I see sinking ships
August 18, 2014
I first heard of a “sinking ship” building in reference to a Seattle parking garage built on a sloping street near the iconic Smith Tower.
The Australasian Sketcher periodical reported “with pen and pencil” in the late 1800s
August 13, 2014
I hardly came up with an original name for my sketching journal. A reader who recently travelled to Melbourne emailed me a photo of a
A meta-sketching experience
August 11, 2014
How do you call a sketch of something that is already a drawing or a painting? A meta sketch? If so, I did some meta-sketching
When a page is not enough to fit a sketch
August 4, 2014
The sketch doesn’t fit on the page? No worries. That happened to me the other day while I sketched longshore workers at The Port of
Ronald Ginther’s watercolors of the Depression
May 7, 2014
Ronald Ginther’s watercolors are a rare visual document of the Depression years in the Seattle area. Ginther painted events he experienced in jails, homeless camps
Line to Color workshop at WSU
April 22, 2014
Spring and sketching go hand in hand. I spent a wonderful April weekend co-teaching a sketching workshop in Pullman, Washington. My partners were Frank Ching
Let one watercolor a day flow
December 22, 2013
As far as drawing techniques go, watercolor can be really frustrating. As soon as the paint hits the paper, it seems to take a life
The awesome sketchbook of comic book artist Joshua Boulet
September 6, 2013
Joshua Boulet is a comic book artist, illustrator and sketcher originally from Texas whose work I just discovered a few months ago. I was particularly captivated
A mini-Seafair air show at ‘Lake Weaver’
July 18, 2013
Sketched July 18, 2013 It’s like a miniature Seafair air show. At speeds ranging from 30 to 50 mph, little radio-controlled floatplanes loop and twist
Sketchbook memories from Highway 101 road trip
July 16, 2013
The number of amazing scenic locations along the Pacific coast between Seattle and San Francisco is too many to count. How do you even start
Keys to Drawing
May 5, 2013
I often check out art instruction books from my neighborhood library. But I never spend enough time with any one in particular before they are
The journalistic illustrations of Robert Weaver
April 14, 2013
The late Robert Weaver is known for his journalistic approach to illustration. The artwork he published in magazines such as Sports Illustrated, Life and Esquire
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