23 January 2013

This sketch was made while looking out of the entrance to Civita, Italy.
This month I have a display of my sketchbooks at Linn-Benton Community College in Albany, Oregon. It is in the North Santiam Hall Galleries until March 1, 2013.


15 December 2012

Happy Holidays. Keep working those words and images together in your sketchbook.

04 November 2012

This quick sketch was made in the tiny hill town of Vallo di Nera in Umbria, Italy. The lamp and iron support caught my eye and the rest quicky followed.


14 October 2012

"Remarkables" in New Zealand

I'll teach a two day workshop through Sitka in Portland November 10, 11, 2012. I invite former sketchbook workshop people to drop by and say hello and show me their sketchbooks at the Forestry Center near the Zoo. 

Queenstown, NZ

02 October 2012

Back from teaching in Italy. This is a Copic marker sketch while in the Carsulae town ruins along the Via Flaminia. It was an ancient Roman road leading from Rome over the Apennine Mountains to  the coast of the Adriatic Sea. 

09 September 2012

I'm teaching in Italy at La Romita School of Art. This is an ink sketch of the hill town of Civita di Bagnoregio. The walking pathway bridge, in the foreground, is the only way to get to this amazing place.

05 July 2012

Article on Ken's Sketchbooks by Ann Wiens

Here is the cover of the Summer issue of OREGON QUARTERLY which features a six page story on Ken's sketchbooks.  http://oregonquarterly.com