An opportunity to travel to Nepal doesn’t happen every day, so when your best friend from childhood gets married in Kathmandu, you pack up your bags — and your sketchbook, of course — and you fly across the world. I spent 13 fascinating days there in December — an optimal time to visit, as the weather is dry and mild.
On the Spot is aiming higher in 2023. Become a paid subscriber to support compelling content by reportage artists and urban sketchers. Hello readers, It’s only been a couple of weeks since I asked you to support my goals for 2023 and become a paid subscriber. Thanks to many of you, new content is coming to On the […]
Hello readers, Is traveling to new places one of your resolutions for 2023? Read on to learn about a sketcher who turned a series of trips into a fascinating book. Also in this Sketching News Roundup: an updated calendar where you may find some events worth packing your suitcase for this year. Wanderlust Five years […]
Hello, Here’s a new issue of On the Spot’s sketching news roundup, which goes out every other week. New here? Welcome! A couple of things before you keep scrolling: One of my goals for 2023 is to expand the scope of On the Spot. You’ve already been getting Bill Russell’s enlightening articles on reportage artists of the past. […]
Hello and welcome to On the Spot, where we celebrate great reportage illustration, urban sketching and the artists behind the work. World Cup fever Thierry Chehab sketched two World Cup players from Saudi Arabia and they autographed his sketchbook. Dubai-based sketcher Thierry Chehab managed to sketch some World Cup players up-close the other day. He didn’t have a […]
Hello readers, greetings from Barcelona. I’ll tell you why I am here in a second, but first, here’s a new roundup of inspiring sketching news: Live from the opera A scene from the opera “Robert Deveraux” drawn on the spot by Inma Serrano. On November 4, during a general rehearsal of the opera “Robert Devereux” […]
