Fun Fact: Play-Doh was developed as a wallpaper cleaner in the 1930s. Fun Fact: The Magic 8 Ball was invented by the son of famous medium Laura Pruden. Fun Fact: Merle Robbins brought his idea for UNO cards to U.S. Playing Card Company, but it was rejected, which was their huge loss. What do these […]
The migrant crisis in Calais, a major port city in northern France, is a manmade disaster. An area derogatively called the “Jungle,” a former site of departure and encampment, is sealed in barbed wire and fencing. It’s impossible to visit. But in late October 2025, fellow illustrator and researcher Kremena Dimitrova and I arranged to […]
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…
Putting yourself in harm’s way to make a sketch is risky business. I have experienced a few scary moments over the years: falling off a kayak, being pushed by a goat and sketching while tandem-paraglading come to mind. But nothing remotely close to what Isabelle Brourman recently endured. While documenting the immigration crackdown in Minneapolis […]
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 […]
