Nostr notes by bythehandofbob

This is direct sketching but not #urbansketching since it’s ...

2026-07-25T02:36:27Z

This is direct sketching but not #urbansketching since it’s lacking the urban, but more than compensates with insects.

More sketching that isn’t #urbansketching, from a far corner of ...

2026-07-21T18:09:12Z

More sketching that isn’t #urbansketching, from a far corner of the continent.

Not #urbansketching today. Instead, it’s some remote part of ...

2026-07-20T18:35:19Z

Not #urbansketching today. Instead, it’s some remote part of the continent.

A caught moment #urbansketching from midday at the coffee shop ...

2026-07-07T21:28:32Z

A caught moment #urbansketching from midday at the coffee shop today. A different crowd than morning, more ebullient. People telling their stories out loud.

My figure sketches from a costume fashion session only a block ...

2026-06-29T04:21:33Z

My figure sketches from a costume fashion session only a block from home today. #urbansketching from life, and a great group plus pastries from local bakery. #bythehandofbob

Here's more envelope #urbansketching because I"m actually ...

2026-06-01T18:44:40Z

Here's more envelope #urbansketching because I"m actually mailing a lot recently, so am going outside at big coffee and sketching the nature (w buildings).

I'm doing some #urbansketching on envelopes a bunch in last ...

2026-05-30T21:56:18Z

I'm doing some #urbansketching on envelopes a bunch in last few days because I'm going to mail out reminders I have a class upcoming in a week. This is from today at big coffee.

This is #urbansketching adjacent from last night. It's urban ...

2026-05-29T15:18:08Z

This is #urbansketching adjacent from last night. It's urban here, it's sketching, it's done from direct observation... At the local animation club. Dressed as royalty or something.

Here's #urbansketching on an envelope that I will later today ...

2026-05-27T17:17:27Z

Here's #urbansketching on an envelope that I will later today address with note inside to cousin overseas. This way I can show the delights of my town: the parking lot, the açaí bowl place across the parking lot next to the cardio-boxing, and the tree..

This is my #urbansketching from last nights 2x a month costumed ...

2026-05-22T17:44:56Z

This is my #urbansketching from last nights 2x a month costumed sketch group. I don't know what IP was being referenced, maybe something kids would know. But a fabulous costume.

Day 2 of my current envelope-drawing habit of #urbansketching. ...

2026-05-21T17:06:42Z

Day 2 of my current envelope-drawing habit of #urbansketching. This is from a few minutes ago at the cool local coffee shop. It has so much more texture, and age than the mega corp industrial coffee place. (3 envelopes)

THis is today's supply of my #urbansketching at mega-coffee. ...

2026-05-07T18:16:47Z

THis is today's supply of my #urbansketching at mega-coffee. The drawing on the envelope on left lacks the color of the real experience. The sitter's mohawk is a bright fuchsia.

Yesterday's #urbansketching from the local cafe hang. Often, ...

2026-05-01T14:29:45Z

Yesterday's #urbansketching from the local cafe hang. Often, I know some of the people. The guy on left postcard was talking to someone I know. The guy in hoodie is a comics artist I talk to. All brought together by coffee. #firstfridayartwalk

I had to travel to the lower right corner of the continental ...

2026-04-25T15:15:47Z

I had to travel to the lower right corner of the continental shape of the country. The humid atmosphere takes me aback when drawing there. So, I went with it and made these ghostly #urbansketching in the airport yesterday.

This is #urbansketching from this morning. I like the one on the ...

2026-04-07T21:36:37Z

This is #urbansketching from this morning. I like the one on the left because I don't remember capturing a pose like this before. Anticipation.

This is #urbansketching from yesterday. The alignment of the ...

2026-04-02T14:37:25Z

This is #urbansketching from yesterday. The alignment of the scene is crazy accident. I started on the right postcard and drew right to left. An on the other worked left to right. Then I realized it aligned when I got home. I shoulda played the lottery.

This is #urbansketching from a sketchgroup last night with a Jedi ...

2026-03-07T00:32:12Z

This is #urbansketching from a sketchgroup last night with a Jedi theme (thus the costume). Ink on xuan paper, kind of hard to draw on it cause of absorbency. #FirstFridayArtWalk

This is a partly-local sports figure in #watercolor. Distortion ...

