There is something magical and powerful about a vast group of people gearing up to witness a solar eclipse together at the same time. My partner and I had such an opportunity on April 8 in Boston, but we were totally unprepared for totality! (95% of it, to be perfectly accurate.)
Ten members of my family flew to Texas from all corners of the country for the major astronomical event of the year: a total solar eclipse on April 8.
Hello readers, Here’s a new bulletin of sketching and reportage news. If you like what you read, please share so others can learn about On the Spot and Sketcher Press. Behind the scenes at a London hospital “Vital Organs” is a newly-released 48-page publication collecting the gripping reportage drawings made by Mereida Fajardo at Chelsea […]
Today I am being a tourist in my own city. I have booked a £25 ticket for a two-and-a-half-hour excursion titled “Working Women in the East End.” The walking tour will wend its way from the world-famous Tower of London and a section of the old Roman city wall into hip Brick Lane, finishing at the popular Spitalfields Market.
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 […]
