists of
A map of South Africa and 
our national flower the Protea
Bo-Kaap, Cape Town.
Greetings from South Africa - The Sketchbook Project
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Greetings from South Africa - The Sketchbook Project

This sketchbook was made for the Sketchbook Project located in Brooklyn New York. For this project my sketchbook will travel on a route through t Read More

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