sketchbooks
Thank you for visiting my website! The blog is updated most days with new sketches. Here however you may be interested in seeing some of my many sketchbooks from over the years. I have typically used a landscape sketchbook of roughly 8×5″ size (or thereabouts), watercolour Moleskine, Seawhite of Brighton or Stillman and Birn (Alpha), but I have a few others. I recently re-organized and re-named the sketchbooks so they are not categorized by brand, but the main classifications are the small landscape books, other formats are either classified differently or are not here. In November 2016, I had a retrospective exhibition of ten years of my sketchbooks at the UC Davis Design Museum called ‘Conversations With the City.’ That was fun! I’ve done loads more drawing since then, over twice as many sketchbooks. Please note, these link to the folders on Flickr where I store the images.
MAIN SKETCHBOOKS
SKETCHBOOK 59 – Landscape Hahnemühle A5 #2 – September 2025 to present – Davis, Corvallis (OR), Portland (OR)
SKETCHBOOK 58 – Portrait Hahnemühle A5 #1 – August 2025 to September 2025 – Oxford, London, Gdańsk, Poznań, San Francisco, Pasadena, Davis
SKETCHBOOK 57 – Landscape Watercolour Moleskine #29 – August 2025 – London, Gdańsk, Poznań (Poland), Berlin (Germany).
SKETCHBOOK 56 – Landscape Hahnemühle A5 #1 – May 2025 to August 2025 – Davis, San Francisco, London, Oxford (UK).
SKETCHBOOK 55 – Landscape Watercolour Moleskine #28 – March 2025 to May 2025 – Davis, San Francisco, Washington DC, New York
SKETCHBOOK 54 – Landscape Watercolour Moleskine #27 – December 2024 to March 2025 – Davis, Sacramento, San Francisco
SKETCHBOOK 53 – Landscape Watercolour Moleskine #26 – October 2024 to December 2024 – Kaua’i (Hawaii), Davis, London, Santa Rosa
SKETCHBOOK 52 – Portrait Watercolour Moleskine #2 – July 2024 to October 2024 – Half Moon Bay CA, Davis, Muir Woods, San Francisco
SKETCHBOOK 51 – Portrait Watercolour Moleskine #1 – June 2024 to July 2024 – Davis, London, Aix-en-Provence, Nice, Monaco, San Francisco
SKETCHBOOK 50 – Landscape Watercolour Moleskine #25 – March 2024 to May 2024 – Riverside (CA), Davis, Zion (Utah), Bryce Canyon (Utah), Las Vegas (Nevada), San Francisco
SKETCHBOOK 49 – Landscape Moleskine #24 – December 2023 to March 2024 – Maui, Davis, Truckee, Sacramento, Los Angeles
SKETCHBOOK 48 – Stillman & Birn (Alpha) #9 – August 2023 to December 2023 – San Francisco, Davis, Sacramento
SKETCHBOOK 47 – Landscape Watercolour Moleskine #23 – May 2023 to July 2023 – London; Davis; Edinburgh, Glasgow, Fort William, Glenfinnan, Loch Ness (Scotland); San Francisco
SKETCHBOOK 46 – Fabriano Watercolour – April 2023 to May 2023 – Berkeley, Oakland, Davis, London.
SKETCHBOOK 45 – Landscape Watercolour Moleskine #22 – October 2022 to April 2023 – Davis, Disneyland, San Francisco, Sacramento, Chicago.
