This was a first for me! I have a great urban sketch in my collection titled Sourdough Bakery. It's an adorable little bakery with the best sourdough cinnamon buns you have ever had in your life. The building itself is charming and rustic. My sketchy side-kick and...
I will lead with what you all want to know…did I sell any art? The answer is YES!! The original above is gone from my inventory AND I have had a collector (who is well aware that prints are available) ask if I would create another original of the same building for...
For better or for worse, artists need to be online these days and that's why I was looking at Art Storefronts. I am probably the most left-brained artist you've ever met. I've spent many more years running businesses as a Chartered Professional Accountant (with a...
Looking for interesting or undiscovered places to Urban Sketch? Here’s a handful that you probably haven’t considered, but should! Sketchy Location #1 - Legislative Library Legislative libraries across Canada are quiet but powerful research hubs that exist to support...
My Sweetie and I visited Dawson on our honeymoon in July 2025. We travelled from the Atlantic Coast across Canada in Vinny VAN Go, our mini-van converted for camping. Up the Dempster Highway we went to Inuvik and got married in the “igloo church”. Just the two of us....
Urban Sketching has official rules. One of those rules is that you must sketch onsite from direct observation. Great rule...but what about reference photos?There are 3 times that reference photos and urban sketching are perfect companions, in my opinion. 1. When...
