Sketch of the Week: The Art of Urban Sketching

Exciting news - my sketches are published in "The Art of Urban Sketching"! Many of you know that I am a Los Angeles correspondent for Urban Sketchers, an international online group of people who love to sketch. Now the group has its first book put together by Urban Sketchers founder Gabi Campanario and published through Quarry Books:

As you can see, it is quite a thick volume that has more than 300 pages and over 500 sketches from more than 50 cities around the globe. While I'm happy to see my work in print, what I love about this book is how different artists interpret their cities, allowing me to experience places I visited - like London, Tokyo, and even my own town of Los Angeles - with fresh perspective, while letting my imagination soar with cities I hope to visit some day, like Barcelona, Hong Kong, and Montreal. It truly is like traveling without leaving your couch!

Seeing drawings that are done on the spot is much more personal than photos, since each artwork and its caption tells a story about small moments that happened in a slice of time that were important to that particular artist. Another part of the book that appeals to me as an artist is reading about materials other artists use and learning how to sketch in different conditions. You can take a look at one of my sketches along with more enticing artwork in the post by my fellow Urban Sketcher Pete Scully here. This book is inspiring me to sketch some more!

The Art of Urban Sketching is available worldwide on February 1 through local bookstores and Amazon.