This was not a typical day in Lisbon. It was the annual celebration of the Portuguese Communist Party, known as “Festa do Avante!” The event, which usually draws thousands of visitors over three days, has been a local tradition since 1976.
Hello from a plane somewhere between Seoul and Seattle. I’m returning home after attending a remarkable urban sketching festival in Gyeongju, South Korea, but more on that later. Let’s dive into a roundup of notable sketching work in this issue of On the Spot. Political reportage in red and blue Oct. 22, 2022. A session […]
Hello, On the Spot readers. And welcome, new subscribers. As I was writing today’s post, some questions came to mind: Should sketchers seek media credentials to cover events? Many sketchers are often written about and featured in newspapers and magazines. But few write their own articles and pitch them to magazine and newspaper editors for publication. Is […]
Hello, On the Spot readers, and welcome new subscribers. I’m really glad you are here. In today’s newsletter: I introduce you to one of the most intrepid sketchers I’ve ever met I ask you to support my first book project as a publisher I share a list of upcoming sketching events all over the world Are you […]
MILL CREEK, Wash. — In New York Reawakens: A Summer of Hope, a Portland-based reportage artist captures a slice of life in the Big Apple at a pivotal time in the city’s history: the end of the pandemic lockdown in…
Hello, here goes Monday and a new issue of On the Spot. Have you ever partnered with someone else on a sketching project? In today’s issue I highlight an extraordinary project by a family of sketchers in war-torn Ukraine; the work of a sketcher and writer team in Belgium; and an event bringing artists to document […]
