David Roberts

#Inktober Day 11 at Evanston’s Farmer’s Market w/ Parsnip Factory Band and Urban Sketching friends Bridget and Forrest. #parsnipfactory “we ain’t gonna study war no more”

#INKTOBER Day 10
Who’s in ? - Who’s out ?
Herding our 4 wonderful cats with refrigerator magnets on a metal Italian Tea box.
Tinker-Cleo-Lady-Earl Grey
#urbansketchers
#evanstommade

#Inktober Day 9 Central Street Station @evanston-made.bsky.social Micron Pen

#inktober day 7 Micron sepia quick doodles on Traveler’s Company paper of classic breakfast Northfield Restaurant diners

#inktober 6 at Over The Rainbow Foundation’s art class I teach with my friend Marco in #Evanston today. Our #Halloween themed session today with #jackolantern and #skull

#inktober Day 5 Evanston Made Open Studio @evanston-made.bsky.social

Wrigley Field playoff Cubs vs Padres

#Inktober 4 Cleo

#Inktober 3 Clothesline

#inktober 2 Evanston

#inktober Day 1

Flat on my back, just one of those days, so as I stretched my piriformis, I sketched from the floor with a Van Gogh palette of color pencils. #uskchicago #urbansketchers #vangogh

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Main Street - “partial elevation”
sketch paying homage to my architectural training.
Urban Sketching w Traverse City Urban Sketchers in Frankfort Michigan.

I’m not sure what happened
#gowithit

“Behold sky water
Forrest for the trees revealed
In negative is”
Haiku negative space

Negative space ?
Sometimes it’s everything.

Announcing
URBAN SKETCHING EVANSTON
Instructor : David Roberts
In-Person Workshop
Tuesday, Sept 9, 16, 23, 2025, 9:30am - 12:30pm

Workshops capturing Evanston
“one sketch at a time”

Visit www.evanstonartcenter.com
for details and registration

A day at the Epworth Michigan dunes beach with family & friends
@ludart.bsky.social @urbansketchers.bsky.social @uskchicago.bsky.social #uskWestmichigan @evanston-made.bsky.social

#houseofflavors ice cream factory in #Ludington #puremichigan Gouache on @clairefountaine.bsky.social paper @urbansketchers.bsky.social @uskchicago.bsky.social

Is this Heaven ?
No, it’s Michigan !

Listening to Pat Hughes announce a Cubs win over Brewers while road side sketching this Dairy Barn

Announcing my newest Workshops at
Evanston Art Center

URBAN SKETCHING EVANSTON
Instructor(s): David Roberts
In-Person Workshop:

Three days, Tuesday, September 9, 16 and 23, 2025, 9:30am - 12:30pm

Workshops capturing Evanston “one sketch at a time”
Visit www.evanstonartcenter.com
for details

Announcing my newest Workshops at
Evanston Art Center

URBAN SKETCHING EVANSTON
Instructor(s): David Roberts
In-Person Workshop:

Three days, Tuesday, September 9, 16 and 23, 2025, 9:30am - 12:30pm

Workshops capturing Evanston “one sketch at a time”
Visit www.evanstonartcenter.com
for details

Chicago’s iconic Damen Silos come to an unceremonious end.
Along Chicago River’s South Branch at Damen Ave Bridge machines tear away at concrete grain silos that stood since 1906 holding grain and help make Chicago a great city. Ink & watercolor

Announcing my newest Workshops at
Evanston Art Center

URBAN SKETCHING EVANSTON
Instructor(s): David Roberts
In-Person Workshop:

Three days, Tuesday, September 9, 16 and 23, 2025, 9:30am - 12:30pm

Workshops capturing Evanston “one sketch at a time”
Visit www.evanstonartcenter.com
for details

Announcing my newest Workshops at
Evanston Art Center

URBAN SKETCHING EVANSTON
Instructor(s): David Roberts
In-Person Workshop:

Three days, Tuesday, September 9, 16 and 23, 2025, 9:30am - 12:30pm

Workshops capturing Evanston “one sketch at a time”
Visit www.evanstonartcenter.com
for details

Sketching in the shade today at Evanston’s Grosse Point Lighthouse with the wonderful Evanston Urban Sketcher group.
Watercolor and Pitt Pen on 6x6 Fluid 140lb Cold Press paper. @UrbanSketchersChicago @EvanstonArtCenter @EvanstonMade

“Totality - Venus’s Envy” My response in oil and charcoal on canvas 3’x4’ to Total Solar Eclipse I witnessed April 8 2024 in Lawrenceville Illinois. See at the Over The Rainbow Gallery in Evanston. Opening Reception July 10

“Totality - Venus’s Envy” My response in oil and charcoal on canvas 3’x4’ to Total Solar Eclipse I witnessed April 8 2024 in Lawrenceville Illinois. See at the Over The Rainbow Gallery in Evanston. Opening Reception July 10

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Now short Day’s Shadow
As Sun’s long embrace slights Night
Begins Day’s decline

Tiny Post Card Sketch at Evanston Metra Station #urbansketch requires Tiny Pencils for a tiny Post Card Urban Sketch on #royaltalens postcard.
Love my credit card size pencil set I found at Portland Oregon Japanese Gardens by #NakabayashiCo EvanstonMade USkChicago