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Independent publisher and distributor for the global sketching community 

The Magazine of Graphic Journalism

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  • Founder of Urban Sketchers, publisher at Sketcher Press and former columnist at The Seattle Times

Reportage News: Mereida Fajardo, Joan Chiverton, Chip Sullivan, Luís Simões, plus a new Sketcher Press book!

Hello readers, Here’s a new bulletin of sketching and reportage news. If you like what you read, please share so others can learn about On the Spot and Sketcher Press. Behind the scenes at a London hospital “Vital Organs” is a newly-released 48-page publication collecting the gripping reportage drawings made by Mereida Fajardo at Chelsea […]

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Reportage News: Simo Capecchi in Adesso magazine; Paul Madonna’s All Over Coffee; Substack Reads features On the Spot

Hello readers, Some housekeeping: On the Spot has a new tagline: the Magazine of Reportage Illustration. This slogan better reflects my original goal for the newsletter: to create a reader-supported publication that pays artists for articles of compelling visual storytelling. In light of the new tagline, “Sketching News Roundups” are now called “Reportage News.” These posts will […]

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Rewind: Marielle Durand on drawing inside the French Parliament and around her Paris 13 neighborhood

The guest of my January Live Zoom was Marielle Durand, an artist, author and urban sketcher based in Paris. Durand belongs to a very small group of artists who holds a special pass to draw inside the French Parliament, where she has been documenting political debates since October of 2022. We talked about many things during our […]

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Reportage News: Rolf Schroeter; Christina Wald; Sketchers on the Road; Calendar

Hi readers, It felt good to kick off On the Spot in 2024 with a contributed article by Houston based artist Judith Dollar. Next, I announced this Thursday’s Artist Talk with Marielle Durand (Are you in?). And now it’s time to review some compelling reportage that caught my eye in the past few weeks. Rolf Schroeter’s protest art You may […]

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Rewind: Louis Netter on Reportage Drawing

“A drawing is a human document of witness, and is ultimately complicated by the subjectivities of the artist’s experience. This book explores the concerns that make the act of reportage a highly valuable record of interaction between human and subject in a hypermediated world.” Louis Netter Recorded live Dec. 21, 2023 Dear subscribers, It was […]

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Sketching News Roundup: Niki Groom, Olivier Kugler, Victor Juhasz, Anna-Louis Fesltead

Hello readers and welcome new subscribers, I’m glad you are here for another fresh batch of sketching news. Niki Groom at ‘Peace Feast’ Art by Niki Groom Community events offer great opportunities for reportage. In Bristol, England, local artist Niki Groom was commissioned to document Peace Feast, a multicultural evening of food and music held at Refugees Welcome North […]

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Rewind: Live Zoom with Manchester artist Len Grant

Len Grant relies on crowdfunding to publish high-quality books of his sketches. Dear subscribers, How did you like Thursday’s Live Zoom with Len Grant? If you missed it, the recording is at the bottom of this post. I really enjoyed the conversation with Grant. He talked about his professional journey from photography to urban sketching, the […]

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Sketching News Roundup: Macy’s Parade; Holiday Summit; Lucinda Rogers; Len Grant; Carnets d’Ailleurs; Sketcher Press coupon code

Hello readers and welcome new subscribers, After the excitement of my trip to France for Rendez-vous and Thanksgiving week, it’s time for a fresh bulletin of sketching news. Consider the books I mention in today’s newsletter when you do your holiday shoppping, and don’t forget about the Live Zoom with Len Grant on Thursday. Macy’s Parade On the […]

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On the Spot in Clermont-Ferrand

Hello readers, and welcome new subscribers, I am back in Seattle after an exciting long weekend at Rendez-vous International du Carnet de Voyage. Rendez-vous is the largest and longest running travel sketchbooks festival in the world. It takes place every year in mid-November in Clermont-Ferrand, a remote city in central France

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Sketching News Roundup: Kay Van Bellen; Sanika Phawde; Ivan Chow; Antonio Gámiz; On The Spot in print

Hello readers and welcome new subscribers, Here’s a fresh batch of sketching news from talented artists who make on-the-spot sketching look easy. Also, a special announcement is below the calendar at the bottom of this newsletter. Don’t miss it. Denim Days reportage by KVB Drawing by Kay Van Bellen I had never heard of Amsterdam’s Denim […]

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On the Spot is the source of information and inspiration for reportage artists, urban sketchers, cartoonists, illustrators and any other visual storytellers who create works of graphic journalism. To become a paid contributor, send your article pitches to editorial@sketcherpress.com.

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