News and stories from sketchers around the world Exhibits English artist Niki Groom is showcasing more than 10 years of her reportage illustration in an solo exhibit title “Searching for the Future,” on view through Sept. 8 at Centrespace Gallery in the heart of Bristol. Niki specializes in humanitarian reportage, commercial illustration for fashion brands […]
From exploited tomato pickers in Florida to victims of human trafficking in Nepal, the subjects Dan Archer interviews and sketches on the spot are always met with his big smile and genuine interest in their stories. In this recorded Live Zoom conversation, the British nonfiction cartoonist talks about his approach to graphic storytelling and offers a preview of an upcoming 38-page comic about Kung Fu masters in Hong Kong, where he is currently based.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Gabriel Campanariogabi@sketcherpress.com Sketcher Fest Edmonds is pleased to unveil the official poster for this year’s event, featuring original artwork commissioned from Shoreline artist David Chamness, a recently retired architect and longtime urban sketcher. Chamness was inspired to capture the unique roundabout at the intersection of 5th Avenue and
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 now live. Since 2022, we’ve been championing artists who document the world in their sketchbooks. We’ve published our own titles
After more than a year in the making, the London book launch of “Sketchbook Reveal,” by artist and author James Hobbs, took place Oct. 4 — to a full house. The venue, Topolski Studio, couldn’t have been more fitting. Legendary painter and reportage artist Feliks Topolski once worked in this
Gabi Campanario, Urban Sketchers founder and publisher at Sketcher Press, joins the artist and author James Hobbs in conversation about James’s new book Sketchbook Reveal at the Topolski Studio on London’s South Bank on Saturday 4 October at 11.00am.
Sketcher Fest Edmonds, the international festival of travel sketchbooks produced by Sketcher Press, is coming up in just two months (July 19-20), and it’s time to unveil our official poster. It features exclusive artwork we commissioned from Port Townsend artist Virginia Hein.
Deborah McMahon Osterholtz is the daughter of the late Franklin McMahon, a Chicago artist whose extraordinary career as an artist-reporter broke new ground in the world of commercial illustration. Our conversation centered around magazine articles Franklin McMahon published in the early 1960s. How did he manage to get published in such high-profile magazines? How did he get access to the events he covered?
In this Artist Talk on Zoom coming up April 27 at 11 a.m. PDT, Deborah McMahon, the fourth of Franklin and Irene McMahon’s nine children, will join On the Spot editor Gabi Campanario to discuss the keys to McMahon’s success and the relevance of his graphic approach to news coverage in today’s media landscape.
Sketchbook Reveal by James Hobbs was on sale at the recent exhibition of work by Urban Sketchers London at the Art Pavilion in Mile End Park, East London. The show, from 22-30 March, consisted of about 350 works by 150 artists, along with a program of sketchwalks, demonstrations, and community drawing sessions
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