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 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” […]

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 […]