A quick abstract experiment in the studio • charcoal and pastel on Arches Cover paper • 30” x 22” • 2025 • #studiopractice #abstraction #abstract #markmaking #drawing #charcoal #pastel #archescover #explosion #ruins #debris #dougrussell #dougrussellart #sketch

What We Left Behind 08 • Reworking of an older drawing from 2016, adding more gesture and color • Prismacolor pencil, Inktense pencil, and acrylic paint on Dura-Lar • 40” x 25” • 2016-2025 • available at Istanbul Concept Gallery •• #drawing #sketch #artyear #istanbulconceptgallery #ruins #art

What We Left Behind 05 • Reworking of an older drawing from 2016, adding more gesture and color • Prismacolor pencil, Inktense pencil, and acrylic paint on Dura-Lar • 40” x 25” • 2016-2025 • available at Istanbul Concept Gallery •• #drawing #sketch #artyear #istanbulconceptgallery #ruins #art

What We Left Behind 09 • Reworking of an older drawing from 2016, adding more gesture and color • Prismacolor pencil, Inktense pencil, and acrylic paint on Dura-Lar • 64” x 40” • 2016-2025 • available at Istanbul Concept Gallery •• #drawing #sketch #artyear #istanbulconceptgallery #ruins #art

What We Left Behind 04 • Reworking of an older drawing from 2016, adding more gesture and color • Prismacolor pencil, Inktense pencil, and acrylic paint on Dura-Lar • 64” x 40” • 2016-2025 • available at Istanbul Concept Gallery •• #drawing #sketch #artyear #istanbulconceptgallery #ruins #art

What We Left Behind 01 • Reworking of an older drawing from 2016, adding more gesture and color • Prismacolor pencil, Inktense pencil, and acrylic paint on Dura-Lar • 64” x 40” • 2016-2025 • available at Istanbul Concept Gallery •• #drawing #sketch #artyear #istanbulconceptgallery #ruins #art

Sketch of the University of Wyoming campus • Platinum Carbon Black ink in a Sailor Fude fountain pen with a Pentel Vistage Water Brush (filled with Pilot Iroshizuku Kiri-same gray ink) in a Stillman and Birn Zeta series sketchbook • 5” x 16” • Wyoming • September 2025 • #urbansketchers #artyear

Sketch of the University of Wyoming campus • Platinum Carbon Black ink in a Sailor Fude fountain pen with a Pentel Vistage Water Brush (filled with Pilot Iroshizuku Kiri-same gray ink) in a Stillman and Birn Zeta series sketchbook • 5” x 16” • Wyoming • September 2025 • #urbansketchers #artyear

Sketch at the Neltje Center • Platinum Carbon Black ink in a Sailor Fude De Mannen fountain pen with a Pentel Vistage Water Brush (filled with Pilot Iroshizuku Kiri-same gray ink) in a Stillman and Birn Zeta series sketchbook • 5” x 8” • Wyoming • August 2025 • #urbansketchers #artyear #usk

Sketch at the Neltje Center • Platinum Carbon Black ink in a Sailor Fude De Mannen fountain pen with a Pentel Vistage Water Brush (filled with Pilot Iroshizuku Kiri-same gray ink) in a Stillman and Birn Zeta series sketchbook • 5” x 8” • Wyoming • August 2025 • #urbansketchers #artyear #usk

Sketch at the Neltje Center near Sheridan • Platinum Carbon Black ink in a Sailor Fude De Mannen fountain pen with a Pentel Vistage Water Brush (filled with Pilot Iroshizuku Kiri-same gray ink) in a Stillman and Birn Zeta series sketchbook • 5” x 16” • Wyoming • July 2025 • #urbansketchers #artyear

Sunday backyard sketch • Platinum Carbon Black ink in a Sailor Fude De Mannen fountain pen with a Pentel Vistage Water Brush (filled with Pilot Iroshizuku Kiri-same gray ink) in a Stillman and Birn Zeta series sketchbook • 5” x 16” • Wyoming • July 2025 • #urbansketchers #artyear #sketch #usk

I continue to be very impressed with the Sailor Fude De Mannen fountain pen and its incredible range of marks • Platinum Carbon Black ink in a Sailor Fude fountain pen in a Stillman and Birn Zeta series sketchbook • 8” x 5” • Wyoming • July 2025 • #urbansketchers #artyear #sailorfudepen #fountainpen

