I recently redrew one of my pocket sketchbook drawings to illustrate one of my Seattle Times posts. Here’s the sketch, done on location and colored afterwards from memory. And here’s the new version drawn on the iPad with the Procreate…
Spent the afternoon hiking to the Linville Falls in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. Then, sketching heaven happened.
Sitting on the grass in front of my father-in-law’s house. Bic pen and watercolor on Zeta Series Stillman & Birn pocket sketchbook. 1 minute 10 seconds time-lapse video.
A weekend-long sketching class in a walkable urban setting with an interesting mix of architecture, history and nature. That’s the basic idea behind the workshop I have started teaching in Bothell, Washington, a charming little river town 15 miles north of Seattle.…
Denman Street in Vancouver’s Coal Harbor district is packed with Asian restaurants. Great Wall Mongolian B.B.Q. has something that gives it an edge over the rest: a bay window facing the street that allows passersby to see how the food…
Sketchers all over the world went out to draw to celebrate 10 years of Urban Sketchers today. Don’t miss all the sketches shared with the hashtag #USkGlobal24hrsketchwalk. In Seattle, I joined the local group at King Street Station. It was…
What type of pen do you use to sketch? It’s a common question among artists and drawing enthusiasts. If you follow my work, you may also be curious about the tools I use. My answer to the “pen question,” as…
I was the invited guest artist at the latest edition of the Naples Urban Sketchers Workshop hosted by Italian architect and illustrator Simo Cappechi. Photos by Enzo Rando originally published in La Repubblica.
