Hello readers, It’s that day of the week when I send you a roundup of good stuff happening in the sketching world. Also, happy Valentine’s Day! Sketching as Witness Seattle-based sketcher Daniel Winterbottom started recording the growing homelessness crisis in Seattle in…
The nice folks at the @uwbiogreenhouse hosted a recent @uskseattle sketch outing. I hope I don’t get in trouble for coloring all my plants blue!
Hello readers, Welcome to On the Spot’s “Sketching News Roundup,” which I send out every other Monday. The roundup is where I write about sketchers whose work is particularly timely, interesting, groundbreaking or all of the above. If you find…
On the Spot is aiming higher in 2023. Become a paid subscriber to support compelling content by reportage artists and urban sketchers. Hello readers, It’s only been a couple of weeks since I asked you to support my goals for 2023 and…
My trip to New York last month had lots of highlights. I ran the marathon with my friend Ahmed, a fellow Mill Creek runner. I reconnected with Melanie Reim and Veronica Lawlor, two dear sketchers I’ve known for years —…
Hello and welcome to On the Spot, where we celebrate great reportage illustration, urban sketching and the artists behind the work. World Cup fever Dubai-based sketcher Thierry Chehab managed to sketch some World Cup players up-close the other day. He didn’t have a…
Hello readers, greetings from Barcelona. I’ll tell you why I am here in a second, but first, here’s a new roundup of inspiring sketching news: Live from the opera On November 4, during a general rehearsal of the opera “Robert…
Hello from a plane somewhere between Seoul and Seattle. I’m returning home after attending a remarkable urban sketching festival in Gyeongju, South Korea, but more on that later. Let’s dive into a roundup of notable sketching work in this issue…
October 29, 2002. The royal tombs of Gyeongju dot the landscape of this ancient city on the east coast of South Korea. At first glance, they look like giant heaps of earth coming out of nowhere. But under each grassy…
Hello, On the Spot readers, and welcome new subscribers. I’m really glad you are here. In today’s newsletter: Are you ready? I’m ready. Volcano explodes? Must sketch! Fearless French artist Aurélie Bourdin just raised the bar of adventurous sketching. As the winner of the…
