Lincoln Park troll
Bruun Idun is holding a twisted piece of driftwood and playing an Orca song. The whimsical troll sculpture, one of six installed in the PNW by Danish recycle artist Thomas Dambo last year, is tucked away under big trees near…
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Point Fermin Lighthouse
Los Angeles is full of suprises. Point Fermin Park in coastal San Pedro is one of them. Sitting on a bluff overlooking the Pacific Ocean, a well-preserved lighthouse dating from the late 1800s presides over the grounds.
Marina Beach
A glorious late afternoon at Marina Beach in Edmonds.
Bellingham’s ‘Acid Ball’
Bellingham’s Waypoint Park feels a bit like Gas Works Park in Seattle. A giant boiler from the old pulp mill that once occupied the site has been repurposed as the park’s centerpiece. While I sat to sketch it under cloudy…
H-Mart food court
Sketched while getting a delicious Vietnamese beef sandwich and pho at the H-Mart Asian food court in Lynnwood. This is a place I come to with my family from time to time. Always tasty food and a fun experience to…
La Push
A quiet morning in La Push, Washington, listening to the sound of the Pacific Ocean and sketching one of many enormous driftwood logs that fill the beach.
Reportage News: Sketchers at the Paris Olympics, Calendar and an Important Update
Dear readers, My first batch of sketching news after the unofficial end of summer is bittersweet. Cinematic sketches Alex Hillkurtz’s sketches from the Olympics stopped me in my tracks when I spotted them on Instagram.So fresh and spontaneous!Hesaid each Olympic…
Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area
Oil rig in motion across Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area in Los Angeles.
Sketcher Fest workshop ‘Small is Beautiful’
My workshop at Sketcher Fest was aimed at sketchers who want to capture their travel experience using a small sketchbook and very few tools. To embrace this minimalistic sketching lifestyle you need to travel light so you can whip out…
Reportage news: Lydia Wood, John Donohue, Stan Mack, ‘Sketchbook Reveal’ by James Hobbs, Calendar
Drawing London, one pub at a time There is something special about pubs and sketching. Back in the early 2000s, pub crawls inspired Italian storyboard artist Enrico Casarosa to start World Wide Sketch Crawl, a precursor of Urban Sketchers. Pubs are the subject of…
Urban Sketchers Nantes
I had the most wonderful time meeting urban sketchers in Nantes during the 10th anniversary of the local group. The event was spearheaded by the super welcoming and super friendly Nicolas Loustalot.
Rewind: Lapin’s journey from drawing Paris commuters to publishing more than 40 books
How do you launch a career as an independent reportage artist or professional urban sketcher?While still working as a graphic designer in Paris in his mid 20s, Lapin honed his drawing skills sketching subway commuters. He also tried to use as much of his vacation time “to go far away, usually alone with a sketchbook.”In […]
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