July 11-12, 2026

International Festival of Travel Sketchbooks

Edmonds, Washington (USA)

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July 11-12, 2026

International Festival of Travel Sketchbooks

Edmonds, Washington (USA)

Schedule

Saturday, July 11

Artist Talks

Graphite

A1

9 am

Sketching with Purpose

Maria Coryell-Martin

A2

10 am

Sketch Tour of Cuba

Che Lopez

A3

11 am

Sketching in the Arctic

Elizabeth Alley

A4

Noon

Topography of the Temporal

Louis Netter

A5

1:45 pm

Visiting the Relatives

Fred Lynch

A6

2:45 pm

Cartooning as Connection and New Ways of Seeing

Dan Archer

A7

3:45 pm

The Making of an Art Book

Eleanor Doughty

A8

4:45 pm

When your sketchbook whispers ‘Let’s go!’

Judith Dollar

Morning Workshops

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W1

9 am – 12:30 pm

Make A Pocket Sketch Journal: Fill It With Your Story

Judith Dollar

W2

9 am – 12:30 pm

Live-sketching Interviews

Dan Archer

W3

9 am – 12:30 pm

Colorful Monochrome

Fred Lynch

W4

9 am – 12:30 pm

Structure & Subtlety: the Split Complementary Palette

Eleanor Doughty

W5

9 am – 12:30 pm

Be the Artist-in-Residence of Your World

Amy Stewart

W6

9:30 am – 1 pm

A New Way to Draw: Colored Lines with Energy

Santi Sallés

W7

9:30 am – 1 pm

Capturing Informal Public Life: The Third Place

James Richards

W8

9:30 am – 1 pm

Drawing on the Run

Paul Madonna

W9

9:30 am – 1 pm

Figurative Sketching Using Public Art

Deb Mostert

W10

9:30 am – 1 pm

Getting Shady: A Fun Dive into Lines and Values

Andika Murandi

Afternoon Workshops

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W11

1:30 – 5 pm

Map Happy: Enriching Your Sketchbook with Maps

Elizabeth Person and Mary Beth Person

W12

1:30 pm – 5 pm

Look, Draw, Think

Michael Sánchez

W13

1:30 – 5 pm

Storytelling on Location: Character, Sequence and Clear Pages

Swasky

W14

1:30 – 5 pm

Wink and Squint: Building Your Sketch Muscles

Kumi Matsukawa

W15

1:30 – 5 pm

Quick Sketch Travel Memories

David Chamness

W16

2 – 5:30 pm

Finding your Focus: Lessons from Sketching in the Arctic

Elizabeth Alley

W17

2 – 5:30 pm

Drawing with a Thesis

Louis Netter

W18

2 – 5:30 pm

Sketching the Spark: From Observation to Studio Painting

Che Lopez

W19

2 – 5:30 pm

Elements of Nature

Maria Coryell-Martin

W20

2 – 5:30 pm

Getting Loose And Bold With Travel Watercolor

Alex Hollmann

Other events

Various locations

10 am – 12:30 pm

Saturday Morning Sketch Walk

Hosted by Urban Sketchers Seattle

12:30 – 2:30 pm

ARTspot Artist BBQ & Raffle

Hosted by ARTspot

2 – 4:30 pm

Saturday Afternoon Sketch Walk

Hosted by Urban Sketchers Seattle

6:30 – 8 pm

Artists’ Reception

Sunday, July 12

Artist Talks

Graphite

A9

10:30 am

The Art of Maps

Elizabeth Person and Mary Beth Person

A10

11:30 am

Watercolor Travel Sketching: How I Learned To Let Go And Speed Up

Alex Hollmann

A11

12:30 pm

Everyday Sketchbooks Travel

Deb Mostert

A12

1:30 pm

Sip ‘n’ Sketch: Sketching Seattle Coffee Shops

Andika Murandi

A13

2:30 pm

Then & Now: Life as a Sketcher

Michael Sánchez

Sketchbook Fair

Waterfront Center | 10 am – 6 pm

Guest Artists

Dan Archer

Kumi Matsukawa

Deb Mostert

Louis Netter

Santi Sallés

Swasky

Elizabeth Alley

Judith Dollar

Fred Lynch

Paul Madonna

James Richards

Amy Stewart

David Chamness

Maria Coryell-Martin

Eleanor Doughty

Alex Hollmann

Jorge Che Chacon-Lopez

Andika Murandi

Elizabeth and Mary Beth Person

Michael Sánchez

Vendors

Stillman & Birn

Sketcher Press

Daniel Smith Artists’ Materials

ARTspot

Art Toolkit

Sketch Lounge

Hosted by ARTspot and Art Toolkit

Artist Talks

Waterfront Center

A14

10 am

Travel Sketching Moments

David Chamness

A15

11 am

From Observation to Story: The Decisions Behind a Sketch

Swasky

A16

Noon

When Drawing and Writing Come Together

Paul Madonna

A17

1 pm

The Self-Appointed Artist Residency

Amy Stewart

A18

3:15 pm

From storyboards to urban sketching: My life as an artist

Kumi Matsukawa

A19

4:15 pm

Freedom in Drawing: My Book of Random Sketches

Santi Sallés

A20

5:15 pm

Building Bridges: Loose Drawings And True Stories

James Richards

Other events

Waterfront Center

11 am – 3 pm

Live Music

Jazz bands from Mountlake Terrace High School

11 am – 1:30 pm

Sunday Sketch Walk

Hosted by Urban Sketchers Seattle

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