My workshop at Sketcher Fest was aimed at sketchers who want to capture their travel experience using a small sketchbook and very few tools. To embrace this minimalistic sketching lifestyle you need to travel light so you can whip out…
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…
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…
Final group photo in front of Bothell City Hall.
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…