Gabriel Campanario

Point No Point Lighthouse

First sketch of 2024 during a family walk to Point No Point Lighthouse on the northern tip of the Kitsap peninsula. Beautiful January day. Micron PN on #hahnemuehle pocket size travel journal.

Rewind: Louis Netter on Reportage Drawing

Dear subscribers,It was a pleasure to host Irish-American artist and scholar Louis Netter during our December Live Zoom.Netter’s upcoming book, “Reportage Drawing: Vision and Experience” promises to be a must read for any artist and sketcher who wants to harness the full potential of observational drawing. The book is the culmination of the academic research he conducted […]

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Sketching News Roundup: Niki Groom, Olivier Kugler, Victor Juhasz, Anna-Louis Fesltead

Hello readers and welcome new subscribers,I’m glad you are here for another fresh batch of sketching news.Niki Groom at ‘Peace Feast’Art by Niki GroomCommunity events offer great opportunities for reportage. In Bristol, England, local artist Niki Groom was commissioned to document Peace Feast, a multicultural evening of food and music held at Refugees Welcome North Somerset in late November.Art by […]

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Treasure hunters in Edmonds

“If you run the scanner over this one, it would probably come up as a bottle cap,” said Bob to his detectorist pal Mike. It was very nice to chat with these fellows after drawing them on my pocket sketchbook.…

Rewind: Live Zoom with Manchester artist Len Grant

Len Grant relies on crowdfunding to publish high-quality books of his sketches.Dear subscribers,How did you like Thursday’s Live Zoom with Len Grant?If you missed it, the recording is at the bottom of this post.I really enjoyed the conversation with Grant. He talked about his professional journey from photography to urban sketching, the evolution of his drawing […]

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Puy de Dome

When in Clermont-Ferrand, a little hike to Puy de Dome is always a good way to start the day, especially in the company of good sketcher friends like @cyrille_briand and his wife Claudie. Did the same last year with @jameshobbsart…

Sketching News Roundup: Kay Van Bellen; Sanika Phawde; Ivan Chow; Antonio Gámiz; On The Spot in print

Hello readers and welcome new subscribers,Here’s a fresh batch of sketching news from talented artists who make on-the-spot sketching look easy.Also, a special announcement is below the calendar at the bottom of this newsletter. Don’t miss it.Denim Days reportage by KVBDrawing by Kay Van BellenI had never heard of Amsterdam’s Denim Days until I discovered the work […]

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Sketching News Roundup: Lapin; Peter Rush; Raúl Deamo; Melanie Chadwick; Sketcher Press in New York

Hello readers,I have a fresh delivery of sketching news for you. Enjoy!Sketcher of the GalaxyAn observatory in Catania as seen by Lapin.It looks as if renowned French urban sketcher Lapin is set to take his sketchbooks into the farthest confines of the galaxy.He has been on assignment in Italy drawing the facilities of the Italian National Institute for […]

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Sketching News Roundup: Jenny Soep at Connect; Mike Shisler’s Burning Man experience; Valerie Orsat’s zine; Christina Wald’s travelogue

Hello readers,Fall has arrived in Seattle. I’m excited to share a new “Sketching News Roundup” with you as rain begins to pour outside. Enjoy!Tiny Changes and live-painter Jenny SoepPhoto by Ryan Buchanan.Stockholm-based reportage artist Jenny Soep landed a pretty rad gig the last week of August. She was the official sketch artist for Edinburgh’s Connect Music Festival, a massive […]

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Sketching News Roundup: Erin De Bar, Joey Mason, Beirut Anniversary, Society of Illustrators

Hi readers,With just a few minutes of August left on the clock here in Seattle, On the Spot’s “Sketching News Roundup” is back. Enjoy!Joust draw it!Earlier in August, London-based illustrator Erin De Bar documented a famous joust competition at Hampton Court Palace.De Bar told me via text how she felt the pressure to capture that hero image that […]

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