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Way Lee Art

@waylee.art
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Artist, BS’er (bus sketcher) based in Seattle. Watercolor and ink, on location/plein air, and drawing from life. www.waylee.art Comics account: @zenosarrow.net

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Way Lee Art @waylee.art · 04/10/2026
Trying out combining linework with Impressquarism. This big tree has a really interesting trunk with different textures and bumps on it. It’s ink month and this has ink work in it so that means I could tag it for #inktober2026, too! #pleinair #impressquarism #watercolor
A sketch with ink linework of a tree trunk with foliage around it above a brick retaining wall, and watercolor added with square brushwork
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Way Lee Art @waylee.art · 03/10/2026
Octopus Inktober (Octobus 🐙) Day 3: Miniature #inktober2026 #octobus
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Way Lee Art @waylee.art · 02/10/2026
Inktober day 1: Apple I think I’ll octopus-theme my #inktober2026 drawings. Let’s call it #octobus 🐙 I’ll be sporadic through the month. We’ll see how many I do. Will keep ‘em small and casual. #inktober
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Way Lee Art @waylee.art · 30/09/2026
Oh hey, Ryan! Nice to see you here too. Beautiful work as always.
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Way Lee Art @waylee.art · 24/09/2026
Thanks, Liz! Ooh glad to hear, cause this is one of a couple color combos that stick in my head.
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Way Lee Art @waylee.art · 24/09/2026
Squeezing in one more before the rainy season starts. 🍁🌧️ #pleinair #watercolor #art #traditionalart #impressquarism
A watercolor painting of the gasworks at gasworks park in Seattle
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Way Lee Art @waylee.art · 22/09/2026
Impressquarism comes for Duck Island on Greenlake! 🦆🏝️ Happy equinox! ☀️ #pleinair #watercolor #art #impressquarism
A watercolor painting of a small island on a lake done in an impressionistic style with square and rectangular brushstrokes
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Way Lee Art @waylee.art · 17/09/2026
Thanks so much, that’s great to hear! This style is fun to do, too, though it has a significant “doesn’t look like much” period.
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Way Lee Art @waylee.art · 17/09/2026
I’m amazed at how squares and rectangles can evoke water! 💧Explorations in impressquarism continue. #watercolor #pleinair #urbansketchers #impressquarism
A watercolor landscape over a body of water done with square and rectangular brushstrokes, held up in front of the scene depicted
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Way Lee Art @waylee.art · 09/09/2026
Continuing to explore Impressquarism today at Urban Sketchers Seattle’s outing at Discovery Park. It’s a fun way to paint! #watercolor #pleinair #urbansketchers
A watercolor landscape painting done with square and rectangular horizontal and vertical brush strokes
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Way Lee Art @waylee.art · 09/09/2026
Bus sketches to the ⚾️ game and pitcher gesture sketches. #sketch #peoplesketching #peoplewatching #figureart #sketchbook
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Way Lee Art @waylee.art · 05/09/2026
A great drink n draw with Urban Sketchers Seattle at Phinney Station! You can tell it used to be a gas station, so I wanted to capture the distinctive roof and pillar in the now yard. #watercolor #pleinair #urbansketchers #art
A watercolor and ink painting of a brewery housed in a former gas station
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Way Lee Art @waylee.art · 01/09/2026
I’ll sometimes deliberately say it as “WOR-sess-ter-shy-r” tongue in cheek to flag the absurdity and rage bait the purists 😉
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Way Lee Art @waylee.art · 31/08/2026
think we should call it “Impressquarism”! 🟩🟨🟪 Went to Ballard Locks to play with the concept some more and love how these sketches came out. I think I’ll use these as thank you cards for my recent original art buyers! #pleinair #watercolor #landscapeart
Two small watercolor paintings done in a rectangular impressionistic style, held in hand in front of the stand of trees they depict
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Way Lee Art @waylee.art · 30/08/2026
These two original paintings of mine are going to new homes soon!🕊️ Huge thanks to my supporters! 🙏🏼
Two watercolor paintings packaged with backing boards in plastic sleeves
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Way Lee Art @waylee.art · 28/08/2026
It’s done! 🌸 I’m calling this polyptych “Cherry Blossoms in Pink Major”, riffing on the term for harmonious musical notes played together (“chord”) and how classical pieces were often named “Something in G Major”), for example. #art #watercolor #cherryblossoms
A framed artwork with 12 windows cut in the mat for 12 colorful iterations of a painting of cherry blossoms
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Way Lee Art @waylee.art · 27/08/2026
Thank you thank you!
