Tag: sketchbook
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Sketchbook building blocks
When I was putting together my book proposal for The Best Coast (and later when I started the process of building the book itself), I imagined its illustrations to be an extension of my sketchbook drawings. After all, I’ve spent so many years documenting my travels in my sketchbooks that they’ve become an integral part…
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Finders keepers
One of the things I wanted to include in my book is Finders Keepers, a community art event and public treasure hunt in Lincoln City, Oregon. Every year for the last two decades, local artists have created hundreds of hand-blown glass floats and hidden them for beachcombers to find and take home—the name says it…
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A book by its cover
Since today is #WorldBookDay, I thought I’d share a behind-the-scenes look at the process behind the cover design of my new book. And just like any part of bringing a book to life, creating the cover is a careful, detailed, and often lengthy process. Designing a book cover is more of a science than an…
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Let’s go sketching together
If you’re looking to bring a little sketching into your life, or you attended last month’s sketch outing and want a little training, you can learn the basics with me in July! I’ll be teaching my one-day urban sketching workshop again at Seattle’s School of Visual Concepts on July 16—I only teach this workshop at…
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Jaunt + Jot
Photo by Shawn H. Nichols, taken at Artist Trust on Tour: Tacoma If you happen to be in or passing through Tacoma soon, I’ve got a new show of sketchbook drawings up right now, at the brand new Feast Arts Center on Hilltop. Like the way I do it on my travel blog, the images…
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Seven for seven
I can hardly believe it, but I’ve now lived in the Pacific Northwest for seven years. In that time I’ve done my very best to see as much of the region as possible, and document it all in my sketchbook. So in honor of seven years, here are seven sketchbook drawings— —presented in no particular…
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Picture pages
Speaking of new books, my work has appeared in a few other recent titles, and I finally had a chance to share some photos with you. First up is another garden book, which I hinted at some months ago: The Nonstop Color Garden, published by Cool Springs Press, an imprint of Quarto Publishing Group. This…
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PVD TBT
I don’t normally do the whole “Throwback Thursday” (#tbt) thing on social media, but I stumbled across a good one today. While digging through a still-unpacked moving box for something else, I came across these oldies. These hearken back to circa 2001, back when I went through a phase of doing my urban sketching in…
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Weekend revels
I took a rare day off on Friday, to get out of the studio and gather some inspiration in the…um..field. My trip turned into a mini-adventure, full of Washington wonders. Catching the moonrise on my way home was an extra-special bonus, because it reminded me to set an alarm— —so that I could catch a…
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Fiberglass and frames
‘Scuse the bad photos—all I had on me was a mobile phone and a shaky hand. But that’s okay, because if you’re local, you can see the real thing. I just finished installing my newest solo show, featuring sketchbook drawings of roadside attractions! I went for a wide variety of favorite fiberglass and concrete monuments—not…