2026-03-05T20:46:44Z

This is a partly-local sports figure in #watercolor. Distortion intentional. Blue because why not?#FirstFridayArtWalk #bythehandofbob

A sketch page (ink on Xuan paper) from a few months ago of Sidhu ...

2026-03-03T15:33:23Z

A sketch page (ink on Xuan paper) from a few months ago of Sidhu Moose Wala.

Some #urbansketching from today at mega coffee. Sunday mid ...

2026-03-01T22:17:06Z

Some #urbansketching from today at mega coffee. Sunday mid morning can be pretty busy in this town.

This is #urbansketching from today where it feels like a battle ...

2026-02-27T01:22:18Z

This is #urbansketching from today where it feels like a battle against the absorbent paper. By the time I fill up the page, I want to take a nap. The sketch is the local coffee shop.

it’s mental distortion.

2026-02-19T07:22:20Z

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it’s mental distortion.

Here's some distorted #postcards drawn today. Not exactly ...

2026-02-18T22:59:15Z

Here's some distorted #postcards drawn today. Not exactly #urbansketching, but it's my local urban area. Life is but a dream.

This is #urbansketching from yesterday at one of the cooler indy ...

2026-02-14T16:21:26Z

This is #urbansketching from yesterday at one of the cooler indy coffee shops, but a long walk from home. Very crowded. Drawn in a large super thirsty accordion book.

I got my coffee today from the cozy independent coffee shop ...

2026-02-09T19:42:41Z

I got my coffee today from the cozy independent coffee shop today, and drew this #urbansketching in accordion sketchbook. Lotsa people hanging out on a monday during work hours. Sketch is loose to suit the very absorbent paper.

Sketches from my experimental #sketchbook. Just drew the top one ...

2026-02-06T17:23:13Z

Sketches from my experimental #sketchbook. Just drew the top one this morning. Maybe since it's blue, it could be a teacup design as delftware. #firstfridayartwalk.

This #urbansketching from yesterday on postcard. Over time (it ...

2026-02-05T19:37:11Z

This #urbansketching from yesterday on postcard. Over time (it took 50 years), I get braver about scrubbing a dry brush around. I used to fear ruining the brush, but now I have more brushes than I may ever need. The brush collection will outlast me.

This is today's haul of #urbansketching. People dislike being ...

2026-02-02T18:47:27Z

This is today's haul of #urbansketching. People dislike being drawn, I acknowledge it. But, I try to hurry,

This #urbansketching of today looks a lot like one a few days ...

2026-01-31T19:56:50Z

This #urbansketching of today looks a lot like one a few days ago. It's drawing habit at this point-- go out, drink a coffee, draw a little.

Just a bit of #urbansketching today. I gave the other one away to ...

2026-01-28T19:43:54Z

Just a bit of #urbansketching today. I gave the other one away to the person in the sketch. Yep, if you find me, you can have one free-- not that it's a value or anything.

This is this morning's haul of #urbansketching. Today, ...

2026-01-26T19:46:01Z

This is this morning's haul of #urbansketching. Today, it's new paper. New paper makes you think you're learning all over again.

This is a page of #watercolor squares mostly for the purpose of ...

2026-01-22T19:34:04Z

This is a page of #watercolor squares mostly for the purpose of searching for an effect i like, and then I included some studies of a victorian painter I just learned about. #watercolour

Here's a postcard #urbansketching from yesterday. It's a ...

2026-01-09T16:47:33Z

Here's a postcard #urbansketching from yesterday. It's a lot easier when people don't know you're drawing. It skips that unpleasant "are you looking at me" business.

Here's #urbansketching from the coffee shop yesterday. ...

2026-01-06T18:38:22Z

Here's #urbansketching from the coffee shop yesterday. It's 2026 and we're soon to be taken over by robot overlords, but the coffee shop seems the same.

This #urbansketching is from our time being stranded earlier ...

2025-12-29T02:15:18Z

This #urbansketching is from our time being stranded earlier today at an airport out east. Eventually the planes moved again.

This is me workshopping a gift for a niece (lives in this ...

2025-12-17T01:17:54Z

This is me workshopping a gift for a niece (lives in this building, and is not on mastodon). Kinda roughly made sketch I believe. #waterColor

A daily practice makes things look alike. You wouldn't know ...

