Honoré Sharrer: Empathetic and Quietly Subversive

How 'Workers and Paintings' and its studies function as visual journalism

Feb 5 • Bill Russell

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January 2026

Molly Lamb: Wartime Diaries

The aspiring war artist captured the contributions of Canadian servicewomen through sketches of camaraderie, boredom, and chaos.

Jan 29 • Bill Russell

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Of Cormorants and Shipwrecks

Metaphors in ancient birds, sunken histories, and the pull of nostalgia.

Jan 22 • Bill Russell

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David Choe and the Crenshaw Cowboy

How to be an empathetic visual journalist...while painting.

Jan 15 • Bill Russell

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My Year in Reportage

Ten favorite stories and sketches from 2025

Jan 7 • Bill Russell

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December 2025

Another Year of Histories of Reportage

Artist‑journalists who stood out and pointed the way forward.

Dec 31, 2025 • Bill Russell

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What Drawing Elephants Taught Me: My New Year’s Offering

Looking, listening and learning to slow down

Dec 20, 2025 • Bill Russell

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Thailand Exotic

Drawing the Land of Smiles

Dec 12, 2025 • Bill Russell

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November 2025

Drawing Gratitude

I’m thankful for the people and places that have found their way into my sketchbook. Here’s a peek at a few photos from my sketching journeys.

Nov 26, 2025 • Bill Russell

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Herculaneum: Drawing an Ancient City

Watch now | I sketched what was buried through time

Nov 4, 2025 • Bill Russell

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October 2025

Going Gulfing

I'm taking time to (travel and) reflect and recharge.

Oct 12, 2025 • Bill Russell

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George Robert Lewis: Haymakers in Golden Fields

Sketching and honoring rural labor in early 18th C. Britain

Oct 2, 2025 • Bill Russell

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