


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

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

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
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.

The little steamboat that could …
Sketched June 11 and Oct. 6, 2015When I arrived at the Center for Wooden Boats North Lake Union Workshop and Warehouse back in June, Team
Extremadura via iPad
I made these sketches just a couple of weeks ago while visiting family in Spain. They show the 900-year-old ruins of a castle in Montemolin,


Live from the ballpark
In this day and age of high-tech, instant tweets and Facebook posts, does sharing sketches live matter? Last night, I typed this post from the

Drawing among chickens
Bothell Country Village is a quirky outdoor mall in the Seattle suburbs where you can easily get lost wandering from store to store, especially if

Triangle house: a slice of weird Seattle
Sketched March 12 and 17, 2015 Welcome to the Egan House, the latest addition to my list of delightfully weird Seattle. The $2,300 month-to-month rental

Vintage machines come alive at computer museum in Sodo
My tech-loving son has set an ambitious goal for his sixth-grade “passion project” at school: to build his own PC. While he tries to get

Back to my old stomping grounds in SoCal
A recent family vacation in Southern California included a day hike in Joshua Tree National Park and an evening dinner at a nearby In-N-Out, a
Seattle Sketcher, in book form
Here’s a peek inside my Seattle Times book, in case you don’t have your own copy yet. My favorite thing about it: The sketches appear
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