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A boat parked on a trailer may not be as picturesque as the waterfront scenes that most people are drawn to, but living in the Seattle area, a land of beautiful lakes and waterscapes, has heightened my curiosity for ships…

This morning I joined my fearless trail-running buddies Ben and Ahmed for a power hike and trail-run to legendary Mailbox Peak near North Bend. It was my first visit to this popular hiking destination, and I was excited to squeeze…

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, the rain and clouds didn’t cooperate but my running buddies introduced me to a cool…

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 with the color, going with the company’s signature blue and yellow, instead of the actual…

Hey, fans of the Procreate app, did you see the major update to Pocket Procreate that just happened a few days ago? Now the iPhone version of the app is very similar to the iPad app. You can’t use the Apple Pencil…

Sketchers all over the world went out to draw to celebrate 10 years of Urban Sketchers today. Don’t miss all the sketches shared with the hashtag #USkGlobal24hrsketchwalk. In Seattle, I joined the local group at King Street Station. It was…

Architect and fellow urban sketcher Andika Murandi recently invited me to do a presentation about urban sketching at the Ankrom Moisan Architects Seattle office. The talk was brief, just an introduction about how I developed a daily sketching habit and how…

I had a productive evening commute sketching on my iPhone today. This 30-minute portrait with ProCreate Pocket is the result of just a few glances at a fellow commuter sitting at an angle across from me, therefore it doesn’t quite…