urban sketching | stoddard art studio

LosAngeles+Pasadena

I will be having an exhibit of my urban collages at Judson Studios in South Pasadena during the month of July. The show will feature 45 s...

San Diego

I few days later I took the Pacific Surfliner down to San Diego for the day. I arrived at Union Station early and headed up to the platfo...

San Luis Obispo Sketches

Here are some recent sketches made during a trip on the train to San Luis Obispo last month. The ride was five hours each way, which prov...

Mackinaw Island Weekend

These sketches are from a trip I took to Michigan a few months ago. I used a 6” x 9” Stillman & Birn watercolor book and brought along my...

Pen and Ink Sketches

In my work as an environmental graphic designer, we develop graphics for the built environment. We work with architects and developers fo...

Eaton Canyon Paint Out

Last Saturday my friend Dennis and I braved the unseasonal heat to paint in Eaton Canyon. We hiked up a wash and found a spot in the shad...

Manzanar Paint Out - Part 2

The small town of Keeler is an excellent place to wander about and sketch and paint. As a fan of architecture, I love the variety of quir...

Manzanar Paint Out - Part 1

I went to Lone Pine a few years ago for the annual Henry Fukuhara Paint Out. Watercolor artists from all over gather for this five-day wo...

Florida Sketchbook - Part 3

I ended up filling a complete sketchbook on this trip, using both sides of most of the pages. The last blog post concluded with a night s...

Florida Sketchbook - Part 2

We packed up and headed out to New Orleans for the weekend. It was a rainy Saturday morning. I was a passenger for once, so I had the opp...

Florida Sketchbook - Part 1

It was early and still raining when we arrived at LAX. While we waited for our delayed flight (that was ultimately cancelled), I sketched...

Kauai Sketchbook - Part 2

This next series continues my Kauai adventure starting with dinner at an outdoor restaurant, next to a waterfall and surrounded by Tiki t...

Watercolor Workshop

Here is a series of images from a watercolor workshop I taught at the San Fernando Valley Arts and Cultural Center in Tarzana. It was a tw...

Crystal Cove

Lately I have been working on a series of paintings and sketches of Crystal Cove, a small community of cottages and cabins on the coast o...

Colorado Street Bridge Demonstration

I gave a demonstration for the California Art League in Tarzana last night. It was well-attended and the food was spectacular. Video Vic ...

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