SKETCHBOOK 44 – Landscape Watercolour Moleskine #21 – July 2022 to October 2022 – Normandy, Paris (France), Davis, San Francisco, San Ramon, Stanford
SKETCHBOOK 43 – Landscape Watercolour Moleskine #20 – June 2022 to July 2022 – Lille (France), Brussels, Antwerp, Leuven (Belgium), Davis, London, Normandy (France)
SKETCHBOOK 42 – Landscape Watercolour Moleskine #19 – February 2022 to June 2022 – Davis; Flagstaff, Meteor Crater, Holbrook, Petrified Forest NP, Grand Canyon NP (Arizona); Carson City, Minden (Nevada); Concord CA; London
SKETCHBOOK 41 – Landscape Watercolour Moleskine #18 – October 2021 to February 2022 – Davis, Hawai’i (O’ahu), San Francisco
SKETCHBOOK 40 – Landscape Watercolour Moleskine #17 – June 2021 to September 2021 – San Francisco, Davis, Hawai’i (O’ahu)
SKETCHBOOK 39 – Landscape Watercolour Moleskine #16 – February 2021 to June 2021 – Davis, Laguna Beach, San Juan Capistrano, Coronado (San Diego), Moab/Arches/Canyonlands (Utah), Yosemite, Oakland
SKETCHBOOK 38 – Landscape Watercolour Moleskine #15 – October 2020 to February 2021 – Davis, Truckee
SKETCHBOOK 37 – Landscape Seawhite of Brighton #12 – June 2020 to October 2020- Davis, Monterey, Pacifica, Big Sur, Sonoma
SKETCHBOOK 36 – Landscape Stillman & Birn (Alpha) #8 – December 2019 to June 2020 – Davis, Hawai’i (Big Island), Maui, plus AT HOME a lot
SKETCHBOOK 35 – Landscape Seawhite of Brighton #11 – August 2019 to December 2019 – Davis, Santa Monica, Sacramento, Portland, Las Vegas, London
SKETCHBOOK 34 – Landscape Stillman & Birn (Alpha) #7 – July 2019 to August 2019 – Paris, Brussels, Ghent, Liege, Charleroi, Amsterdam, Bruges, Disneyland Paris, London, St. Albans
SKETCHBOOK 33 – Landscape Seawhite of Brighton #10 – May 2019 to July 2019 – Davis, San Francisco
SKETCHBOOK 32 – Landscape Stillman & Birn (Alpha) #6 – February 2019 to May 2019 – London, Barnstaple, Exeter, Davis, San Francisco, Palo Alto
SKETCHBOOK 31 – Landscape Seawhite of Brighton #9 – November 2018 to February 2019 – Portland, Davis, Sunnyvale, London
SKETCHBOOK 30 – Landscape Stillman & Birn (Alpha, softcover) #1 – August 2018 to November 2018 – Davis
SKETCHBOOK 29 – Landscape Stillman & Birn (Alpha) #5 – July 2018 – Madrid, Toledo (Spain); Porto, Lisbon (Portugal)
SKETCHBOOK 28 – Landscape Seawhite of Brighton #8 – March 2018 to July 2018 – Davis; London, Warwick, Stratford-upon-Avon (England)
SKETCHBOOK 27 – Landscape Seawhite of Brighton #7 – October 2017 to March 2018 – Davis, Hawaii, San Francisco, London, Barnstaple, Los Angeles
SKETCHBOOK 26 – Landscape Stillman & Birn (Alpha) #4 – June 2017 to October 2017 – Rome (Italy), Venice (Italy), London, Davis, San Francisco, Davis, Los Angeles
SKETCHBOOK 25 – Landscape Seawhite of Brighton #6 – April 2017 to June 2017 – Davis, Carson City NV, Pacifica, San Francisco
SKETCHBOOK 24 – Landscape Stillman & Birn (Beta, softcover) #2 – March 2017 to April 2017 – Hollywood, Davis, San Francisco
SKETCHBOOK 23 – Landscape Stillman & Birn (Beta, softcover) #1 – December 2016 to March 2017 – Davis, Disneyland
SKETCHBOOK 22 – Landscape Seawhite of Brighton #5 – August 2016 to December 2016 – Sacramento, San Francisco, Davis, London
SKETCHBOOK 21 – Landscape Stillman & Birn (Alpha) #3 – July 2016 to August 2016 – Davis, London, Knebworth, Manchester, Sacramento
SKETCHBOOK 20 – Landscape Seawhite of Brighton #4 – May 2016 to July 2016 – Santa Barbara, San Diego, Legoland CA, Davis
SKETCHBOOK 19 – Landscape Watercolour Moleskine #14 – December 2015 to April 2016 – Davis, Santa Rosa, London, New York
SKETCHBOOK 18 – Landscape Seawhite of Brighton #3 – September 2015 to December 2015 – Davis, Portland, Sacramento, San Francisco
SKETCHBOOK 17 – Landscape Stillman & Birn (Alpha) #2 – April 2015 to September 2015 – Los Angeles, Santa Monica, Davis, Sacramento, San Francisco, Jacksonville (Oregon), London, Hertford, Aix-en-Provence, Strasbourg, Legoland
SKETCHBOOK 16 – Landscape Seawhite of Brighton #2 – November 2014 to May 2015 – Disneyland, Davis, San Francisco, Monterey, Pacific Grove, Los Angeles, Santa Monica.
