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.

LANDSCAPE SKETCHBOOKS

SKETCHBOOK 45 – Watercolour Moleskine #22 – October 2022 to present – Davis, Disneyland, San Francisco, Sacramento…

SKETCHBOOK 44 – Watercolour Moleskine #21 – July 2022 to October 2022 – Normandy, Paris (France), Davis, San Francisco, San Ramon, Stanford

SKETCHBOOK 43 – Watercolour Moleskine #20 – June 2022 to July 2022 – Lille (France), Brussels, Antwerp, Leuven (Belgium), Davis, London, Normandy (France)

SKETCHBOOK 42 – 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 – Watercolour Moleskine #18 – October 2021 to February 2022 – Davis, Hawai’i (O’ahu), San Francisco

SKETCHBOOK 40 – Watercolour Moleskine #17 – June 2021 to September 2021 – San Francisco, Davis, Hawai’i (O’ahu)

SKETCHBOOK 39 – 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 – Watercolour Moleskine #15 – October 2020 to February 2021 – Davis, Truckee

SKETCHBOOK 37 – Seawhite of Brighton #12 – June 2020 to October 2020- Davis, Monterey, Pacifica, Big Sur, Sonoma

SKETCHBOOK 36 – Stillman & Birn (Alpha) #8 – December 2019 to June 2020 – Davis, Hawai’i (Big Island), Maui, plus AT HOME a lot

SKETCHBOOK 35 – Seawhite of Brighton #11 – August 2019 to December 2019 – Davis, Santa Monica, Sacramento, Portland, Las Vegas, London 

SKETCHBOOK 34 – Stillman & Birn (Alpha) #7 – July 2019 to August 2019 – Paris, Brussels, Ghent, Liege, Charleroi, Amsterdam, Bruges, Disneyland Paris, London, St. Albans 

SKETCHBOOK 33 – Seawhite of Brighton #10 – May 2019 to July 2019 – Davis, San Francisco

SKETCHBOOK 32 – Stillman & Birn (Alpha) #6 – February 2019 to May 2019 – London, Barnstaple, Exeter, Davis, San Francisco, Palo Alto

SKETCHBOOK 31 – Seawhite of Brighton #9 – November 2018 to February 2019 – Portland, Davis, Sunnyvale, London

SKETCHBOOK 30 – Stillman & Birn (Alpha, softcover) #1 – August 2018 to November 2018 – Davis

SKETCHBOOK 29 – Stillman & Birn (Alpha) #5 – July 2018 – Madrid, Toledo (Spain); Porto, Lisbon (Portugal)

SKETCHBOOK 28 – Seawhite of Brighton #8 – March 2018 to July 2018 – Davis; London, Warwick, Stratford-upon-Avon (England)

SKETCHBOOK 27 – Seawhite of Brighton #7 – October 2017 to March 2018 – Davis, Hawaii, San Francisco, London, Barnstaple, Los Angeles

SKETCHBOOK 26 – Stillman & Birn (Alpha) #4 – June 2017 to October 2017 – Rome (Italy), Venice (Italy), London, Davis, San Francisco, Davis, Los Angeles

SKETCHBOOK 25 – Seawhite of Brighton #6 – April 2017 to June 2017 – Davis, Carson City NV, Pacifica, San Francisco

SKETCHBOOK 24 – Stillman & Birn (Beta, softcover) #2 – March 2017 to April 2017 – Hollywood, Davis, San Francisco

SKETCHBOOK 23 – Stillman & Birn (Beta, softcover) #1 – December 2016 to March 2017 – Davis, Disneyland

SKETCHBOOK 22 – Seawhite of Brighton #5 – August 2016 to December 2016 – Sacramento, San Francisco, Davis, London

SKETCHBOOK 21  – Stillman & Birn (Alpha) #3 – July 2016 to August 2016 – Davis, London, Knebworth, Manchester, Sacramento

SKETCHBOOK 20 – Seawhite of Brighton #4 – May 2016 to July 2016 – Santa Barbara, San Diego, Legoland CA, Davis

SKETCHBOOK 19 – Watercolour Moleskine #14 – December 2015 to April 2016 – Davis, Santa Rosa, London, New York

SKETCHBOOK 18 – Seawhite of Brighton #3 – September 2015 to December 2015 – Davis, Portland, Sacramento, San Francisco

SKETCHBOOK 17 – 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 – Seawhite of Brighton #2 – November 2014 to May 2015 – Disneyland, Davis, San Francisco, Monterey, Pacific Grove, Los Angeles, Santa Monica.

SKETCHBOOK 15 – Watercolour Moleskine #13 – July 2014 to November 2014 – London, Warwick Castle, Stratford-upon-Avon, Davis

SKETCHBOOK 14 – Stillman & Birn (Alpha) #1- November 2013 to July 2014 – Portland, Davis, San Francisco, Berkeley, London.

SKETCHBOOK 13 – Seawhite of Brighton #1 – August 2013 to January 2014 – Davis, San Francisco, Sacramento, Portland, Santa Rosa

SKETCHBOOK 12 – Watercolour Moleskine #12 – March 2013 to August 2013 – Davis, San Francisco, Sonoma, Santa Rosa, Sacramento, Woodland, London, St.Alban’s.

SKETCHBOOK 11 – Watercolour Moleskine #11 – October 2012 to March 2013 – Portland, Davis, Sacramento, San Francisco, Disneyland.

SKETCHBOOK 10 – Watercolour Moleskine #10 – May 2012 to October 2012 – London, Paris, Davis, Medford, San Francisco, Santa Cruz, Monterey, Sacramento.

SKETCHBOOK 9 – Watercolour Moleskine #9 – September 2011 to May 2012 – San Francisco, Davis, Santa Rosa, Sacramento.

SKETCHBOOK 8 – Watercolour Moleskine #8 – June 2011 to August 2011 – London, Lisbon, Davis, Medford, Ashland, Jacksonville, Philadelphia, Monterey.

SKETCHBOOK 7 – Watercolour Moleskine #7 – December 2010 to May 2011 – London, Davis, San Francisco, Sacramento, Las Vegas.

SKETCHBOOK 6 – 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 – Watercolour Moleskine #5 – November 2009 to June 2010. Davis, Las Vegas, San Francisco, Sacramento, London, California coast.

SKETCHBOOK 4 – Watercolour Moleskine #4 – February 2009 to October 2009. Davis, San Francisco, Monterey, Sacramento, Santa Rosa.

SKETCHBOOK 3 – Watercolour Moleskine #3 – July 2008 to February 2009. Davis, San Francisco, Sacramento, Santa Rosa, New York, London, Brussels, Charleroi (Belgium).

SKETCHBOOK 2 – Watercolour Moleskine #2 – November 2007 to July 2008. San Francisco, Davis, Sacramento, London. *Includes the birth of my son!*

SKETCHBOOK 1 – Watercolour Moleskine #1 – June 2007 to October 2007. Davis, San Francisco, Lake Tahoe, Berkeley, Las Vegas, Sacramento, Sonoma.

OTHER SKETCHBOOKS

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 soon for more sketchbooks and updates!