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

Gabriel Campanario
February 21, 2024

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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Tractors as far as the eye can see

Dominika Wróblewska
February 12, 2024

It’s a frosty and foggy morning in my hometown on the Baltic coast of Poland. Everything is strangely quiet. Noises are stifled in the milky air. The only prominent sound is that of birds, chirping away. But the calm is about to end.

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

Gabriel Campanario
January 29, 2024

Marielle Durand has been documenting political debates at the French Parliament since October of 2022. In this Live Zoom Marielle shares how she juggles illustration commissions with self-initiated projects; how she pushes herself by experimenting with new tools or techniques; and offers a preview of an upcoming book of sketches drawn within a 1-kilometer radius of her Paris home.

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

Gabriel Campanario
January 24, 2024

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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Meet our guest for the next Live Zoom

Editorial Staff
January 12, 2024

French artist Marielle Durand has been sketching for more than 20 years, but when she started her career as a professional artist she never imagined the job would open doors like the ones that lead into the French Parliament.

It’s blue, purple and gold all over Houston

Judith Dollar
January 8, 2024

Thousands of out-of-town football fans started arriving in Houston over the weekend to attend today’s game between the University of Michigan Wolverines and the University of Washington Huskies. The College Football Playoff National Championship is at stake.

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

Tractors as far as the eye can see

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

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

Meet our guest for the next Live Zoom

It’s blue, purple and gold all over Houston

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