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Judith Dollar is a Houston-based sketchbook artist and world traveler. Since discovering Urban Sketchers in 2010, she has filled more than 100 sketchbooks by saying “yes” to unexpected stories — sketching a roaring drag race, drawing a chef breaking down a 250-pound tuna, and chasing moments she might once have skipped. She is a founding member of Urban Sketchers Houston and serves on the global USk Membership Committee. Her work has appeared in On the Spot and Uppercase magazines, The Urban Sketching Handbook: Spotlight on Nature, and other publications.

Fred Lynch has been a professor of Illustration at the Rhode Island School of Design for over three decades. For many years he taught journalistic drawing in Central Italy. When not teaching, he creates artwork and illustrations that are published and exhibited widely.
Fred and his sketching work have been featured on the Travel Channel and in many books on urban sketching. He lectured and taught at USK Symposiums in Barcelona, Paraty, Manchester, Porto, Amsterdam and Poznan. He lives near Boston.

James Richards was an urban designer, professor and workshop instructor before these real jobs morphed into traveling to 50-odd countries, drawing in sketchbooks and becoming someone different in the process. He’s a founder of Urban Sketchers Texas, the author of “Travel Artist” and “Freehand Drawing and Discovery,” and a pretty good video instructor. His work shows up in over 30 instructional drawing books, exhibitions in the U.S. and abroad, and was seen on NBC Nightly News. His homes are Siesta Key, Florida;, Winona, Minnesota and the road.

Paul Madonna is an award-winning artist and best-selling author known for combining drawing and stories in a wide range of genres, from his enigmatic art series “All Over Coffee” which ran for twelve years in the San Francisco Chronicle, to his large-scale public murals, to his entertaining and sharply-plotted Emit Hopper mystery novels. Paul holds a degree in Fine Arts from Carnegie Mellon University, and was the first — ever! — art intern at Mad magazine.

Amy Stewart is a bestselling author and artist whose interests in the natural world and other subjects have led her around the world in pursuit of the next book idea. She turned to art for a break from the wordiness of writing, and for the last 20 years, she’s painted in oil, gouache, acrylic, and watercolor. Through her sketchbooks and her popular newsletter, “It’s Good to Be Here,” she’s found a way to combine stories, images, and ideas.

A sketcher for more than 40 years, David Chamness has been a member of Seattle Urban Sketchers since 2012. He was a guest artist at Sketcher Fest 2023 and 2024, an instructor with the Seattle 10x10 series and has taught workshops at Art Spot Edmonds. A Pacific Northwest native and recently retired commercial architect, he lives with his wife in Shoreline and is a dedicated fan of local soccer team Seattle Sounders as well as a follower of European leagues.

Maria Coryell-Martin is an expeditionary artist, following the tradition of traveling artists as naturalists and educators. Her field work has taken her from the Arctic to Antarctica, bringing her face-to-face with polar bears, leopard seals, emperor penguins and narwhals, with residencies ranging from Norway to the Washington State Ferries. Her fieldwork serves as the basis for exhibits, presentations and hands-on workshops to promote observation, inquiry and environmental awareness for audiences of all ages.

Seattle-based artist Eleanor Doughty shares her sketching adventures and drawing tips on her Substack newsletter “Hand to Paper.” An international teaching artist since 2019, Doughty never misses an opportunity to fill her sketchbooks with lighthearted and colorful drawings that are later sold as prints or turned into publications — she presented “Sleepless in Seoul” at the 2025 Rendez-vous du Carnet de Voyage. When not on the road, she travels vicariously as the co-host of the popular Street View World Tour on Zoom with Hamburg artist Jenny Adam.

Alex Hollmann was born and brought up in South Africa, the grandchild of Russian, Dutch, Irish, and British immigrants. He teaches Classics at the University of Washington but his other great love is ink drawing and watercolor painting out and about in Seattle and while travelling. He enjoys the challenges, adrenaline-rush, and feelings of oneness with the world that come from on-site sketching.

From a young age, Jorge Che Chacon-Lopez found peace and purpose in drawing and painting. Over the past 25 years, he's worn many creative hats: animator, illustrator, graphic designer, educator and USA Boxing Coach. A proud Chicano artist, he is a former president of the Northwest Watercolor Society and currently teaches visual arts at Atlas High School in West Seattle.

It all began at age 6, when a permanent marker and a bedroom wall became Andika’s first sketch. Born and raised in Indonesia, Andika's love for drawing led him to architecture. Now a practicing architect, he continually finds ways to keep his passion for hand drawing and sketching alive. Believing that sharing is caring, Andika also teaches architectural sketching at the University of Washington’s Department of Architecture. Using pen and ink, Andika’s sketches capture the essence of place and time.

The love of sketching runs in the family of this mother-daughter duo hailing from Snohomish County, Washington. What began as a trip to Italy to hone their skills in plein air painting over a decade ago blossomed into passions for both artists. Mary Beth is an avid calligrapher-turned-sketcher who enhances her sketchbooks by incorporating maps. Elizabeth is a professional illustrator specializing in informational art and Pacific Northwest geography. Their mutual love of maps brings depth and breadth to their respective styles of visual storytelling.

Michael Sanchez is a registered landscape architect with over 30 years of professional experience shaping environments across the western United States, including California, Oregon, Washington, and Idaho. As Associate Professor of Practice at Washington State University, he teaches site engineering, construction documentation, community engagement and foundational drawing. As a designer and artist of the built environment he is a passionate travel sketcher, visual storyteller, watercolorist and enthusiastically uses his drawing as a communication tool and means of expression.