by Bill Russell | Dec 14, 2020 | journalism, travel
Morocco, Virtually For 14 days, I sketched the trip to Morocco that never happened, due to the 2020 lockdown. Click on thumbnails below to view:...
by Bill Russell | Sep 17, 2020 | food
Chowing Down For a few years, I drew a lot of food, food prep and process for ChowHound, a division of CBS Interactive, like this one on how to make a pumpkin pie or this pdf showing steps on how to steam and...
by Bill Russell | Sep 7, 2020 | journalism
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...
by Bill Russell | Aug 25, 2020 | journalism, travel
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:...
by Bill Russell | May 27, 2020 | journalism, travel, Uncategorized
China Camp This historical site for Chinese shrimp fishermen hasn’t changed in over 100 years. Click on thumbnails below to view:...
by Bill Russell | Feb 5, 2020 | artists, travel, Uncategorized
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...
by Bill Russell | Jun 17, 2019 | travel
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 mark. Click on...
by Bill Russell | Mar 26, 2019 | journalism, travel
SayulitaJust north of Puerto Vallarta Mexico is a small colorful town of Sayulita. Here are some sketches.Click on thumbnails below to...
by Bill Russell | Oct 3, 2018 | artists, journalism
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:...
by Bill Russell | Jul 30, 2018 | artists, journalism
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 Millais and Dante...
