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Wordspicturesmagic @jebbrack.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

In Erlanger KY is Collection 21, an impressive display of historic cars. I could have stayed all day, but here is a 1958 Edsel Ranger and a 1951 Ford dump truck. #Autoart #carart #carartwork #coolcars #collection21

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Wordspicturesmagic @jebbrack.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Met the BoUrban Sketchers at Wandering Monsters in Anderson today. Good beer, good food, good sketching. #Usk #urbansketch #urbansketchers #urbansketching #sketching @uskcincinnati.bsky.social

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Wordspicturesmagic @jebbrack.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

At the Air Force Museum in Dayton. It’s amazing how quickly time can pass when I’m in the zone. #sketching #helicopters #airforcemuseum #watercolorpencils

A watercolor pencil sketch of a helicopter at the Air Force Museum.

The line art with the subject behind it.

This is a Sikorsky HH 60G Pave Hawk rescue helicopter, a variation of the Army Black Hawk.

The finished product with the real helicopter behind it.

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Wordspicturesmagic @jebbrack.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Supercool outing to @motofederation.bsky.social community motorcycle garage today. Too many bikes to sketch so I’ll be going back again soon! #Usk #urbansketch #urbansketchers #urbansketching #sketching

Ink sketch of a 1969 Royal Enfield motorcycle that was under repair.

A 2019 Indian Springfield, a 1969 BSA with sidecar, and a 1985 BMW R80, plus some of the sketchers themselves.

The Moto Federation stage, with a disco ball reputed to be from Studio 54.

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Wordspicturesmagic @jebbrack.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Ascension and Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in Wyoming Ohio. I have done several renderings of this building over the years and I think this one is my favorite so far. #penandink #inkdrawing #architecturalart

An ink drawing of the church with the bell tower rising behind the main building. Trees surround the church and shadows from strong sunlight define the sides of it.

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Wordspicturesmagic @jebbrack.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

1929 Chrysler 2-seat Boat Tailed Racer. This one of a kind vehicle appeared last summer at the Cincinnati Concours d’Elegance car show. #Autoart #carart #carartwork #coolcars #classiccars

Two additional views from the sides, in ink and pencil.

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Wordspicturesmagic @jebbrack.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

At the Convention Center reopening last night, representing for @uskcincinnati.bsky.social and sketching of course! #Usk #urbansketch #urbansketchers #urbansketching #sketching

A watercolor sketch of the Convention Center and its giant new digital Cincinnati sign. In the foreground waves an Ohio flag while clouds drift overhead.

The sketch in progress, with the Convention Center crowd in the background.

Urban Sketchers Cincinnati was one of many vendors and presenters at the event. Here, admin Cory helps set up our table.

All set up and ready to meet the public.

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Wordspicturesmagic @jebbrack.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

At the Cincinnati Public Library with @uskcincinnati.bsky.social today. Don’t let the absence of people in my sketch fool you: this is a beautiful and vibrant urban space! #Usk #urbansketch #urbansketchers #urbansketching #sketching

A watercolor sketch of the Social Stairs in the lobby of the Main Branch of the Cincinnati Library. The railings are vertical stripes of many colors, each designating a different style of music. The staircase rises three stories above the ground floor.

A photo of the scene at the Library, complete with people.

The Cincinnati Urban Sketchers group showing off their work on the Social Stairs.

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Wordspicturesmagic @jebbrack.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Back in June, an Aston Martin DB5 complete with James Bond gadgets made an appearance at the Concours d’Elegance. This is the first chance I’ve had to sketch it. #inksketch #autoart #carart #carartwork #coolcars #jamesbond #astonmartin

Ink sketch of the James Bond Aston Martin DB-5, with Bond in the background.

The Aston Martin DB5, without background.

Ink sketch of the dashboard of the DB-5, complete with radar screen and gadget controls.

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Wordspicturesmagic @jebbrack.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

I hosted the Hobby Hangout at CMC today and was able to do a couple of sketches while I talked about watercolor to museum guests. #Usk #urbansketch #urbansketchers #urbansketching #sketching

Watercolor sketch of the steamboat Natchez at Cincinnati’s Public Landing. She visited during the River Roots Festival, drawing lines of people for each cruise.

The sketch and the tools: a palette of QOR watercolors and two sleeves of travel brushes.

A quick ink sketch of a GTO convertible.

