1967 Chevy pickup under the rain
1967 Chevy C-10 pickup truck on my father-in-law’s driveway. It started raining but I’m glad I didn’t give up. Ink on #stillmanandbirn softcover Zeta series pocket sketchbook.
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Taking light and shade for a ride
I had a productive evening commute sketching on my iPhone today. This 30-minute portrait with ProCreate Pocket is the result of just a few glances at a fellow commuter sitting at an angle across from me, therefore it doesn’t quite…
Pixels over coffee
Taking ProCreate Pocket for a ride
So I’ve discovered that the iPad app I use for my digital urban sketching and illustrations (ProCreate) also has a pocket version for iPhone! How could I resist!
Pocket urban sketching at the Amazon campus
On Feb. 11, 2017 I taught a Pocket Urban Sketching worskhop at the Amazon Campus in Seattle. The class kicked off the #USk10x10 series of workshops that Urban Sketchers is organizing across the globe in 2017. Urban Sketchers is a…
Ampersand Live
Watch my 5-minute presentation on urban sketching around Seattle as part of Ampersand Live, a yearly event where Pacific Northwest storytellers discuss topics related to place, people and how to create a sustainable future for the region.
Vancouver skyscrapers
Steam clock
A must-see spot in Vancouver, B.C.
Same boat, different takes
I rarely sketch the same subject twice, let alone three times, over a short period of time. But that’s what happened recently when I drew the Arthur Foss, a historic tugboat moored on Seattle’s Lake Union. What does it mean…
Sad farewell to ‘bohemian rathole’ from more affordable times
No deposit. No background check. Monthly rent of $350, in cash, for a room within walking distance to work. Back in 2013, Skyler Wister, a young social worker desperately looking for affordable housing downtown, couldn’t believe his luck when he…
Discovery Park lighthouse
An experiment: I clipped a loose sheet of watercolor paper to the front and back covers of a gutted sketchbook. The result after adding watercolor in the studio:
A taste of California in the U-District
International burger chain CaliBurger opened its first Seattle location last fall. It’s on University Way Northeast, the popular U-District arterial better known as the Ave. My son and I were around the area a few Sundays ago and gave it…