Doug Russell
@dougrussellart.bsky.social
Visual Artist • Traveler • Urban Sketcher • Professor of Drawing • Department Head, Visual Arts Department • University of Wyoming • https://linktr.ee/dougrussellart • #urbansketchers #urbansketching #travel #uwyo #art #artist #usk #fieldrecording
What We Left Behind 08 • Reworking of an older drawing from 2016, adding more gesture and color • Prismacolor pencil, Inktense pencil, and acrylic paint on Dura-Lar • 40” x 25” • 2016-2025 • available at Istanbul Concept Gallery •• #drawing #sketch #artyear #istanbulconceptgallery #ruins #art
October 26, 2025 at 7:58 PM
What We Left Behind 05 • Reworking of an older drawing from 2016, adding more gesture and color • Prismacolor pencil, Inktense pencil, and acrylic paint on Dura-Lar • 40” x 25” • 2016-2025 • available at Istanbul Concept Gallery •• #drawing #sketch #artyear #istanbulconceptgallery #ruins #art
October 18, 2025 at 4:42 PM
What We Left Behind 09 • Reworking of an older drawing from 2016, adding more gesture and color • Prismacolor pencil, Inktense pencil, and acrylic paint on Dura-Lar • 64” x 40” • 2016-2025 • available at Istanbul Concept Gallery •• #drawing #sketch #artyear #istanbulconceptgallery #ruins #art
October 17, 2025 at 10:09 PM
What We Left Behind 04 • Reworking of an older drawing from 2016, adding more gesture and color • Prismacolor pencil, Inktense pencil, and acrylic paint on Dura-Lar • 64” x 40” • 2016-2025 • available at Istanbul Concept Gallery •• #drawing #sketch #artyear #istanbulconceptgallery #ruins #art
October 16, 2025 at 3:40 PM
What We Left Behind 01 • Reworking of an older drawing from 2016, adding more gesture and color • Prismacolor pencil, Inktense pencil, and acrylic paint on Dura-Lar • 64” x 40” • 2016-2025 • available at Istanbul Concept Gallery •• #drawing #sketch #artyear #istanbulconceptgallery #ruins #art
October 16, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Sketch of the University of Wyoming campus • Platinum Carbon Black ink in a Sailor Fude fountain pen with a Pentel Vistage Water Brush (filled with Pilot Iroshizuku Kiri-same gray ink) in a Stillman and Birn Zeta series sketchbook • 5” x 16” • Wyoming • September 2025 • #urbansketchers #artyear
September 4, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Sketch of the University of Wyoming campus • Platinum Carbon Black ink in a Sailor Fude fountain pen with a Pentel Vistage Water Brush (filled with Pilot Iroshizuku Kiri-same gray ink) in a Stillman and Birn Zeta series sketchbook • 5” x 16” • Wyoming • September 2025 • #urbansketchers #artyear
Sketch of the University of Wyoming campus • Platinum Carbon Black ink in a Sailor Fude fountain pen with a Pentel Vistage Water Brush (filled with Pilot Iroshizuku Kiri-same gray ink) in a Stillman and Birn Zeta series sketchbook • 5” x 16” • Wyoming • September 2025 • #urbansketchers #artyear
September 4, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Sketch of the University of Wyoming campus • Platinum Carbon Black ink in a Sailor Fude fountain pen with a Pentel Vistage Water Brush (filled with Pilot Iroshizuku Kiri-same gray ink) in a Stillman and Birn Zeta series sketchbook • 5” x 16” • Wyoming • September 2025 • #urbansketchers #artyear
Sketch at the Neltje Center • Platinum Carbon Black ink in a Sailor Fude De Mannen fountain pen with a Pentel Vistage Water Brush (filled with Pilot Iroshizuku Kiri-same gray ink) in a Stillman and Birn Zeta series sketchbook • 5” x 8” • Wyoming • August 2025 • #urbansketchers #artyear #usk
August 3, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Sketch at the Neltje Center • Platinum Carbon Black ink in a Sailor Fude De Mannen fountain pen with a Pentel Vistage Water Brush (filled with Pilot Iroshizuku Kiri-same gray ink) in a Stillman and Birn Zeta series sketchbook • 5” x 8” • Wyoming • August 2025 • #urbansketchers #artyear #usk