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Wordspicturesmagic @jebbrack.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Krohn Conservatory, Eden Park, Cincinnati. Ink and watercolor pencil. #Usk #urbansketch #urbansketchers #urbansketching #sketching

An ink and watercolor sketch of the inside of Krohn Conservatory in Cincinnati. Thick foliage stands tall and overhangs the path, causing visitors to duck as they make their way through.

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Wordspicturesmagic @jebbrack.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

Sketching today at the American Sign Museum with @uskcincinnati.bsky.social and the weather was good enough to sketch outside. #Usk #urbansketch #urbansketchers #urbansketching #sketching

A fountain pen sketch of the Cincinnati Sign Garden, outside the American Sign Museum. It includes vintage neon signs from Turfway, Skyline Chili, Graeters ice cream, and many other long-gone Cinci businesses.

The sketch with the subject in the background.

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Wordspicturesmagic @jebbrack.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Custom sketch artwork for VisitCincy.com, the official tourism organization for our region. This was a farewell gift for event planners who came to check out the city! #Usk #urbansketch #urbansketchers #urbansketching #sketching #watercolor #cincinnati

A 5x7” watercolor sketch montage of several Cincinnati locations. Top: Music Hall and Cincinnati Museum Center. Middle: The New Cincinnati Convention Center. Bottom: Fountain Square fountain and Roebling Bridge.

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Urban Sketchers Cincinnati @uskcincinnati.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

November’s schedule is live! Come join us with sketching materials in hand. #Usk #urbansketch #urbansketchers #urbansketching #sketching

November sketch events for Urban Sketchers Cincinnati.

November 6, 10 am. Urbean Sketchers at The Fix.

November 15, 10 am. Third Saturday sketch out at Voice Of America.

November 20, 5:30 pm. BoUrban Sketchers at MPH Brewing.

November 28, 10 am. Special 4th Friday at Krohn Conservatory.

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Wordspicturesmagic @jebbrack.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Zoo outing today with @uskcincinnati.bsky.social and about a million school kids. I sketched the Malayan tiger which is (um actually) NOT a Bengal tiger like they thought it was. #Usk #urbansketch #urbansketchers #urbansketching #sketching #tiger

The Malayan tiger at Cincinnati Zoo, walking around its enclosure.

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Wordspicturesmagic @jebbrack.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

I won’t be giving fiery speeches or facing down armored cops, but I will sketch what I saw, and what I saw was strength in numbers. #usk #urbansketch #urbansketchers #urbansketching #sketching #nokings #nokingscincinnati

Thousands of people in Smale Park Cincinnati, gathered to peacefully protest the current administration. There were songs and chants and costumes and signs in the shade of the Roebling Bridge. I did a watercolor sketch to show I was there.

I tried to capture some of my favorite signs and costumes, such as:
Dinos Against Donny
Resist
You Sucked In Home Alone 2
IKEA Has Better Cabinets
If Not Fascism, Why Fascism Shaped?
The Only Minority Destroying America Is The Billionaires
The Only Orange Monarch We Want Is A Butterfly
I Am Aunt Tifa
It’s Insanity; Bring Back Humanity
Without Due Process It’s Just Kidnapping
Rebellions Are Built On Hope

I wasn’t the only sketcher in the park. Here are three sketchbooks: mine and an ink drawing of the crowd, plus another watercolor of the bridge and the crowd.

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Wordspicturesmagic @jebbrack.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

I have sketched my little guy many times over the years. Yesterday his light left the world. Here are some of my favorites. #cavalierkingcharles #sketching #penandink #dogsofbluesky

I had just discovered the brush pen and was trying it out. I think this is my favorite sketch of Poncho ever.

I had meant to go back and finish this one (from a photo, obviously) but I really like the way it looks as is.

My first ever sketch of Poncho. That little face just kills me.

So regal. Pencil, probably from a photo.

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Wordspicturesmagic @jebbrack.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Beautiful morning to sketch at the zoo. I set up under a tree, which kept refreshing my page with drops of water. #urbansketching #urbansketchers

A panoramic watercolor sketch of Cincinnati Zoo’s entrance. People and strollers fill the lower edge of the sketch.

A photograph of the scene shows a cloudless sky and strong shadows in the morning sun.

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Wordspicturesmagic @jebbrack.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

Got a haircut at Bellevue Barbershop, so you know I had to sketch it. #urbansketcher #urbansketching

Watercolor sketch inside a barbershop. Two men sit in barber chairs while the barbers get to work on their hair and beards. Lots of pictures and signs adorn the walls.

