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Doug Russell @dougrussellart.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Second study of the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur • Malaysia • Kaweco Pearl Black ink in a Lamy Safari fountain pen with a Da Vinci travel brush in a Stillman and Birn Zeta series sketchbook • 8.5” x 5.5” • June 2026 • #urbansketchers #inkdrawing #petronastowers

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Doug Russell @dougrussellart.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Quick study of the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur • Malaysia • Kaweco Pearl Black ink in a Lamy Safari fountain pen with a Da Vinci travel brush in a Stillman and Birn Zeta series sketchbook • 5.5” x 3.5” • June 2026 • #urbansketchers #inkdrawing #petronustowers

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Doug Russell @dougrussellart.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Sketch from villa at the Banjaran Hot Springs Retreat in Ipoh • Malaysia • 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 • 10x16” • June 2026 • #urbansketchers

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Doug Russell @dougrussellart.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Drawing at Banjaran Hot Springs Retreat in Ipoh Malaysia • Platinum Carbon Black ink in a Sailor Fude fountain pen with a Pentel Vistage Water Brush (with Pilot Iroshizuku Kiri-same gray ink) and a gray Pentel Pocket Brush Pen and Prismacolor pencil on brown Stonehenge paper • 15”x11” • June 2026 •

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Doug Russell @dougrussellart.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Sketch of villa at the Banjaran Hot Springs Retreat in Ipoh • Malaysia • Platinum Carbon Black ink in a Sailor Fude fountain pen and Kaweco Pearl Black ink in a Lamy Safari with a Da Vinci travel brush in a Stillman and Birn Zeta series sketchbook • 8” x 5” • June 2026 • #urbansketchers

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Doug Russell @dougrussellart.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Second study of private garden at the Ambong Pool Villas on the island of Langkawi • Malaysia • Platinum Carbon Black ink in a Sailor Fude fountain pen on Arches hot press watercolor paper • 7.5” x 11” • June 2026 • #urbansketchers #artyear #usk #urbansketching #inkdrawing

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Doug Russell @dougrussellart.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

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Doug Russell @dougrussellart.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Study of private garden at the Ambong Pool Villas on the island of Langkawi • Malaysia • Platinum Carbon Black ink in a Sailor Fude fountain pen with gray Pilot Iroshizuku ink and using a Da Vinci travel brush on Arches hot press watercolor paper • 11” x 15” • June 2026 • #urbansketchers

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Doug Russell @dougrussellart.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Sketch of garden at The Edison Hotel in George Town • Malaysia • 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 10” • June 2026 • #urbansketchers

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Doug Russell @dougrussellart.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

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Doug Russell @dougrussellart.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Sketch on a side street in George Town • Penang, Malaysia • 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 2026 • #urbansketchers

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Doug Russell @dougrussellart.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Study of garden at Bubu Villa • Pulau Perhentian Kecil Island • Malaysia • 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” • May 2026 • #usk

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Doug Russell @dougrussellart.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Sketch of Long Beach on Pulau Perhentian Kecil Island • 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” • Malaysia • May 2026 • #urbansketchers

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Doug Russell @dougrussellart.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

A quick abstract experiment in the studio • charcoal and pastel on Arches Cover paper • 30” x 22” • 2025 • #studiopractice #abstraction #abstract #markmaking #drawing #charcoal #pastel #archescover #explosion #ruins #debris #dougrussell #dougrussellart #sketch

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Doug Russell @dougrussellart.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

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

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Doug Russell @dougrussellart.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

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

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Doug Russell @dougrussellart.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

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

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Doug Russell @dougrussellart.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

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

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Doug Russell @dougrussellart.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

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

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Doug Russell @dougrussellart.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

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

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Doug Russell @dougrussellart.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

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

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Doug Russell @dougrussellart.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

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

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Doug Russell @dougrussellart.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

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

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Doug Russell @dougrussellart.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

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

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Doug Russell @dougrussellart.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

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

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Doug Russell @dougrussellart.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

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

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Doug Russell @dougrussellart.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

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

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University of Wyoming Department of Visual Arts @wyomingartdept.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

We are excited to announce that Swoon will be our eminent visiting artist for the 2025-26 academic year! A solo exhibition of the artist's work will open in the UW Visual Arts Gallery on August 25. Events with Swoon and her collaborators will enrich our community throughout the coming year.

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Doug Russell @dougrussellart.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

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

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Doug Russell @dougrussellart.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

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

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Doug Russell @dougrussellart.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

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

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Doug Russell @dougrussellart.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

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

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Doug Russell @dougrussellart.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

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

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Doug Russell @dougrussellart.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

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

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Doug Russell @dougrussellart.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

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

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Doug Russell @dougrussellart.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Sketch inside the Anadolu Evleri Otel in Gaziantep • Platinum Carbon Black ink in a Lamy Safari fountain pen with gray Pilot Iroshizuku ink and using a Da Vinci travel brush in a Stillman and Birn Zeta series sketchbook • 8” x 5” • Türkiye • June 2025 • #urbansketchers #artyear #urbansketching

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Doug Russell @dougrussellart.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Sketch of the Alaüddevle Mosque from our hotel in Gaziantep •• Platinum Carbon Black ink in a Lamy Safari fountain pen and Kaweco Pearl Black ink in another Lamy Safari with a Da Vinci travel brush in a Stillman and Birn Zeta series sketchbook • 5.5” x 3.5” • Türkiye • June 2025 • #urbansketchers

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Doug Russell @dougrussellart.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Small sketch in progress inside the Hanehan Butik Otel in Şanlıurfa • Platinum Carbon Black ink in a Lamy Safari fountain pen with an Art Toolkit pocket watercolor palette and a Da Vinci travel brush in a Stillman and Birn Zeta sketchbook • 5.5” x 3.5” • Türkiye • June 2025 • #urbansketchers #usk

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Doug Russell @dougrussellart.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Small sketch inside the Hanehan Butik Otel in Şanlıurfa • Platinum Carbon Black ink in a Lamy Safari fountain pen with an Art Toolkit pocket watercolor palette and a Da Vinci travel brush in a Stillman and Birn Zeta sketchbook • 5.5” x 3.5” • Türkiye • June 2025 • #urbansketchers #artyear #usk

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Doug Russell @dougrussellart.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Drawing inside the Hanehan Butik Otel in Şanlıurfa, Türkiye •• 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 #usk

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Doug Russell @dougrussellart.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Drawing in progress of alley in Mardin, Türkiye •• 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 #artyear #usk

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