Sketch at the Neltje Center • Platinum Carbon Black ink in a Sailor Fude De Mannen fountain pen with a Pentel Vistage Water Brush (filled with Pilot Iroshizuku Kiri-same gray ink) in a Stillman and Birn Zeta series sketchbook • 5” x 8” • Wyoming • August 2025 • #urbansketchers #artyear #usk
August 3, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Sketch at the Neltje Center • Platinum Carbon Black ink in a Sailor Fude De Mannen fountain pen with a Pentel Vistage Water Brush (filled with Pilot Iroshizuku Kiri-same gray ink) in a Stillman and Birn Zeta series sketchbook • 5” x 8” • Wyoming • August 2025 • #urbansketchers #artyear #usk
Sketch at the Neltje Center near Sheridan • Platinum Carbon Black ink in a Sailor Fude De Mannen fountain pen with a Pentel Vistage Water Brush (filled with Pilot Iroshizuku Kiri-same gray ink) in a Stillman and Birn Zeta series sketchbook • 5” x 16” • Wyoming • July 2025 • #urbansketchers #artyear
August 2, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Sketch at the Neltje Center near Sheridan • Platinum Carbon Black ink in a Sailor Fude De Mannen fountain pen with a Pentel Vistage Water Brush (filled with Pilot Iroshizuku Kiri-same gray ink) in a Stillman and Birn Zeta series sketchbook • 5” x 16” • Wyoming • July 2025 • #urbansketchers #artyear
Sunday backyard sketch • Platinum Carbon Black ink in a Sailor Fude De Mannen fountain pen with a Pentel Vistage Water Brush (filled with Pilot Iroshizuku Kiri-same gray ink) in a Stillman and Birn Zeta series sketchbook • 5” x 16” • Wyoming • July 2025 • #urbansketchers #artyear #sketch #usk
July 28, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Sunday backyard sketch • Platinum Carbon Black ink in a Sailor Fude De Mannen fountain pen with a Pentel Vistage Water Brush (filled with Pilot Iroshizuku Kiri-same gray ink) in a Stillman and Birn Zeta series sketchbook • 5” x 16” • Wyoming • July 2025 • #urbansketchers #artyear #sketch #usk
I continue to be very impressed with the Sailor Fude De Mannen fountain pen and its incredible range of marks • Platinum Carbon Black ink in a Sailor Fude fountain pen in a Stillman and Birn Zeta series sketchbook • 8” x 5” • Wyoming • July 2025 • #urbansketchers #artyear #sailorfudepen #fountainpen
July 21, 2025 at 7:46 PM
I continue to be very impressed with the Sailor Fude De Mannen fountain pen and its incredible range of marks • Platinum Carbon Black ink in a Sailor Fude fountain pen in a Stillman and Birn Zeta series sketchbook • 8” x 5” • Wyoming • July 2025 • #urbansketchers #artyear #sailorfudepen #fountainpen
Sketch of forest and lake at Medicine Bow Peak • Platinum Carbon Black ink in a Sailor Fude fountain pen with a Pentel Vistage Water Brush (filled with Pilot Iroshizuku Kiri-same gray ink) in a Stillman and Birn Zeta series sketchbook • 8” x 5” • Wyoming • July 2025 • #urbansketchers #artyear #usk
July 20, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Sketch of forest and lake at Medicine Bow Peak • Platinum Carbon Black ink in a Sailor Fude fountain pen with a Pentel Vistage Water Brush (filled with Pilot Iroshizuku Kiri-same gray ink) in a Stillman and Birn Zeta series sketchbook • 8” x 5” • Wyoming • July 2025 • #urbansketchers #artyear #usk
Sketch of forest and lake at Medicine Bow Peak • Platinum Carbon Black ink in a Sailor Fude fountain pen with a Pentel Vistage Water Brush (filled with Pilot Iroshizuku Kiri-same gray ink) in a Stillman and Birn Zeta series sketchbook • 8” x 5” • Wyoming • July 2025 • #urbansketchers #artyear #usk
