Gas Works
Orcas Island
Sketching Cascadia at Graphite Art Gallery
For Immediate ReleaseContact: Tara ShadduckEmail: graphite.tara@gmail.comPhone: 425.510.1097 “A sketch drawn from life is one of the most authentic forms of visual expression.”– Gabi Campanario, artist A collection of more than 100 sketches by regional sketch artists capture a sense of place…
Auckland
Easter in Mexico
4 de Abril, 2023. Primera dibujada con @urbansketchers_qro. Los compañeros @demian_chavez (fotoperiodista y videógrafo excepcional autor de todos estos vídeos), @emececroquis, Jorge Escobar, Daniela Quintanilla y Noemí Ramírez me han recibido con los brazos abiertos y me han llevado a…
Sketching News Roundup: Sylvain Cnudde; Bologna; Florence; Badajoz
Hello readers and greetings from Seattle, As springs turns around, I’m wrapping up some projects and starting new ones. Now, here’s today’s roundup of sketching news. Enjoy! Aboard the Marion Dufresne As I type these words, Paris-based sketcher Sylvain Cnudde is probably…
Sketching News Roundup: Ami Plasse at SXSW; Manish Pimpley; Liza Donnelly; Pedro Cabral; Melanie Reim
Hello readers, This is my twice-a-month post highlighting timely work by artists who draw on the spot and aim to capture a sense of place and time. For the sake of simplicity, I refer to all these artists as sketchers.…
Sketching Climate Pledge Arena
38-degrees is colder than usual in Seattle this time of the year. But I came well-equipped with my finger-less gloves to join the @uskseattle sketch outing at Seattle Center this afternoon. I also warmed up a bit walking all around @climatepledgearena before finding the…
Sketching News Roundup: Daniel Winterbottom, Villard de Honnecourt’s sketchbook, Documenting Community, Sketcher Fest Edmonds
Hello readers, It’s that day of the week when I send you a roundup of good stuff happening in the sketching world. Also, happy Valentine’s Day! Sketching as Witness Seattle-based sketcher Daniel Winterbottom started recording the growing homelessness crisis in Seattle in…
UW greenhouse
The nice folks at the @uwbiogreenhouse hosted a recent @uskseattle sketch outing. I hope I don’t get in trouble for coloring all my plants blue!
Sketching News Roundup: Campus sketcher, Year of the Rabbit, Drawn to protests, Calendar, Live Zoom
Hello readers, Welcome to On the Spot’s “Sketching News Roundup,” which I send out every other Monday. The roundup is where I write about sketchers whose work is particularly timely, interesting, groundbreaking or all of the above. If you find…
Sketching News Roundup: Marta Fonfara, Reportage Grants, Cuenca sketchbook, Calendar
On the Spot is aiming higher in 2023. Become a paid subscriber to support compelling content by reportage artists and urban sketchers. Hello readers, It’s only been a couple of weeks since I asked you to support my goals for 2023 and…
New York City treasures
My trip to New York last month had lots of highlights. I ran the marathon with my friend Ahmed, a fellow Mill Creek runner. I reconnected with Melanie Reim and Veronica Lawlor, two dear sketchers I’ve known for years —…
Sketching news roundup: World Cup; Clermont-Ferrand; a book sequel; events
Hello and welcome to On the Spot, where we celebrate great reportage illustration, urban sketching and the artists behind the work. World Cup fever Dubai-based sketcher Thierry Chehab managed to sketch some World Cup players up-close the other day. He didn’t have a…