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…
These are some demo sketches from an online class I taught last month through Seattle’s internationally-known Gage Academy of Art. For the winter quarter I’m planning a new class (also via Zoom) devoted to “Pen and Wash” sketching. Would you…
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. The March group included sketchers from Redmond, Seattle, Lynnwood, Edmonds, Lake Forest Park and one…
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 quickly if you learn to scale things down properly. That’s the gist of the workshop…
You know urban sketching is a big deal when the mayor of the town where you are teaching a workshop comes out to greet you and reads a prepared statement to welcome you. That’s what Christiane Möller-v. Lübcke, the mayor…
A pocket-size sketchbook and simple drawing tools are all you need to start recording impressions of your city or the places you visit. I shared this handy approach to urban sketching at the Urban Sketchers Chicago Sketch Seminar. The imposing…
Some rain, wind and colder than usual weather didn’t dampen the enthusiasm of participants who attended my urban sketching event in Victoria B.C. over the weekend. Here are some photos from the final sketchwalk and from the three workshops I…
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 of smiles, including mine! The first day I taught how to break down a complex…
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 a place to take shelter: an entryway, a store awning, a covered passage. And sometimes…
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. It was an honor to follow in the footsteps of previous…
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 you can fit on every spread if you know how to simplify a scene. To…
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 days ago. The scenic rivertown in North Portugal is known for its wine industry and historic…