Big Update on our Etsy Shop
It’s always fun to be able to say, “I just sold an original watercolor!” We’ve recently updated our Etsy Shop, to include one hundred original watercolor sketches, and this was the first to sell :)...
View ArticleA Sketch for the King
Bantry House, County Cork, Ireland, 15 x 22″ Watercolor on Cotton Rag, Fabriano Artistico. This painting is a redux, sized up to half-sheet (15×22″) working from my own quarter-sheet sketch (11×15″),...
View ArticleInternational Self Portrait Day is Not Today!
International Self Portrait Day is November 1st. < Not today. I can’t seem to find who started the ‘official day’, or if it has a home online. I don’t think so? It seems to be just a meme that...
View Article#OneWeek100People : Coming March 3, 2025 – Also Big Changes This Year! Please...
It’s happening again, Monday March 3, 2025 – time again for our annual street-sketching marathon, #OneWeek100People! < See the past years events here! ] This is, of course, our fun activity where...
View ArticleCanadian Society of Painters in Watercolor : 100th Year Anniversary show :...
This year is the 100th year for the venerable old CSPWC, which is kind of a big deal. I was excited to apply for the 2025 member’s exhibition, but, unfortunately, I have been soundly rejected!...
View Article#OneWeek100People, 2025 Day 01
Hey everybody! It’s March! 2025! I’m somewhat shocked to note this is the 9th year of #OneWeek100People. This means *next* year is kind of a big deal. There’s very very very few things in life I’ve...
View ArticleOneWeek100People, 2025 Day 02
So, last couple Marathon’s I made a big deal about getting 100 in a day. But honestly; I don’t really do ink drawings any more? Like simple pen line, or anything monochromatic. I fished out the dip...
View ArticleOneWeek100People, 2025 Day 03
Come on right? The light on that bike rack was like being in a Christopher Nolan movie. I do this marathon every year to remind myself what I love about street sketching. Keep moving and make your own...
View ArticleBonus Day! #OneWeek100People 2025 : Day 04
It’s always great when you finish your 100 and you can goof around for the rest of the marathon :) I was looking around for fun things to draw, and found this exhibition Dressing up History at the...
View Article#OneWeek100People, Day 05, 2025
Thanks everyone who participated! I hope y’all had a great time, I hope y’all did some drawings you’re excited about, and I hope you spent some time sketching with friends! Next year will be the TENTH...
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