Here Come Da Judge. When I was 7, the most popular show was Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In. Sammy Davis Jr. would cross the screen in a white wig and black robe chanting, “Here come da judge. Here come da judge.” I think about that occasionally when I’m noodling in my journal.

Sir Walter Wally. He used to be my constant companion until his stoopid mom got a stoopid boyfriend to watch him when she travels. #goldenretriever #dog #watercolor

Olympia Pizza, Broadway & Musqueemview, Vancouver. As I sketched, a little old lady came up and asked what I was doing. I told her I was visiting from Seattle to sketch. “An American, huh?” she said. “Are you a good one or a bad one?” I assured her I was a good one.

No Matter What, pen and watercolor.

Once a month 50 or so artists meet at Hugo House in Seattle to complete a page for a zine we pick up at the next meeting. I like to go in with no idea what I'll draw and just see what happens.

Caffe Vita, Seattle. I enjoy chatting with curious looky-loos while sketching. Here’s to IRL encounters.

Seattle Pacific University where 30 yrs ago I earned my teaching cert. It’s a mile from my house yet I’ve never drawn here before today.

45th and Thakery, Seattle. Drawn from the car. From my new book More Walks With Willa. Etsy.com/shop/stevenreddy

She's not tough, she's just drawn that way.

Lords of Potential, watercolor.

45th and University, Seattle. From my book, More Walks With Willa. Etsy.com/shop/stevenreddy

She just left after a week with me. Super sweetie.

Happy Bicycle Day, to all you psychonauts.

Seward Park home.

View north from Magnolia Viewpoint Park. (From my book, More Walks With Willa.) Etsy.com/shop/stevenreddy

Mercer Island home.

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Queen Ann Ave. from Cafe Hagen. #urbansketchers

Apophenia (sketchbook page).

More Walks With Willa is finished. I’m super proud of this big colorful book. 11x8.5, 172 full color pages. Available at Etsy.com/shop/stevenreddy (U.S. only, sorry)

74th St Ale House, Seattle. A perk of location drawing is ego dissolution. My head disappears and there're only the things "out there." Concerns of quality or reception spoil it. It's like meditating but better because my eyes have something to do and there's a record of the sitting.

This week’s lodger. Super sweetie. #dog #ink #drawing

Seattle Public Library with Urban Sketchers. #urbansketcher #drawing #USk #seattle #watercolor

Test driving some POSCA markers.

10 years ago today, keeping Donna company while she recuperates. After a decade she’s still my best (human) friend.

Emerald City Guitars workshop, where I bought my last electric guitar: a 1962 Fender Stratocaster. #guitars #seattle #stratocaster #drawing

Drawn live on location in Denver for my Craftsy class on sketching interiors. #urbansketcher #Craftsy #watercolor

SubPop Records' Café Vita in S. Queen Anne. #urbansketcher #drawing #watercolor #subpop

McGraw & 6th, Seattle. Drawn from the window seat at Macrina's Café. #drawing #illustration #urbansketchers #watercolor

#MadisonCentre building #Seattle drawn with #UrbanSketchers

Trolley Hill Park, Seattle. #urbanskecher #watercolor #drawing #seattle

This week's lodger. #dog #drawing #ink

Sketchbook pages from 1983-2025 for Frank’s birthday today.

Lovebirds. #dogs

Planet Java Diner, Seattle. Ten years ago today. This kitschy diner in Pioneer Square didn't survive Covid. #urbansketcher #diner #drawing

Seattle Urban Sketchers meet-up at Wallingford Center but there's not much left there to draw. Donna, the dogs and I did dashboard drawings from the car. Donna finished in an hour so this drawing will stay grayscale.

My 8day media, motoring and buying blackout was game-changing. I read books, discovered new music, did some writing, yoga, met groovy people IRL, and the dogs and I went down with the sun to be at the park before sunrise. And no politics! Hesitant to come back. (Urbansketch from my time in Bangkok.)

Two days until my total media, money and motoring blackout. A gift to myself. (Drawing from my time in Oslo, Norway, a country with its act together.) #urbansketchers #boycott #blackout

I love a challenge. From 11/25-12/2 I'm going dark: no social media, no driving, no spending money at all. I'm looking forward to it. (Sketch from Jingdezhen, China.)

Last weekend's guest.

Seattle Urbansketchers met today at St. Mark's.

A dark Diva Espresso, on a very dark, rainy day in Seattle. #urbansketchers

Took my car in for a brake check. This was on the table at Diva Espresso across the street where I waited.

View from inside the Greenlake PCC, Seattle. #urbansketcher #seattle #PCC #watercolor #drawing

Queen Anne Ave from the window seat at Café Ladro, Seattle. #urbansketchers #flaneur

Bute and Robson, Vancouver. When I travel, I don't rent a car or take buses or Ubers. I prefer to explore every street and block within walking distance, looking for the less touristy nooks and crannies, seeing the place as if I lived there. #urbansketchers #vancouver

Urban Sketcher Jacqueline took me to Sophie's Cosmic Café, in Vancouver. You could draw here many times and not repeat yourself. #urbansketchers

Off the Tracks, Vancouver. #urbansketcher

The only dog I sit at his house, not mine.

"Bossy Pants" Moksha. One of Willa's first friends when we moved to Queen Anne five years ago. #dog #ink