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

Waterfront Center

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

Check in at ArtWorks

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

Check in at ArtWorks

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

Waterfront Center

Sunday, July 12

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

Sketcher Press

Daniel Smith Artists’ Materials

Art Toolkit

ARTspot

Stillman & Birn

Roam Art Designs

Sketch Lounge

Hosted by ARTspot and Art Toolkit

Artist Talks

Waterfront Center | 10 am – 6 pm

A9

10 am

Travel Sketching Moments

David Chamness

A10

10:30 am

The Art of Maps

Elizabeth Person and Mary Beth Person

A11

11 am

From Observation to Story: The Decisions Behind a Sketch

Swasky

A12

11:30 am

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

Alex Hollmann

A13

Noon

When Drawing and Writing Come Together

Paul Madonna

A14

12:30 pm

Everyday Sketchbooks Travel

Deb Mostert

A15

1 pm

The Self-Appointed Artist Residency

Amy Stewart

A16

1:30 pm

Sip ‘n’ Sketch: Sketching Seattle Coffee Shops

Andika Murandi

A17

2:30 pm

Then & Now: Life as a Sketcher

Michael Sánchez

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

2 – 3 p.m.

From Pigment to Paint: The Art of Making Watercolors

Hosted by Thom Wright from DANIEL SMITH

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