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Underwater sketching in the balmy blue sea
Last month, I got to do two of my favorite things at the same time: scuba-diving and sketching, during a weeklong trip to Bonaire Island. Bonaire is a Caribbean municipality of the Netherlands where you can fly directly from Houston, New York or Miami in the U.S., or Amsterdam in Europe. It is tiny, about […]
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Underwater sketching in the balmy blue sea
Last month, I got to do two of my favorite things at the same time: scuba-diving and sketching, during a weeklong trip to Bonaire Island. Bonaire is a Caribbean municipality
Sketcher’s World: People Watching, Mumbai in Watercolor, Biathlon World Cup, Thai elephants
Dear subscriber, Let’s take a look at the inspiring things sketchers around the globe are up to. People Watching If among your goals for the year is getting published in
City Sketchbook: Hampstead, London
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Our online bookstore is live!
Love discovering sketchers’ books and zines but hate the hassle of finding them — or the cost of shipping them from overseas? Great news: the Sketcher Press online bookstore is
Turnip lanterns light up Swiss towns
Pumpkin-carving for Halloween is a well-known tradition in many parts of the world. In my hometown of Wohlen and other parts of Switzerland, we also like to carve a different
Sketcher’s World: Meet 20 artists from the world’s largest travel sketchbooks festival
The program of the 25th edition of Rendevouz International du Carnet de Voyage shows the work of French artist Sonia Privat. The image is meant to symbolize women travellers, the
Here Be Dragons
Sketching without sea legs in Tunisia
A few years ago, my husband, Daniil, got his skipper license. In need of more nautical miles for his logbook, we gladly trade a week in landlocked Berlin for a
Sketcher’s World: Artist Aboard, Cool Gigs, Topolski Studio, Travel Sketchbooks Fever
From ferry decks in the Pacific Northwest to hotel lobbies in Hong Kong, artists everywhere are finding inventive ways to capture new audiences.