Many travellers snap pictures during their trips, but others find that slowing down to illustrate a place helps them appreciate it in a more meaningful way. Back in the 1800s, French artists like ...

It was one week before Christmas and Rosedale Center buzzed with shoppers and twinkling holiday displays. Amid the bustle, it would be easy to miss people perched at tables and on benches at the ...

One of the biggest cultural phenomena last year was the explosion in popularity of adult coloring books. Today’s versions are created by illustrators and artists, feature intricate and complicated ...

Fans of this newspaper’s regular “Seattle Sketcher” feature, which shares observations of our region via the pen and brush of Seattle Times staff artist Gabriel Campanario, will be glad to know that ...

Some travelers are picking up a creative pastime, sketching, in order to slow down and fully appreciate their destinations. “Urban sketching has completely changed the way I travel around the world,” ...

Each week, somewhere in Brisbane a group of people armed with sketch books, tablets and water colours sit together and capture two hours of city life. These urban sketchers are custodians of the ...

A splash of red here, a dab of white there, some fine lines in black, followed by a sweep of yellow…. At the end of two-and-a-half hours, the watercolours on the white paper take on the shape of the ...

With the fire of artistic passion, I embarked on a journey to Georgetown, Penang with a singular goal in mind: to find hidden gems that would inspire my brushstrokes and bring my paintings to life.