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Veni, vidi, sketched it

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…

IKEA scenes sketched with Procreate Pocket app

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…

Procreate Pocket for iPhone gets major upgrade

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…

Taking light and shade for a ride

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…

Taking ProCreate Pocket for a ride

So I’ve discovered that the iPad app I use for my digital urban sketching and illustrations (ProCreate) also has a pocket version for iPhone! How could I resist!

Same boat, different takes

I rarely sketch the same subject twice, let alone three times, over a short period of time. But that’s what happened recently when I drew the Arthur Foss, a historic tugboat moored on Seattle’s Lake Union. What does it mean…

A taste of California in the U-District

International burger chain CaliBurger opened its first Seattle location last fall. It’s on University Way Northeast, the popular U-District arterial better known as the Ave. My son and I were around the area a few Sundays ago and gave it…