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Wordspicturesmagic @jebbrack.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Sketching at the Cincinnati Art Museum today. They only allow sketching in pencil. Descriptions in the Alt text. #sketching #pencilsketch #artmuseum

Pencil sketch of a funerary lion monument. Greece, 350 BCE.

Pencil sketch of a bust of Frank Duveneck, by Charles Grafly, 1915.

Pencil sketch of the rooftops of the art museum.

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Wordspicturesmagic @jebbrack.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Just cancelled Disney+. I don’t even like Kimmel that much, but I hate fascist collaborators more.

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Wordspicturesmagic @jebbrack.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Lake Erie, looking west. Cedar Point amusement park is on the horizon. The waves are big enough to crash on the shoreline. #urbansketch #urbansketching #urbansketcher

Watercolor sketch of the Lake Erie shoreline in Huron Ohio, facing west.

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Wordspicturesmagic @jebbrack.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

Lake Erie, Huron Ohio. Facing east. West facing view to come. #urbansketching #urbansketch #urbansketcher

Watercolor sketch of houses along the shore of Lake Erie in Huron, Ohio.

The actual scene of the houses. The house on the right has its own lighthouse.

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Wordspicturesmagic @jebbrack.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

ME-262A jet fighter at the Air Force Museum. The world’s first jet fighter aircraft. #urbansketchers #urbansketching

Messerschmitt ME-262A jet fighter, drawn in ink.

I chose an angle that would easily exclude the swastika markings. I like drawing planes and military vehicles, but today that insignia meant more.

As I sat there staring at this brilliant piece of deadly technology, designed and built by humanity’s worst regime, a family came by: two adults and two young kids. I overheard the dad say, “Those were the bad people. They lost. The good people won.”

It made me wonder: when did our people forget this? When did we decide that the Nazis were the example we wanted to follow? I don’t think we’re the good people any more.

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Wordspicturesmagic @jebbrack.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

1940’s Day at CMC means classic vehicles to sketch! 1947 Ford pickup here. #urbansketchers #urbansketching #classiccars

Watercolor sketch of a 1947 Ford pickup in front of Cincinnati Museum Center.

Ink sketch in progress, before watercolor is applied.

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Urban Sketchers Cincinnati @uskcincinnati.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Is it September already? Then here's the outings scheduled for the month! #urbansketchers #urbansketching

A list of the Cincinnati sketch outings for the month of September. Check each outing for details on the blog: https://uskcincinnati.blogspot.com/

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Wordspicturesmagic @jebbrack.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

1964 Porsche 356C cabriolet, at Wyoming Wheels and Wine last evening. #urbansketching #urbansketchers #classiccar #porsche

Watercolor sketch of a classic Porsche sports car.

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Wordspicturesmagic @jebbrack.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

Beholder. Pen and ink on Bristol. I’m a fan of old school fantasy art, especially the work of Dave Trampier. I’d never compare my stuff to his, but looking at his technique inspired me to try this. Took me ages. #dndart #dnd #fantasyillustration #fantasyart #penandink

A pen and ink illustration of the Beholder, the famous DnD monster with one large central eye and ten smaller eyes on stalks.

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Wordspicturesmagic @jebbrack.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Sketching at the Natl Museum of the US Air Force. This is a Sikorsky CH-3E “Black Mariah” search and rescue helicopter. I could sketch here every week, although the lighting does pose a challenge sometimes. #urbansketch #urbansketchers #urbansketching #helicopter

The Sikorsky CH-3E “Black Mariah” helicopter at the National Museum of the US Air Force.

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Wordspicturesmagic @jebbrack.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

Cincinnati Public Radio allowed us to sketch their building today! #urbansketchers #urbansketching #cincinnatipublicradio

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Wordspicturesmagic @jebbrack.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

The Urban Sketchers Ohio Regional Summit began today, and guess where the first outing was? Yes, my very own workplace! #urbansketchers #urbansketching #cincinnatimuseumcenter

My pen and ink sketch of the Rotunda at Union Terminal, from the balcony above the entrance.

The view from above. Tours often go up here to learn about Union Terminal history, and for the scenery.

The main force of sketchers for the Ohio Regional Summit of Urban Sketchers. Over 30 people attended!

