
Green Lake, Seattle
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.

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.

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

You don’t get to sketch camels and giraffes every day.

My sketcher pal Roy De León documented the exhibit opening at Tsuga Art Gallery in the best possible way.

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

Here’s something exciting —and humbling— I’ve been meaning to share. A few weeks ago I was a speaker (and award recipient!) at #UCDA2019, the annual



Urban Sketchers Portugal invited me to join their 10th anniversary celebrations in Lisbon last week. About 150 sketchers from all over the country attended. And

I can’t leave Montemolín without a mandatory sketch of “el Castillo.” The ruins of this medieval fortress, which is illuminated at night, are a point


Three times a year, I’ve been teaching a weekend-long urban sketching workshop in downtown Bothell, WA., a charming river town 15 miles north of Seattle.

Too big to draw. Too little time. Those thoughts may stop an urban sketcher from attempting to capture awesome scenes. Yet it can be done

Ballpoint pen sketch on a hot summer day while attending the 10th Urban Sketchers Symposium in Amsterdam.

A ferry ride along the Elbe River led to a good sketching spot.