Veni, vidi, sketched it
December 18, 2018
Hoping for a colorful mountain scene during this morning’s trail run with Ben and Ahmed, I decided to carry my iPad in my backpack. Unfortunately,
Victoria, B.C. Parliament
December 8, 2018
With not much time available before boarding my ferry back to Seattle, I did a quick line drawing of the impressive Parliament building on my
Why I quit fountain pens (for a while) and picked a Bic pen
December 1, 2018
Earlier in my urban sketching years, I thought I had discovered the holy grail when I saw people drawing with fountain pens. That’s how it’s
IKEA scenes sketched with Procreate Pocket app
September 30, 2018
Here are a couple of sketches I made at IKEA using a Wacom Stylus and the Procreate Pocket app on my iPhone. I took license
Fall workshop in Bothell
September 23, 2018
The Fall Edition of the weekend-long workshop that I started teaching at Cloud 9 Art School in Bothell back in March wrapped up with lots
Jumping into a drawing while my friends jump into a lake
September 10, 2018
Glacials melt directly into this alpine lake in the North Cascades. The water is ice-cold. But that didn’t stop my friends Ahmed and Ben from jumping
Porto. Ponto. A travelogue in ten sketches and twenty-one words.
August 29, 2018
Red tiles. Blue tiles. Iron bridges. Baroque churches. Towering monuments. Refreshing fountains. Sweet wine. A magic bookstore. Civic pride. Porto. Ponto.
Urban sketching crash course in drizzly Bellingham
August 28, 2018
All these years in the Pacific Northwest have taught me never to let rain dampen my sketching plans. Unless is cold and windy, there’s always
El Castillo de Montemolín
August 20, 2018
The Castle of Montemolín, “el castillo” as I’ve called it since I was a kid, is one of more than 300 medieval fortresses embedded in
Urban Sketching on foot class at the School of Visual Concepts
August 11, 2018
Had a lot of fun teaching “urban sketching on foot” today with a fantastic group of students. The class was part of the School of Visual Concepts summer program.
First Hill community workshop
August 4, 2018
My urban sketching workshop at View Park was part of the Summer Events program organized by the First Hill neighborhood. Special thanks to Alex Hudson
Pocket Urban Sketching workshop booklet
July 30, 2018
The workshop I just taught at #USkPorto2018 was about using a pocket-size notebook for urban sketching. That format may seem small, but there’s a lot
Workshop in Porto
July 25, 2018
I had the privilege of teaching my Pocket Urban Sketching workshop to three groups of international sketchers during the 9th Urban Sketchers Symposium held in Porto a few
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