Venice watercolor travel journal
JOAQUIN GONZALEZ DORAO Experienced traveler since his teen ages, Joaquin combines in his illustrated Travel Journals his passion for travel and his skills as watercolour artist. He changed  his camera for a blank notebook and a travel box of watercolours and reflects in its pages the landscapes, peoples, buildings and details of the 5 continents that he has already visited. Probably the toughest handicap in his task is capturing the essence of the countries he visits in a 2D media, where he mixes drawings, wrtings, sticked material, leaf, sand… whatever helps the reader to make a virtual trip through his pages. He likes to travel as light as possible, in a very tight budget, trying to get as close as possible to the ground and the everyday life of his destinations, and enjoying every minute of his relatively short travels, no more than 24 days each. PUBLICATIONS 5 “Travel Watercolors” books (Greece, Australia, China, Croatia, Peru) with Lonely Planet publishers. Watercolors and text by the author. Spain 2011 Madrid travel book. Ed. La Librería, Spain 2012 Cadiz travel book. Ed. Torre Tavira, Spain 2013 Turkey travel book. Ed. Boyut. Turkey, 2013-05-25 Venice watercolor travel journal. Ed. Amazon. USA, 2013 “Ethiopia Travel Diary” with Blur Ediciones S.L. Spain 2009 6 teenagers’ illustrated books of the “Clara Secret” Collection with McMillan Publishers. 2009-2011. Digital illustrations. Spain AWARDS 2002 & 2004. First Prize in the International Travel Diaries Contest by Ambar.  EXHIBITIONS 2005 & 2006. Exhibitions at Supermercart. Madrid  2007. Exhibition in Altaïr Gallery in Barcelona  2005, 2008 2009, 2010 & 2011. Exhibition at the Biennal du Carnet de Voyage de Clermont-Ferrand. France. 2011. Exhibition in Bertrand bookshop, Barcelona. 2011. Individual exhibition “Aquarelles du monde” at the  Jean Perrin Centre in Clermont-Ferrand (France) STUDIES Art studies at the Cadiz “Bellas Artes" School  Graphic arts studies in the TAI (Taller de Artes Imaginarias) of Madrid  www.joaquingonzalezdorao.com  joaquingonzalezdorao@gmail.com