Hot-dog stand sketch: a behind-the-scenes look at the process
January 13, 2021
I can’t believe it took me so long to try a cream-cheese-slathered “Seattle dog” from Betty Aklilu’s Deez Dogz stand at Fifth Avenue and Pike
For the owner of Deez Dogz, it’s all about connection (and cream cheese)
January 10, 2021
THE TOASTED BUN is slathered with cream cheese, and the hot dog is split in half and covered with sauteed onions. “That’s the Seattle Dog,”
From pencil to ink
December 22, 2020
If you aim to make ink sketches with a certain degree of accuracy, it helps to block out the composition in light pencil first. I
Pen and Wash class at Gage Academy of Art
November 22, 2020
These are some demo sketches from an online class I taught last month through Seattle’s internationally-known Gage Academy of Art. For the winter quarter I’m
Passersby pay their respects as the beloved Pink Elephant packs its trunk
November 15, 2020
THE POOR PINK Elephant. It doesn’t spin all the way around anymore. It just nudges back and forth with the wind. As dusk begins to
Between global voyages, this oceanographic research ship docks at Portage Bay
November 8, 2020
THE R/V THOMAS G. Thompson has just returned to its home port at the University of Washington School of Oceanography in Portage Bay after a
Sketching the University of Washington oceanographic research ship
October 23, 2020
A few behind-the-scene snapshots from a wonderful time sketching the University of Washington scientific research vessel Thomas G. Thompson and some crew members. Main sketch
Sketch of green house in Greenwood
October 19, 2020
Spending a few hours working on a big sketch can be very gratifying, but it’s the small drawings I make during unexpected pockets of time
Elephant Car Wash sign gets its own portrait
October 12, 2020
See full post in The Seattle Times: Passersby pay their respects as the beloved Pink Elephant packs its trunk.
The Yesler Trolley Viaduct is now just a nostalgic bridge to our past
August 30, 2020
THE URBAN RUINS of the Yesler Trolley Viaduct in Leschi Park frame a leisurely scene of cyclists cruising up and down Lake Washington Boulevard South.
Green Lake, Seattle
August 7, 2020
I like to fill pockets of time here and there drawing on my pocket sketchbook. Above are recent spreads done with a good-old 2B pencil.
Rhody Ridge Arboretum
July 21, 2020
This arboretum just around the corner from our street is very much a hidden gem in our neighborhood. It gets its name from large rhododendron
Living Desert Zoo and Gardens, Palm Desert, Calif.
January 31, 2020
You don’t get to sketch camels and giraffes every day.
Tsuga Art Gallery
December 19, 2019
My sketcher pal Roy De León documented the exhibit opening at Tsuga Art Gallery in the best possible way.
Clermont-Ferrand Travel Sketchbooks Festival
November 22, 2019
I’m back in Seattle after a whirlwind trip to Clermont-Ferrand, a city in central France boasting the picturesque (medieval churches), the industrial (Michelin), the outdoorsy
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