This map painting in watercolour of New Zealand is an ode to this beautiful country in the continent of Oceania.
The artwork is hand-painted using the wet-on-dry technique on watercolour paper. I used a satalite photograph as a reference to realistically colour the nature and landscapes as the country is during summer time.
In late 2012, I got to explore this beautiful country during a 5-week road trip.
These are the locations I visited on the North and South Island.
Coromandel, Rotorua, Taurangi, Tongariro Alpine Crossing, Mount Ruapehu, Mount Ngauruhoe, Wellington. By ferry from Wellington to the South Island via the town of Picton to Blenheim, Nelson, Motueka, Torrent Bay. Then along the Buller River to Charleston, Punakaiki at the famous Pancake Rocks, Greymouth, Hokitika, Haast, Jackson Bay and via the Haast Pass to Lake Hawea, Lake Wanaka, Wanaka, Queenstown, Lake Wakatipu, Te Anau, Lake Te Anau, Milford Sound and via Manapouri to Bluff and the ferry to Oban on Stewart Island. By ferry back to the mainland towards Dunedin, Moeraki, Oamaru, Twizel, Tekapo, Lake Tekapo, Lake Lyndon, Castle Hill, Lake Pearson and along the Waimakarri River to Arthurs Pass and final stop Christchurch.
WorldMapsShop is a design studio where artistic cartographic illustrations and paintings are created by graphic designer, photographer and painter Ricardo Bouman.
In his studio and workshop, he works with both analogue mediums 'paints and inks' and modern digital mediums 'vector line drawings, typography and proprietary photographic images'.
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