2025-12-01T18:13:59Z

A daily practice makes things look alike. You wouldn't know it, but this is new #urbansketching on envelopes from today, minutes ago.

This in #urbansketching my way, on envelopes. It's a daily ...

2025-11-21T01:19:34Z

This in #urbansketching my way, on envelopes. It's a daily thing for me. Each day looks a little different, but the viewer might not see that. Ink on envelope

This is a rough layout of figure drawings of mine that will be in ...

2025-11-20T02:12:07Z

This is a rough layout of figure drawings of mine that will be in my advert for an upcoming class in figure sketching w fashion. This will be what the class will be covering. Too boring?

Here's a couple of #urbansketching, hot off the café table ...

2025-11-06T20:33:35Z

Here's a couple of #urbansketching, hot off the café table at the local coffee place. I walked home and still have a little coffee left. #inkvember is an ink month where you can just draw what you want.

Sketch of Wu Tang Clan on that super delicate rice paper ...

2025-11-04T04:51:52Z

Sketch of Wu Tang Clan on that super delicate rice paper (dissolves if you pause too long). Ink and brush. #Inkvember インク画（インクが）

On the way back from the beach the other day, I pulled off the ...

2025-10-28T22:37:32Z

On the way back from the beach the other day, I pulled off the road and drew this on the back trunk of the car. It's burn-scarred hills in fog. #urbansketching Ink in october, but not #inktober

Mon dieu, wow

2025-10-27T18:52:51Z

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Here's a little more sketching from the coast yesterday. ...

2025-10-27T18:50:37Z

Here's a little more sketching from the coast yesterday. I'm drawn to sketching people, so if you look closely at the second one, there are very small people on the cliff. #urbansketching

I went to see the ocean today for a break. It's still ...

2025-10-26T20:55:32Z

I went to see the ocean today for a break. It's still #urbansketching as you can see from the streetlight. In the above sketch, someone walked across my field of vision just as I was starting, so here they are in a sketch.

I don't want to bore you with yet another Youtube. But if ...

2025-10-26T16:40:19Z

I don't want to bore you with yet another Youtube. But if this is a thing you like, or can stand, then here it is:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYaEQHtB3n8

These are some postcards/ #urbansketching from yesterday at the ...

2025-10-19T16:27:03Z

These are some postcards/ #urbansketching from yesterday at the coffee shop. Its a good place on Saturdays. Ink, but not #inktober.

Here's a little more #urbansketching from my vacation almost ...

2025-10-09T13:35:39Z

Here's a little more #urbansketching from my vacation almost 2 weeks ago, the London part. Lovely scenes all around. Would have stayed longer if I could afford it. not #inktober

This is more vacation Not #urbansketching from Wales when I was ...

2025-09-29T17:55:09Z

This is more vacation Not #urbansketching from Wales when I was there 10 days ago. Probably could be called #ruralsketching. Beautiful place with canals and boats.

A little more plein air #ruralsketching, related to ...

2025-09-18T19:02:20Z

A little more plein air #ruralsketching, related to #urbansketching but more trees and less buildings and people. Directly from the source ( looking)

Sketches from yesterday. I’d say #urbansketching, but it’s ...

2025-09-15T07:26:58Z

Sketches from yesterday. I’d say #urbansketching, but it’s not urban. Nobody seems to follow #ruralsketching. They are postcards, and a few are written on the back already.

This is my small watercolor painting of DEEP PURPLE, the band ...

2025-09-10T14:47:22Z

This is my small watercolor painting of DEEP PURPLE, the band that did Smoke On the Water. I enjoy imagining it's 1970 exactly. #bythehandofbob official artwork. #watercolor, #watercolour #smallart

My first time posting this to MSTDN. Not sure if anyone would be ...

2025-09-08T18:14:41Z

My first time posting this to MSTDN. Not sure if anyone would be interested. Have been filming just fast rough sketching on my sketch pad. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Ce7aCTUfZiw #Tutorial

A sketch in my gigantic #sketchbook from last night. Not ...

2025-09-05T17:03:36Z

A sketch in my gigantic #sketchbook from last night. Not #urbansketching, but a sketch done in a place that is urban. She posed like this for a few minutes. It was tiring to hold.

In 2016 I did an almost daily series of the movement that changed ...

