Drawn & Reported: Bill’s Posts
Citizenship
Citizenship On September 7, 2004 I became an American citizen. At the time, I worked as a staff artist at the San Francisco Chronicle and figured I would create an Op Ed piece about my what I experienced that day. Here is some of my reportage. Click on...
Roy’s Redwoods
Roy's Redwoods I ventured out to this preserve of old-growth California Redwoods in Marin County to draw and study the resiliency of these glorious trees. Click on thumbnails below to view:
China Camp
China Camp This historical site for Chinese shrimp fishermen hasn't changed in over 100 years. Click on thumbnails below to view:
Musings of a Cab Driver
There's lots to see and draw when you're behind the wheel of a taxi or Uber....like these characters that I see at the downtown San Rafael, California bus station. Find lots more more drawings and musings here.
Croatia
In the summer of 2019 I traveled to this multicultural country east of the Adriatic. Here are some of the smallish watercolors I made, that hopefully show the natural beauty, the ancient culture and the influence of the Greeks and Romans who left their...
Sayulita
SayulitaJust north of Puerto Vallarta Mexico is a small colorful town of Sayulita. Here are some sketches.Click on thumbnails below to view.
Folsom Street Fair
Folsom Street Fair San Francisco’s Folsom Street Fair is an annual BDSM and leather subculture street fair. I tasked myself to step boldly into this crazy scene to draw the action and characters found there. Click on thumbnails below to view:
Pre-Raphaelites
Pre-Raphaelites I spent a Saturday afternoon in July drawing costumed Pre-Rafaelites, reenactors and cosplayers as they strolled through the Truth and Beauty show at the Legion of Honour as they admired paintings by William Holman Hunt, John Everett...
San Quentin State Prison
A panoramic drawing of San Quentin State Prison in Marin County, California. click to view full image
Hanalei
Hanalei is located on the north shore of Kauai. Bill Russell travelled there like an early 19th C. explorer and made these sketchbook drawings. He gave them an ephemeral quality with a kind of digital foxing. click thumbnails below to view