Illustrations : Asahi Kasei Homes 旭化成ホームズ


I used to use blueprints to print architectural plans and I did like the smell and quality of it. This commission reminded me good old days.

青焼きを使っていた時代は一体どこへ。そんなイメージになりました。

Book illustrations ‘Walk Through History: Victorian London’

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This sweet little book ‘Walk Through History: Victorian London‘, with the easy to follow maps, takes us on a series of stimulating original walks through different areas of central London, focusing on the Victorian era, full of imagination, ambition and detail. Walking around London is one of life’s great pleasures!

Walk Through History: Victorian London‘ by Christopher Winn (Publisher : Ebury Press) is out now.

Scotland: the most beautiful country in the world.

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I am not surprised to hear that the readers of the influential travel guide Rough Guide voted Scotland as ‘the most beautiful country in the world’.

It is all in these books, I Never Knew That About Scotland and Scottish by Christopher Winn published by Ebury Press with over 200 pen drawings by me.

(Image: Watercolour sketch of Eilean Donan Castle in Scotland.)

スコットランドは自然豊かな国。「世界で最も美しい国」に選ばれたそうです。(水彩スケッチ:エイリーンドーナン城)