2025-08-31T14:50:59Z

In 2016 I did an almost daily series of the movement that changed this country. Was trying to explain to a relative/journalist that it wasn't innocent victims being swept up. They were in on it. #bythehandofbob #watercolor

This is #urbansketching from today on back of envelopes, as ...

2025-08-28T16:54:20Z

This is #urbansketching from today on back of envelopes, as #mailart. I'll be mailing these out to some people and then another sketch will be inside. Would these sketches bother you if you received? #bythehandofbob

This morning's haul of #urbansketching. This is what I ...

2025-08-27T15:56:32Z

This morning's haul of #urbansketching. This is what I captured in the net today. I like the cropping of the one on the left. That seems cool. #bythehandofbob #mailart

This could be #urbansketching. From a moment ago-- at big mega ...

2025-08-06T16:51:19Z

This could be #urbansketching. From a moment ago-- at big mega corp industrial coffee co.

This seems to qualify as #urbansketching. It's an urban area, ...

2025-08-02T22:01:33Z

This seems to qualify as #urbansketching. It's an urban area, and it's sketches. Drawn at the corporate coffee place... again.

It's a sketch I made yesterday in my #sketchbook. Purple pen, ...

2025-08-01T14:42:10Z

It's a sketch I made yesterday in my #sketchbook. Purple pen, because color is pretty.

A few attempts at #urbansketching from yesterday. Drawn at the ...

2025-07-31T14:01:23Z

A few attempts at #urbansketching from yesterday. Drawn at the corporate mega coffee place. I seem to have drawn 3 of them from the exact same spot. Ink and brush on postcards.

Here are 2 more postcards #urbansketching from my vacation last ...

2025-07-30T13:52:37Z

Here are 2 more postcards #urbansketching from my vacation last week. It's New England coastal US. There's some old architecture and a carnival was being set up.

An accordion book (a few pages) #urbansketching at the airport a ...

2025-07-27T23:15:25Z

An accordion book (a few pages) #urbansketching at the airport a week ago.

A brief postcard sketch from today #urbansketching ...

2025-07-25T14:20:25Z

A brief postcard sketch from today #urbansketching

A today-sketch of a rock just off the shore in the ocean. Ink. ...

2025-07-23T21:26:06Z

A today-sketch of a rock just off the shore in the ocean. Ink. Super hot and windy ( my excuses)

I haven't counted. But B is making surprising comeback.

2025-07-14T23:39:48Z

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I haven't counted. But B is making surprising comeback.

Thank you!

2025-07-14T23:30:23Z

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Thank you!

A or B? Which would be your pick? Some very old drawings. I would ...

2025-07-14T15:49:36Z

A or B? Which would be your pick? Some very old drawings. I would do the MSTDN survey, but they don't allow images, still.

A drawing from yesterday and friday. In my #sketchbook. ...

2025-07-13T14:41:14Z

A drawing from yesterday and friday. In my #sketchbook.

An #urbansketching from just last minute. It's saturday, and ...

2025-07-12T19:21:57Z

An #urbansketching from just last minute. It's saturday, and I get to the coffee shop at least on saturdays. Usual crowd, maybe lighter due to vacations.

#sketchbook page from yesterday. Cowboy with MC Escher jaw. I ...

2025-07-11T15:28:38Z

#sketchbook page from yesterday. Cowboy with MC Escher jaw. I dunno.

A page from my #sketchbook yesterday. Unrelated to that: Kathe ...

2025-07-10T14:13:21Z

A page from my #sketchbook yesterday. Unrelated to that: Kathe Kollwitz was born yesterday or so, but many years before. She lived till the end of WW2, but was only 14 years younger than Van Gogh.

#WaterColor Wednesday. This is from 10 months ago-- my guitar ...

2025-07-09T16:17:43Z

#WaterColor Wednesday. This is from 10 months ago-- my guitar island. It was entered in a poster contest by a friend. Did not win.

Some of the last use of pencil in hollywood concept art.. Mine ...

2025-06-12T18:55:06Z

Some of the last use of pencil in hollywood concept art.. Mine from just a few years ago, actually. #throwbackthursday

An early rough draft of maybe a couple of people that used to be ...

2025-03-11T04:50:07Z

An early rough draft of maybe a couple of people that used to be in the pink floyd band. Taking a lyric too literally. #penciltober2025