The London Urban Sketchers group (@urbansketcherslondon) celebrated its 10th Anniversary with a fantastic series of sketchwalks, lectures and workshops. They also presented an impressive book of fabulous London sketches (get your copy!). It was thrilling to be in such a…
I spent a wonderful weekend in Santiago de Compostela participating in “Historias de Cadernos de Viaxe,” a conference on travel sketchbooks included in the official programming of #Xacobeo2021. What an honor to be invited to teach a few workshops and…
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 (snowcapped volcanoes!) and the best-known travel-sketchbooks festival in the world, Rendez-Vous Carnet de Voyage. Thousands…
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 gathering of professional in-house graphic designers who work at colleges and universities in the U.S.…
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 like any time you are with fellow urban sketchers, the shared enthusiasm for on-location sketching…
Meetup with urban sketchers from all over greater Barcelona. We sketched around my childhood stomping grounds in L’Hospitalet de Llobregat. An emotional encounter for me, felt like being among family. Thank you all! / Trobada amb urban sketchers de tot…
Watch my 5-minute presentation on urban sketching around Seattle as part of Ampersand Live, a yearly event where Pacific Northwest storytellers discuss topics related to place, people and how to create a sustainable future for the region.
I never thought the practice of on-location drawing, especially as a group, could have a social purpose, but a recent experience in Caracas proved me wrong. I had the opportunity to visit the capital of Venezuela earlier this month as…