Category: ink
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SKETCHES FROM wired monk coffee bistro
One of our favorite cafés is the Wired Monk Coffee Bistro. It’s atmospheric, the walls are covered with fantastic local art, and they…
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SKETCHES FROM glitter bean cafe
A couple of weeks ago N. and I went to Glitter Bean Cafe for the first time and each bought a tea. Glitter Bean is a cooperatively run…
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SKETCHES FROM rousseau chocolatier
I enjoy sketching people in libraries and coffee shops. I do it quickly and discreetly. It’s a challenge to nail down a pose, even a very…
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SLUM children
Back in April I stumbled across an article at the Ultimate History Project website titled “Baby Farmers and Angelmakers: Childcare in…
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art of BARBARA COONEY
Every Christmas my wife reads Natalia Belting’s Christmas Folk (1969) to the children and we all love looking at Barbara Cooney’s…
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sepia Natural History
In August my wife convinced me to pick up a handsome set of four sketch books manufactured by Studio. Normally I refrain from buying more…
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down on the FARM
Ross Farm Museum is a living heritage farm where the interpreters dress in period costume and perform the daily duties …
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going BIRDING
This Fall birds became an unexpected obsession at home and the city offered ample opportunity to indulge in the practice of “Birding” . . .
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enter the PENCIL
While I like the uncertainty and speed tied to drawing only with an ink pen, I do appreciate the greater flexibility that comes with…
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simply COMPLICATED
I’ve been playing at developing a so called cartoon style but have been stymied by the inconsistency of my style from one illustration to…
Robert Martel | Illustrator 