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Hi, I’m Steph! I’m an urban sketcher on the weekends, a data engineer by day, and a clumsy Japanese-English translator in the meantime. 宜しくお願いします〜


Urban sketch

Solo performer

Walked into town and enjoyed a solo performance while sketching. Musicians are nice subjects because they stay sort of in…

Race weekend sketching

I took a sketchbook (of course!) to an amateur race this past weekend, and happened to snag a seat in…

Outdoor musicians

I was inspired by a friend’s musician-filled sketchbook, and I wanted to practice with this neat mini-palette I picked up…

View from the watch tower

We spent a night in a nearby city and I found a few opportunities to sketch outside. First, a beautiful…

Sushi shop sketching

Kanagawa in Mechanicsburg has got to be one of the cutest sushi shops! I love the colors in here (though…

Urban sketching in Midtown

This was a very enjoyable morning, sketching the outside of the bookstore in Midtown, chatting with my fellow urban sketching…

Art museum clock

Our urban sketching meetup was held in the local art museum on this rainy day. This clock caught my eye…

Riverside garden

This ridgeline over the river is one of my favorite sketching subjects.

Ren Faire market

A doodle while waiting for some friends to arrive at the Renaissance Faire. It was challenging and fun to capture…

Market produce

With the farmer’s market as today’s sketching location, I knew it would be pretty ambitious to capture so much activity…

Myrtle Beach shoreline

Sketched from the Surfside pier on a frighteningly windy day. I had to grip my sketchbook hard to keep the…