Art as an Opportunity
When I injured my drawing hand in New York a few years ago; when I sketched around my Paris neighborhood during the pandemic lockdown; or when I almost burned out recording all sorts of sporting events at the recent Olympic…
Sunday Afternoon
Mixed Media: Changing Gears Based on the City’s Essence
Every city speaks a different visual language. In this talk, I’ll share how I adapt my sketching tools and techniques—switching between ink, watercolor, pencil, pastel, pen, dip pen and more—to capture the unique rhythm, texture, and mood of each place.…
Extreme Travel Sketching: What to Bring and How to Survive
I’ve been sketching while scuba diving, kayaking, and while on a horseback. And I’ve been doing it while traveling with little and big humans. In this talk I will share my physical and mental tools from my adventures that range…
Exploring Themes with Sketch Collections
What’s possible when we go beyond single sketches and create a series or collection? I’ll share art from my street-themed projects and artists residencies, and discuss my process, including the benefits of setting boundaries, choosing subject matter, and working within…
Sketching Along the Loire River Delta
I started a sketchbook for the simple pleasure of painting the beaches, industrial sites and natural environment near my home in Pornichet, a charming small town on the Atlantic coast of France. Soon, my watercolor sketches revealed a fascinating landscape…
Drawing After Naptime
Traveling as a young parent is hard enough. Making time to sketch while traveling is harder. In this talk, I share sketches from my trip to see family in India, and the ideas and techniques that helped me keep drawing…
Drawing with a Mission
My own inner voice has been very clear: I never saw myself as Monet in the studio; I wanted to be Anthony Bourdain with a sketchbook. The mission was never to create beautiful drawings or to fill a record number…
Less is More: Slow Travel Sketching
Slow travel is a natural companion to on-location sketching, but we all still feel the pressure to see it all – an impossible task. I will share experiences and sketches from a variety of my travels, from traversing New Zealand…
Turning your Sketchbook Journal into a Compelling Travelogue
I will share my journey of transforming travel sketchbooks into published travelogues. From Chateau d’Orquevaux, France (2023) to Romania (2025) and now Argentina, I will discuss the challenges of crafting a compelling narrative, the struggle of never writing enough in…