July 20, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Sketch of forest and lake at Medicine Bow Peak • Platinum Carbon Black ink in a Sailor Fude fountain pen with a Pentel Vistage Water Brush (filled with Pilot Iroshizuku Kiri-same gray ink) in a Stillman and Birn Zeta series sketchbook • 8” x 5” • Wyoming • July 2025 • #urbansketchers #artyear #usk
Sketch of the University of Wyoming campus • Platinum Carbon Black ink in a Lamy Safari fountain pen with a Da Vinci travel brush and gray Pilot Iroshizuku ink and a gray Pentel Pocket Brush Pen in a Stillman and Birn Zeta series sketchbook • 5” x 16” • Laramie • July 2025 • #urbansketchers #usk
July 14, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Sketch of the University of Wyoming campus • Platinum Carbon Black ink in a Lamy Safari fountain pen with a Da Vinci travel brush and gray Pilot Iroshizuku ink and a gray Pentel Pocket Brush Pen in a Stillman and Birn Zeta series sketchbook • 5” x 16” • Laramie • July 2025 • #urbansketchers #usk
Current view of studio with several drawings from 2016 being revisited and reworked • Visual Arts Building • University of Wyoming • July 2025 • #artyear #urbansketchers #studiopractice #drawing #ruins #reworking #prismacolor #duralar
July 13, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Current view of studio with several drawings from 2016 being revisited and reworked • Visual Arts Building • University of Wyoming • July 2025 • #artyear #urbansketchers #studiopractice #drawing #ruins #reworking #prismacolor #duralar
Detail shots … continuing to breathe new life into some old drawings from 2016, reworking them with more gesture and color • Prismacolor pencil, Inktense pencil, and acrylic paint on Dura-Lar • each drawing 64” x 40” • 2016-2025 (in progress … again) • #artyear #ruins #prismacolor #acrylic #drawing
June 30, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Detail shots … continuing to breathe new life into some old drawings from 2016, reworking them with more gesture and color • Prismacolor pencil, Inktense pencil, and acrylic paint on Dura-Lar • each drawing 64” x 40” • 2016-2025 (in progress … again) • #artyear #ruins #prismacolor #acrylic #drawing
Breathing new life into some old drawings from 2016, reworking them with more gesture and color • Prismacolor pencil, Inktense pencil, acrylic paint, ink, and graphite on Dura-Lar • 64” x 40” • 2016-2025 (in progress … again) • #artyear #ruins #prismacolor #ink #acrylic #drawing #reworking #studio
June 27, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Breathing new life into some old drawings from 2016, reworking them with more gesture and color • Prismacolor pencil, Inktense pencil, acrylic paint, ink, and graphite on Dura-Lar • 64” x 40” • 2016-2025 (in progress … again) • #artyear #ruins #prismacolor #ink #acrylic #drawing #reworking #studio
Drawing from the Hammamhane Hotel in Çukurcuma in Istanbul •• Platinum Carbon Black ink in a Lamy Safari fountain pen with a Pentel Vistage Water Brush (filled with Pilot Iroshizuku Kiri-same gray ink) and Prismacolor pencil on brown Stonehenge paper • 11” x 7.5” • June 2025 • #urbansketchers #usk
June 21, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Drawing from the Hammamhane Hotel in Çukurcuma in Istanbul •• Platinum Carbon Black ink in a Lamy Safari fountain pen with a Pentel Vistage Water Brush (filled with Pilot Iroshizuku Kiri-same gray ink) and Prismacolor pencil on brown Stonehenge paper • 11” x 7.5” • June 2025 • #urbansketchers #usk
Drawing from the Hammamhane Hotel in Çukurcuma in Istanbul •• Platinum Carbon Black ink in a Lamy Safari fountain pen with a Pentel Vistage Water Brush (filled with Pilot Iroshizuku Kiri-same gray ink) and Prismacolor pencil on brown Stonehenge paper • 11” x 7.5” • June 2025 • #urbansketchers #usk
