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Last summer, Urban Sketchers Seattle met in the Leschi neighborhood where I grew up. Although the Leschi Market storefront is not usual...

When I acquire a vintage colored pencil, it’s always intriguing from a historical or at least pencil-geeky perspective, but I never expe...

4/10/20 Across the street, Maple Leaf neighborhood Nearly two years ago, I took a workshop at the Porto Urban Sketchers Symposium from...

4/8/20 male goldfinch at our feeder No, I don’t make this stuff up: April 8 was Draw a Bird Day! Begun in England in 1943, the day ori...

Initial releases of Palomino Colors (prior to 2010) I gave Blackwing Colors a full review a few years ago, so I won’t say much about ...

4/8/20 Maple Leaf neighborhood, facing east 4/9/20 Maple Leaf neighborhood, facing west We have a tiny sundeck off our upstairs be...

Blick Studio Colored Pencils After reading my roundup of favorite colored pencils , I was asked to recommend some that “don’t break th...