Sketch of forest and lake at Medicine Bow Peak • Platinum Carbon Black ink in a Sailor Fude fountain pen with a Pentel Vistage Water Brush (filled with Pilot Iroshizuku Kiri-same gray ink) in a Stillman and Birn Zeta series sketchbook • 8” x 5” • Wyoming • July 2025 • #urbansketchers #artyear #usk

Sketch of forest and lake at Medicine Bow Peak • Platinum Carbon Black ink in a Sailor Fude fountain pen with a Pentel Vistage Water Brush (filled with Pilot Iroshizuku Kiri-same gray ink) in a Stillman and Birn Zeta series sketchbook • 8” x 5” • Wyoming • July 2025 • #urbansketchers #artyear #usk

Sketch of the University of Wyoming campus • Platinum Carbon Black ink in a Lamy Safari fountain pen with a Da Vinci travel brush and gray Pilot Iroshizuku ink and a gray Pentel Pocket Brush Pen in a Stillman and Birn Zeta series sketchbook • 5” x 16” • Laramie • July 2025 • #urbansketchers #usk

Current view of studio with several drawings from 2016 being revisited and reworked • Visual Arts Building • University of Wyoming • July 2025 • #artyear #urbansketchers #studiopractice #drawing #ruins #reworking #prismacolor #duralar

We are excited to announce that Swoon will be our eminent visiting artist for the 2025-26 academic year! A solo exhibition of the artist's work will open in the UW Visual Arts Gallery on August 25. Events with Swoon and her collaborators will enrich our community throughout the coming year.

Detail shots … continuing to breathe new life into some old drawings from 2016, reworking them with more gesture and color • Prismacolor pencil, Inktense pencil, and acrylic paint on Dura-Lar • each drawing 64” x 40” • 2016-2025 (in progress … again) • #artyear #ruins #prismacolor #acrylic #drawing

Breathing new life into some old drawings from 2016, reworking them with more gesture and color • Prismacolor pencil, Inktense pencil, acrylic paint, ink, and graphite on Dura-Lar • 64” x 40” • 2016-2025 (in progress … again) • #artyear #ruins #prismacolor #ink #acrylic #drawing #reworking #studio

Drawing from the Hammamhane Hotel in Çukurcuma in Istanbul •• Platinum Carbon Black ink in a Lamy Safari fountain pen with a Pentel Vistage Water Brush (filled with Pilot Iroshizuku Kiri-same gray ink) and Prismacolor pencil on brown Stonehenge paper • 11” x 7.5” • June 2025 • #urbansketchers #usk

Drawing from the Hammamhane Hotel in Çukurcuma in Istanbul •• Platinum Carbon Black ink in a Lamy Safari fountain pen with a Pentel Vistage Water Brush (filled with Pilot Iroshizuku Kiri-same gray ink) and Prismacolor pencil on brown Stonehenge paper • 11” x 7.5” • June 2025 • #urbansketchers #usk

Sketch of the Yildiz Hamidiye Mosque in Beşiktaş, Istanbul • Platinum Carbon Black ink in a Lamy Safari fountain pen with a Pentel Vistage Water Brush (filled with Pilot Iroshizuku Kiri-same gray ink) in a Stillman and Birn Zeta series sketchbook • 5” x 3.5” • Türkiye • June 2025 • #urbansketchers

Drawing inside the Kurşunlu Han in Galata, Istanbul • Platinum Carbon Black ink in a Lamy Safari fountain pen with a Pentel Vistage Water Brush (filled with Pilot Iroshizuku Kiri-same gray ink) and Prismacolor pencil on brown Stonehenge paper • 15” x 11” • Türkiye • June 2025 • #urbansketchers #usk

Sketch in Çukurcuma in Istanbul •• Platinum Carbon Black ink in Lamy Safari fountain pen with gray Pilot Iroshizuku ink and using a Da Vinci travel brush in a Stillman and Birn Zeta series sketchbook • 10” x 8” • Türkiye • June 2025 • #urbansketchers #artyear #urbansketching #usk

Sketch inside the Anadolu Evleri Otel in Gaziantep • Platinum Carbon Black ink in a Lamy Safari fountain pen with a Pentel Vistage Water Brush (filled with Pilot Iroshizuku Kiri-same gray ink) and Prismacolor pencil on brown Stonehenge paper • 15” x 11” • June 2025 • #urbansketchers #artyear #usk