June 21, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Drawing from the Hammamhane Hotel in Çukurcuma in Istanbul •• Platinum Carbon Black ink in a Lamy Safari fountain pen with a Pentel Vistage Water Brush (filled with Pilot Iroshizuku Kiri-same gray ink) and Prismacolor pencil on brown Stonehenge paper • 11” x 7.5” • June 2025 • #urbansketchers #usk
Sketch of the Yildiz Hamidiye Mosque in Beşiktaş, Istanbul • Platinum Carbon Black ink in a Lamy Safari fountain pen with a Pentel Vistage Water Brush (filled with Pilot Iroshizuku Kiri-same gray ink) in a Stillman and Birn Zeta series sketchbook • 5” x 3.5” • Türkiye • June 2025 • #urbansketchers
June 19, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Sketch of the Yildiz Hamidiye Mosque in Beşiktaş, Istanbul • Platinum Carbon Black ink in a Lamy Safari fountain pen with a Pentel Vistage Water Brush (filled with Pilot Iroshizuku Kiri-same gray ink) in a Stillman and Birn Zeta series sketchbook • 5” x 3.5” • Türkiye • June 2025 • #urbansketchers
Drawing inside the Kurşunlu Han in Galata, Istanbul • Platinum Carbon Black ink in a Lamy Safari fountain pen with a Pentel Vistage Water Brush (filled with Pilot Iroshizuku Kiri-same gray ink) and Prismacolor pencil on brown Stonehenge paper • 15” x 11” • Türkiye • June 2025 • #urbansketchers #usk
June 19, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Drawing inside the Kurşunlu Han in Galata, Istanbul • Platinum Carbon Black ink in a Lamy Safari fountain pen with a Pentel Vistage Water Brush (filled with Pilot Iroshizuku Kiri-same gray ink) and Prismacolor pencil on brown Stonehenge paper • 15” x 11” • Türkiye • June 2025 • #urbansketchers #usk
Sketch in Çukurcuma in Istanbul •• Platinum Carbon Black ink in Lamy Safari fountain pen with gray Pilot Iroshizuku ink and using a Da Vinci travel brush in a Stillman and Birn Zeta series sketchbook • 10” x 8” • Türkiye • June 2025 • #urbansketchers #artyear #urbansketching #usk
June 17, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Sketch in Çukurcuma in Istanbul •• Platinum Carbon Black ink in Lamy Safari fountain pen with gray Pilot Iroshizuku ink and using a Da Vinci travel brush in a Stillman and Birn Zeta series sketchbook • 10” x 8” • Türkiye • June 2025 • #urbansketchers #artyear #urbansketching #usk
Sketch inside the Anadolu Evleri Otel in Gaziantep • Platinum Carbon Black ink in a Lamy Safari fountain pen with a Pentel Vistage Water Brush (filled with Pilot Iroshizuku Kiri-same gray ink) and Prismacolor pencil on brown Stonehenge paper • 15” x 11” • June 2025 • #urbansketchers #artyear #usk
June 14, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Sketch inside the Anadolu Evleri Otel in Gaziantep • Platinum Carbon Black ink in a Lamy Safari fountain pen with a Pentel Vistage Water Brush (filled with Pilot Iroshizuku Kiri-same gray ink) and Prismacolor pencil on brown Stonehenge paper • 15” x 11” • June 2025 • #urbansketchers #artyear #usk
Sketch inside the Anadolu Evleri Otel in Gaziantep • Platinum Carbon Black ink in a Lamy Safari fountain pen with a Pentel Vistage Water Brush (filled with Pilot Iroshizuku Kiri-same gray ink) and Prismacolor pencil on brown Stonehenge paper • 15” x 11” • June 2025 • #urbansketchers #artyear #usk
June 14, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Sketch inside the Anadolu Evleri Otel in Gaziantep • Platinum Carbon Black ink in a Lamy Safari fountain pen with a Pentel Vistage Water Brush (filled with Pilot Iroshizuku Kiri-same gray ink) and Prismacolor pencil on brown Stonehenge paper • 15” x 11” • June 2025 • #urbansketchers #artyear #usk