Gabriel Campanario

Reportage News: Simo Capecchi in Adesso magazine; Paul Madonna’s All Over Coffee; Substack Reads features On the Spot

Hello readers,Some housekeeping:On the Spot has a new tagline: the Magazine of Reportage Illustration. This slogan better reflects my original goal for the newsletter: to create a reader-supported publication that pays artists for articles of compelling visual storytelling. In light of the new tagline, “Sketching News Roundups” are now called “Reportage News.” These posts will continue to […]

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Rewind: Marielle Durand on drawing inside the French Parliament and around her Paris 13 neighborhood

The guest of my January Live Zoom was Marielle Durand, an artist, author and urban sketcher based in Paris.Durand belongs to a very small group of artists who holds a special pass to draw inside the French Parliament, where she has been documenting political debates since October of 2022.We talked about many things during our 75-minute conversation, […]

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Reportage News: Rolf Schroeter; Christina Wald; Sketchers on the Road; Calendar

Hi readers,It felt good to kick off On the Spot in 2024 with a contributed article by Houston based artist Judith Dollar.Next, I announced this Thursday’s Artist Talk with Marielle Durand (Are you in?).And now it’s time to review some compelling reportage that caught my eye in the past few weeks.Rolf Schroeter’s protest artYou may have seen the news: Marches […]

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Meet my guest for January’s Live Zoom

French artist Marielle Durand has been sketching for more than 20 years, but when she started her career as a professional artist she never imagined the job would open doors like the ones that lead into the French Parliament.Since October 2022, Durand has belonged to a very small group of artists allowed to draw the political debates […]

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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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On the Spot in Clermont-Ferrand

Thousands of people congregated in Clermont-Ferrand over the weekend to meet and greet some of the biggest names in the travel sketching universe. In the photo is Paris sketcher Sylvain Cnudde.

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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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