Sketch inside the Anadolu Evleri Otel in Gaziantep • Platinum Carbon Black ink in a Lamy Safari fountain pen with a Pentel Vistage Water Brush (filled with Pilot Iroshizuku Kiri-same gray ink) and Prismacolor pencil on brown Stonehenge paper • 15” x 11” • June 2025 • #urbansketchers #artyear #usk

Sketch inside the Anadolu Evleri Otel in Gaziantep • Platinum Carbon Black ink in a Lamy Safari fountain pen with gray Pilot Iroshizuku ink and using a Da Vinci travel brush in a Stillman and Birn Zeta series sketchbook • 8” x 5” • Türkiye • June 2025 • #urbansketchers #artyear #urbansketching

Sketch inside the Anadolu Evleri Otel in Gaziantep • Platinum Carbon Black ink in a Lamy Safari fountain pen with gray Pilot Iroshizuku ink and using a Da Vinci travel brush in a Stillman and Birn Zeta series sketchbook • 8” x 5” • Türkiye • June 2025 • #urbansketchers #artyear #urbansketching

Sketch of the Alaüddevle Mosque from our hotel in Gaziantep •• Platinum Carbon Black ink in a Lamy Safari fountain pen and Kaweco Pearl Black ink in another Lamy Safari with a Da Vinci travel brush in a Stillman and Birn Zeta series sketchbook • 5.5” x 3.5” • Türkiye • June 2025 • #urbansketchers

Small sketch in progress inside the Hanehan Butik Otel in Şanlıurfa • Platinum Carbon Black ink in a Lamy Safari fountain pen with an Art Toolkit pocket watercolor palette and a Da Vinci travel brush in a Stillman and Birn Zeta sketchbook • 5.5” x 3.5” • Türkiye • June 2025 • #urbansketchers #usk

Small sketch inside the Hanehan Butik Otel in Şanlıurfa • Platinum Carbon Black ink in a Lamy Safari fountain pen with an Art Toolkit pocket watercolor palette and a Da Vinci travel brush in a Stillman and Birn Zeta sketchbook • 5.5” x 3.5” • Türkiye • June 2025 • #urbansketchers #artyear #usk

Drawing inside the Hanehan Butik Otel in Şanlıurfa, Türkiye •• Platinum Carbon Black ink in a Lamy Safari fountain pen with a Pentel Vistage Water Brush (filled with Pilot Iroshizuku Kiri-same gray ink) and Prismacolor pencil on brown Stonehenge paper • 15” x 11” • June 2025 • #urbansketchers #usk

Drawing in progress of alley in Mardin, Türkiye •• Platinum Carbon Black ink in a Lamy Safari fountain pen with a Pentel Vistage Water Brush (filled with Pilot Iroshizuku Kiri-same gray ink) and Prismacolor pencil on brown Stonehenge paper • 11” x 7.5” • June 2025 • #urbansketchers #artyear #usk

Drawing of alley in Mardin, Türkiye •• Platinum Carbon Black ink in a Lamy Safari fountain pen with a Pentel Vistage Water Brush (filled with Pilot Iroshizuku Kiri-same gray ink) and Prismacolor pencil on brown Stonehenge paper • 11” x 7.5” • June 2025 • #urbansketchers #artyear #usk

Three steps in my drawing of the Latifiye Mosque in Mardin, Türkiye • Platinum Carbon Black ink in a Lamy Safari fountain pen with a Pentel Vistage Water Brush (filled with Pilot Iroshizuku Kiri-same gray ink) and Prismacolor pencil on brown Stonehenge paper • 15” x 11” • June 2025 • #urbansketchers

Drawing in progress of the Latifiye Mosque in Mardin, Türkiye •• Platinum Carbon Black ink in a Lamy Safari fountain pen with a Pentel Vistage Water Brush (filled with Pilot Iroshizuku Kiri-same gray ink) and Prismacolor pencil on brown Stonehenge paper • 15” x 11” • June 2025 • #urbansketchers #usk

Drawing of the Latifiye Mosque in Mardin, Türkiye •• Platinum Carbon Black ink in a Lamy Safari fountain pen with a Pentel Vistage Water Brush (filled with Pilot Iroshizuku Kiri-same gray ink) and Prismacolor pencil on brown Stonehenge paper • 15” x 11” • June 2025 • #urbansketchers #artyear #usk