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Wordspicturesmagic @jebbrack.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Jazz pianist Pat Kelly serenaded the Edgecliff tonight, so of course I took the opportunity to sketch. #urbansketch #urbansketching #urbansketcher

A watercolor sketch of Pat Kelly at the piano.

There were handy cocktail tables set out, the perfect place for sketching.

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Kevin Necessary @knecessary.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

Trump isn't just causing chaos here at home. He's causing chaos worldwide. My latest cartoon on Pepperspectives. @davidpepperoh.bsky.social davidpepper.substack.com/p/dumbest-ri...

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Urban Sketchers Cincinnati @uskcincinnati.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

So much fun planned for August, including the Ohio Regional USK Summit! Come on out and join us. It's free to attend and free of judgement! #urbansketching #urbansketchers

A list of the August Sketch Events.
August 7, 10 am: Urbean Sketchers at Sidewinder Coffee.
August 8-10: Ohio Regional USK Summit. Check website for details.
August 16, 10am: Third Saturday Sketch Out at WVXU Headquarters.
August 21, 5:30pm: BoUrban Sketchers at Blind Lemon.
August 29, 9am: Zoo Friday at the Cincinnati Zoo.

More details on each event as it approaches, or check uskcincinnati.blogspot.com for more information.

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James Gunn @jamesgunn.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

You asked for it, you got it. Here’s the full mural honoring the History of Metahumans in the DCU adorning the Hall of Justice in #Superman.

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Wordspicturesmagic @jebbrack.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

My sketch from the @uskcincinnati.bsky.social outing in Glendale today. I chose the Fire Department building for my subject, a place I’ve always admired. #urbansketchers #urbansketching

An ink sketch of the Glendale, OH, fire department.

Glendale Fire Department, Engine Company No. 45 is a grand old brick building with a tall tower on one side and the garage bays on the other.

Me at the Throwdown of the Cincy Urban Sketchers. There was a large turnout for this event, although most folks chose to stay in the town square.

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Urban Sketchers Cincinnati @uskcincinnati.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Third Saturday Sketch Outing: Glendale town square, 10am July 19! Throwdown at 11:45. Join us and sketch the amazing architecture of Glendale. #urbansketching

Glendale Town Square. Meet us there Saturday, July 19 at 10am for our Third Saturday Sketch Outing!

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Wordspicturesmagic @jebbrack.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

No lies detected. From the opening strains of music to the final post credit scene this movie is fun, exciting, and corny in the best ways. Also, the Hall of Justice? I work there. Great to see it looking so heroic! @jamesgunn.bsky.social #superman

Screenshot of a Facebook post from Geek League of America showing Superman smiling in the fortress of solitude.

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Wordspicturesmagic @jebbrack.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Sketches of Reading Ohio, made for last night’s talk about #urbansketching. Good turnout, including several members of @uskcincinnati.bsky.social.

Benson Street bridge, Reading, Ohio. Pencil.

Reading Library, Reading, Ohio. Ink and watercolor.

Reading Library exterior, pencil under drawing.

Reading Library exterior, inked underdrawing.

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Wordspicturesmagic @jebbrack.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

It me! Stop by early with your sketchbook for an impromptu outing, or just come to hear me talk. #urbansketching

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Urban Sketchers Cincinnati @uskcincinnati.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

July sketching events are posted! Join us with drawing materials in hand, and check each event post for further details. #urbansketching

A list of the Urban Sketchers Cincinnati outings for the month of July.
July 3, 10am, Urbean Sketching at Coterie Lounge and Cafe.
July 8, 6:30pm, Bonus outing to the Reading Library for a presentation by Jeb Brack.
July 10, 5:30pm, BoUrban Sketching at Rosedale OTR.
July 19, 10am, Third Saturday Sketch Out in Glendale.
July 25, 11am, 4th Friday Outing to the Bicycle Exhibit at Cincinnati Art Museum.

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Wordspicturesmagic @jebbrack.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

Sketching Shelly, the Eastern Box Turtle, at Cincinnati Museum Center. #urbansketching #penandinkdrawing #boxturtle

Pen and ink sketch of an Eastern Box Turtle.

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Wordspicturesmagic @jebbrack.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

1935 MG PA, from this weekend’s Cincinnati Concours D’Elegance. Watercolor will be added but I like the drawing this way. #Autoart #carart #carartwork #coolcars #penandink

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