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Sketching News Roundup: Lapin; Peter Rush; Raúl Deamo; Melanie Chadwick; Sketcher Press in New York

Hello readers, I have a fresh delivery of sketching news for you. Enjoy! Sketcher of the Galaxy An observatory in Catania as seen by Lapin. It looks as if renowned French urban sketcher Lapin is set to take his sketchbooks into the farthest confines of the galaxy. He has been on assignment in Italy drawing the facilities […]

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The Ghost of Tulare Lake

A ghost materialized in California’s Central Valley last winter. Its appearance in this vast farming district was reported by major news outlets around the country, with photojournalists trekking across fields and right up to the edge of a large body of water to take pictures. The images they published did not show a filmy creature rising out of the mist or a pale boat gliding across the lake.

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Sketching News Roundup: Jenny Soep at Connect; Mike Shisler’s Burning Man experience; Valerie Orsat’s zine; Christina Wald’s travelogue

Hello readers, Fall has arrived in Seattle. I’m excited to share a new “Sketching News Roundup” with you as rain begins to pour outside. Enjoy! Tiny Changes and live-painter Jenny Soep Photo by Ryan Buchanan. Stockholm-based reportage artist Jenny Soep landed a pretty rad gig the last week of August. She was the official sketch artist for Edinburgh’s Connect […]

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Sketching News Roundup: Erin De Bar, Joey Mason, Beirut Anniversary, Society of Illustrators

Hi readers, With just a few minutes of August left on the clock here in Seattle, On the Spot’s “Sketching News Roundup” is back. Enjoy! Joust draw it! Earlier in August, London-based illustrator Erin De Bar documented a famous joust competition at Hampton Court Palace. De Bar told me via text how she felt the pressure to capture […]

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