Quick sketch from a Mardin rooftop before dinner •• Platinum Carbon Black ink in a Lamy Safari fountain pen with a Pentel Vistage Water Brush (filled with Pilot Iroshizuku Kiri-same gray ink) in a Stillman and Birn Zeta series sketchbook • 3.5” x 5.5” • Türkiye • June 2025 • #urbansketchers #usk

Small sunset sketch from Moon House Bungalows near Rize • Platinum Carbon Black ink in a Lamy Safari fountain pen with an Art Toolkit pocket watercolor palette and a Da Vinci travel brush in a Stillman and Birn Zeta sketchbook • 3.5” x 11” • Türkiye • June 2025 • #urbansketchers #artyear #usk

View from Moon House Bungalows in the Kaçkar Mountains •• Platinum Carbon Black ink in Lamy Safari fountain pen with gray Pilot Iroshizuku ink and using a Da Vinci travel brush in a Stillman and Birn Zeta series sketchbook • 8” x 10” • Türkiye • June 2025 • #urbansketching #urbansketchers #artyear

Interior at Moon House Bungalows near Rize •• Platinum Carbon Black ink in a Lamy Safari fountain pen with a Pentel Vistage Water Brush (filled with Pilot Iroshizuku Kiri-same gray ink) in a Stillman and Birn Zeta series sketchbook • 8” x 5” • Türkiye • June 2025 • #urbansketchers #urbansketching

Drawing in progress from Moon House Bungalows in the Kaçkar Mountains •• Platinum Carbon Black ink in a Lamy Safari fountain pen, Pentel Vistage Water Brush (Iroshizuku Kiri-same gray ink), Gray Pentel Pocket Brush, Prismacolor pencil on brown Stonehenge paper • 11” x 15” • Türkiye • June 2025 •

View from Moon House Bungalows in the Kaçkar Mountains •• Platinum Carbon Black ink in a Lamy Safari fountain pen with a Pentel Vistage Water Brush (Pilot Iroshizuku Kiri-same gray ink), gray Pentel Pocket Brush, and Prismacolor pencil on brown Stonehenge paper • 11” x 15” • Türkiye • June 2025 •

View of Hamsiköy in progress •• Platinum Carbon Black ink in a Lamy Safari fountain pen with a Pentel Vistage Water Brush (filled with Pilot Iroshizuku Kiri-same gray ink) and Prismacolor pencil on brown Stonehenge paper • 7.5” x 11” • Türkiye • June 2025 • #urbansketchers #urbansketching #artyear

View of Hamsiköy •• Platinum Carbon Black ink in a Lamy Safari fountain pen with a Pentel Vistage Water Brush (filled with Pilot Iroshizuku Kiri-same gray ink) and Prismacolor pencil on brown Stonehenge paper • 7.5” x 11” • Türkiye • June 2025 • #urbansketchers #urbansketching #artyear #usk

View of Hamsiköy from the Alya Teras Otel • Platinum Carbon Black ink in a Lamy Safari fountain pen, with an Art Toolkit pocket watercolor palette, Iroshizuku Kiri-same gray ink, and a Da Vinci travel brush in a Stillman and Birn Zeta sketchbook • 8” x 10” • Türkiye • May 2025 • #urbansketchers

Sketch of the Black Sea at dusk from the Sinop Antik Otel •• Pentel Vistage Water Brush (filled with Pilot Iroshizuku Kiri-same gray ink) in a Stillman and Birn Zeta series sketchbook • 5” x 16” • Türkiye • May 2025 • #urbansketchers #urbansketching #artyear #usk #sketch #drawing #inkdrawing

Sketch of boat in Sinop harbor • Platinum Carbon Black ink in a Lamy Safari fountain pen with a Pentel Vistage Water Brush (filled with Pilot Iroshizuku Kiri-same gray ink) and a gray Pentel Pocket Brush Pen in a Stillman and Birn Zeta series sketchbook • 8” x 10” • Türkiye • May 2025 • #usk #art

Sketch of the Black Sea from Sinop •• Platinum Carbon Black ink in a Lamy Safari fountain pen with a Pentel Vistage Water Brush (filled with Pilot Iroshizuku Kiri-same gray ink) in a Stillman and Birn Zeta series sketchbook • 5” x 16” • Türkiye • May 2025 • #urbansketching #urbansketchers #artyear