SKETCHBOOK 15 – Landscape Watercolour Moleskine #13 – July 2014 to November 2014 – London, Warwick Castle, Stratford-upon-Avon, Davis
SKETCHBOOK 14 – LandscapeStillman & Birn (Alpha) #1- November 2013 to July 2014 – Portland, Davis, San Francisco, Berkeley, London.
SKETCHBOOK 13 – Landscape Seawhite of Brighton #1 – August 2013 to January 2014 – Davis, San Francisco, Sacramento, Portland, Santa Rosa
SKETCHBOOK 12 – Landscape Watercolour Moleskine #12 – March 2013 to August 2013 – Davis, San Francisco, Sonoma, Santa Rosa, Sacramento, Woodland, London, St.Alban’s.
SKETCHBOOK 11 – Landscape Watercolour Moleskine #11 – October 2012 to March 2013 – Portland, Davis, Sacramento, San Francisco, Disneyland.
SKETCHBOOK 10 – Landscape Watercolour Moleskine #10 – May 2012 to October 2012 – London, Paris, Davis, Medford, San Francisco, Santa Cruz, Monterey, Sacramento.
SKETCHBOOK 9 – Landscape Watercolour Moleskine #9 – September 2011 to May 2012 – San Francisco, Davis, Santa Rosa, Sacramento.
SKETCHBOOK 8 – Landscape Watercolour Moleskine #8 – June 2011 to August 2011 – London, Lisbon, Davis, Medford, Ashland, Jacksonville, Philadelphia, Monterey.
SKETCHBOOK 7 – Landscape Watercolour Moleskine #7 – December 2010 to May 2011 – London, Davis, San Francisco, Sacramento, Las Vegas.
SKETCHBOOK 6 – Landscape Watercolour Moleskine #6 – July 2010 to December 2010 – Jacksonville (Oregon), Davis, San Jose, Portland (Oregon), Pacific Grove, Monterey, Roseland (Oregon), San Francisco, Los Angeles, Santa Monica.
SKETCHBOOK 5 – Landscape Watercolour Moleskine #5 – November 2009 to June 2010. Davis, Las Vegas, San Francisco, Sacramento, London, California coast.
SKETCHBOOK 4 – Landscape Watercolour Moleskine #4 – February 2009 to October 2009. Davis, San Francisco, Monterey, Sacramento, Santa Rosa.
SKETCHBOOK 3 – Landscape Watercolour Moleskine #3 – July 2008 to February 2009. Davis, San Francisco, Sacramento, Santa Rosa, New York, London, Brussels, Charleroi (Belgium).
SKETCHBOOK 2 – Landscape Watercolour Moleskine #2 – November 2007 to July 2008. San Francisco, Davis, Sacramento, London. *Includes the birth of my son!*
SKETCHBOOK 1 – Landscape Watercolour Moleskine #1 – June 2007 to October 2007. Davis, San Francisco, Lake Tahoe, Berkeley, Las Vegas, Sacramento, Sonoma.
OTHER SKETCHBOOKS
Small Brown Stillman & Birn Sketchbook – August to October 2025 – London, Gdańsk, Poznań, San Francisco, Pasadena, Davis, Portland; mostly quick people sketches.
Small Seawhite Landscape Sketchbook – February 2025 to present. Davis, San Francisco, Washington DC, New York, various airports; mostly travel and quick people sketches.
Davis/UC Davis Summer 2024 Accordion Sketchbook – Seawhite of Brighton accordion sketchbook (medium) – July 2024
Great Britain in 66 Sketches – Stillman & Birn Delta (portrait) – April 2020 to May 2020. A virtual tour of Great Britain from Burnt Oak to John O’Groats, sketched from home using Street View.
Dublin Sketchbook – August 2020 to September 2020. A virtual tour of Dublin, Republic of Ireland, sketched from home using Street View.
Barcelona Sketchbook – Stillman & Birn Beta (portrait) – July 2013. Sketches during the Barcelona International Sketching Symposium.
UC Davis Panorama Sketchbook – Moleskine accordion sketchbook (small) – July to August 2016 – UC Davis
Davis Moleskine – Moleskine accordion sketchbook (large) – September 2010 to April 2011 – Davis
“I Hold My Pen In An Unusual Way” – 30 Things About Me, 2009.
“How To Save The World” – The Sketchbook Project, 2008.
Check back for more sketchbooks and updates! I do have others that I use but have not made albums for, and you can also look at the Albums page on my Flickr site – https://www.flickr.com/photos/petescully/albums/ – to see more of my work, subdivided.
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