Drawn to graphite
January 21, 2026
What’s your favorite pencil lead grade? 3B is pretty perfect for me. That is what I used yesterday evening during my “Drawn to graphite” art
Talk and sketching with the Seattle Google Employees Art Group
November 7, 2025
This afternoon I hopped on the light rail to go meet and sketch with the Seattle Google Employees Art group. Big thank you to fellow
Coal Drops Yard
October 5, 2025
I really enjoyed discovering this part of London today with @urbansketcherslondon. Coal Drops Yard (@coaldropsyard) was a hub where coal from mines in North England was
Back to my roots in Badajoz
September 28, 2025
Badajoz is a little known city even to Spaniards, but if you decide to visit, you won’t be disappointed. It’s located almost at the border
Talk and sketch walk in Barcelona
September 25, 2025
In 2007 I started an online group where users could share what I considered to be “urban sketches,’ then a blog of invited “artists-correspondents” and
Back to my roots in Bellvitge
September 24, 2025
Hoy ha sido muy especial hacer una demo de sketching en Bellvitge, el barrio donde crecí. Gracias al estupendo grupo de sketchers que os habéis
Urban Sketching demo of the Neptune Fountain in Berlin
September 19, 2025
On Sept. 19, I gave an urban sketching tour/demo at the Neptune Fountain near Alexanderplatz in Berlin. This striking baroque-revival fountain is one of the
Walt Disney Concert Hall
August 29, 2025
Frank Gehry’s Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao blew me away when I first saw it many years ago. The Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles,
Apple Tower Theatre
August 29, 2025
I had a blast leading this sold-out sketching tour in downtown Los Angeles with a fantastic group of participants. The tour focused on the Apple
The ‘Yah Bus’
August 21, 2025
Eventful sketchwalk with @uskseattle in Beacon Hill this morning. An old Volkswagen van painted with a colorful graffiti of flowers and a night skyline caught
Easton’s Books
August 18, 2025
First time stepping into Easton’s Books in Mount Vernon. Scored two gems for my sketching library and celebrated with a quick sketch.
Jellyfish fun at Pier 58
August 16, 2025
Have you been to the new Pier 58 yet? I visited last Sunday with the Urban Sketchers Seattle Group. It was hot, 86 degrees! But
Bellevue Wilburton Trestle
May 6, 2025
For International @urbansketchers Week, I joined my sketching pals @davermorris, @dchammy, @macklinart11 and @roy.oblate for a fun outing in Bellevue, Washington. We drew an impressive
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