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| 1/18/25 The People's March |
Continuing a long-standing, end-of-year blog tradition, shown
here are my 10 most memorable sketches of 2025. It’s always fun and
illuminating to look back on all my sketches from the year and think about why some
are noteworthy. As I always say in my intro to this post, these are not
necessarily the “best” sketches I made this year; they are my most meaningful
in various ways. In fact, in most cases it wasn’t a single sketch that was most
memorable – it was the whole experience of sketching in that location. My
sketches are not necessarily about special moments; they are moments made
special because I sketched them. For me, that’s what urban sketching is.
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| 4/14/25 Hollywood sign, Los Angeles |
Jan. 18, The People’s March (above): This was the first of
several protest rallies I sketched to document the anger and outrage many people
have been feeling about the state of our country and its so-called leadership.
April 14, the Hollywood sign (at right): Although all the
sketching I did in L.A. last spring was among the most memorable, I chose this
little sketch of the iconic Hollywood sign as the most touristy and therefore emblematic
of my visit.
July 12, Old Dog Haven’s Pups on Parade (below): I had so
much fun sketching dogs (some costumed) and their humans at this event that it
will definitely be on my annual summer calendar going forward.
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| 7/12/25 Pups on Parade |
July 22, Hing Hay Park: Some of my
favorite and most memorable sketching of the summer was during the days leading
up to and winding down from Sketcher Fest. After all the hubbub was over, it
was both relaxing and fun to sketch a familiar spot and experience it through
the fresh eyes of an out-of-town visitor.
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| 7/22/25 Hing Hay Park |
Aug. 21, drawing pets at ArtSpot: Although none of
the hasty pet portraits were my best work, the experience of drawing them
during ArtSpot’s fundraising event was a fun and memorable time.
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| 8/21/25 Sketching pets at ArtSpot (photo by Janet Wang) |
Aug. 21, Beacon Hill sketch outing: This USk outing in
the Beacon Hill neighborhood became something of a media event: A Seattle
Times writer and photographer gave us a little coverage as part of a story
they were doing on Gabi Campanario.
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| 8/21/25 Beacon Hill neighborhood |
Aug. 29, Gasworks Brewing Co. drink & draw: This
was my favorite USk drink & draw of the year, partly due to its location on
Lake Union but mostly because it’s where I finally met Naoko, a sketcher I had
been following on Instagram for years.
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| 8/29/25 USk drink & draw at Gasworks Brewing Co. |
Aug. 30, my childhood home in the Leschi neighborhood:
It was a very special moment to finally sketch the house I grew up in.
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| 8/30/25 My childhood home, Leschi neighborhood |
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| 9/22/25 elephants at the Oregon Zoo, Portland |
Sept. 22, elephants at Oregon Zoo (at left): The highlight of my fall trip to Portland was a visit to the Oregon Zoo, and by far the most fun animals to sketch there were the elephants.
Nov. 30, the Seattle
Marathon (below): Sketching the first marathon I had ever attended certainly made
it a memorable occasion.
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| 11/30/25 Seattle Marathon |
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