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Way Lee Art @waylee.art · 27/08/2026
Swung for the fences at today’s Urban Sketchers Seattle outing at Seward Park with this new approach to my watercolor, and feel like I hit a home run with this one! 💥 #urbansketchers #watercolor #art #natureart #pleinair
A watercolor landscape painting done impressionistically with rectangular brushstrokes
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Way Lee Art @waylee.art · 23/08/2026
Just a couple boat sketches from Fishermen’s Terminal in Seattle #sketch #boat #art
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Way Lee Art @waylee.art · 20/08/2026
Trying more things out 🏯⛩️ These are views around Kiyomizu Dera (Kiyomizu Temple) in Kyoto, one of my favorite sites I visited back when I lived in Japan many years ago. I did this via Street View. #watercolor #temple #art
An ink and watercolor artwork with views of Kiyomizu Dera in Kyoto arranged around a central view of one of the gates
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Way Lee Art @waylee.art · 18/08/2026
Trying some things out 🐉 Did you know East Asian “dragons” are actually kind-of the opposite of Western dragons? Water beings with fish scales and mostly beneficent, seeking wisdom (the fiery pearls) vs fiery reptile-scaled beings of destruction and greed #dragon #watercolor #art
An ink and watercolor painting of East Asian “dragons” (lóng in Chinese)
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Way Lee Art @waylee.art · 15/08/2026
Luckily, there happened to be an Urban Sketchers outing just a few blocks from where my show was yesterday, so I got to hang out with folks and it was easy for them to stop by my show/reception! #sketch #lifedrawing #art #urbansketchers
An ink/inkwash sketch of two people’s facesAnd ink sketch in line art of a woman’s profile and another woman seated at a table
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Way Lee Art @waylee.art · 12/08/2026
The art for my show is hung! Come check out my blue visions of Seattle and surroundings between now and 9/6. We’re holding an opening reception THIS FRIDAY 8/14: 📅 Friday, August 14 🕰️ 6pm - 9pm 📍 Makeda & Mingus I’ll be there and happy to see you and talk about the art!
Eleven framed artworks hung up on the wall in a cafeA flyer image promoting an art show with blue ink urban landscape artworks at Makeda and Mingus
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Way Lee Art @waylee.art · 10/08/2026
Never knew about the Rose Garden by @woodlandparkzoo.bsky.social until Urban Sketchers Seattle went there today! It’s a lovely garden with a small fountain, reflecting pool, gazebo, topiaries, and of course lots of roses. #watercolor #uskseattle #urbansketchers #pleinair #garden
A watercolor painting of the Woodland Park Zoo Rose Garden
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Way Lee Art @waylee.art · 07/08/2026
Today’s 🚌✍🏼 #sketch #lifedrawing #peoplewatching #art
An ink sketch of a man in profile view
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Way Lee Art @waylee.art · 07/08/2026
It’s the year of the 🐎 so I picked the horse sculpture to sketch among Ai Weiwei’s zodiac sculptures at Seattle Art Museum’s Olympic Sculpture Park. #sketch #art #drawing
A sketch of Ai Weiwei’s horse zodiac sculpture
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Way Lee Art @waylee.art · 07/08/2026
Haven’t bus sketched in a while! A couple of today’s #sketch #lifedrawing #art #peoplewatching
An ink sketch of a man’s faceAn ink sketch of a man’s face
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Way Lee Art @waylee.art · 29/07/2026
Visit Makeda & Mingus 8/14-9/6 for my show of my series of vibrant blue ink paintings of scenes in and around Seattle! Each painting was done on location, allowing me to experience and capture the feeling of being in each place. Opening Reception 📅 Friday, August 14 🕰️ 6pm - 9pm 📍 Makeda & Mingus
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Way Lee Art @waylee.art · 29/07/2026
Last couple of these cherry blossoms for the set! 🌸 next I’ll arrange them into a grid composition for a framed piece 🖼️ #cherryblossoms #watercolor #art
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Way Lee Art @waylee.art · 27/07/2026
Yeah! A remnant of old South Lake Union
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Way Lee Art @waylee.art · 26/07/2026
Finally painted the old Elephant Car Wash sign while out with Urban Sketchers Seattle! Very happy with how this came out. #pleinair #watercolor #gouache #urbansketchers #art
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Way Lee Art @waylee.art · 23/07/2026
A couple more cherry blossom color iterations today. 🌸 Two left to go and I’ve got the color scheme picked out! #watercolor #cherryblossoms #flowerart #art #tradart
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Way Lee Art @waylee.art · 22/07/2026
Thanks to my neighbor and her cat, San-i, for letting me sketch! #catart #sketch #watercolor
A page if ink and watercolor sketches of a cat
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Way Lee Art @waylee.art · 21/07/2026
Have some more cherry blossoms! 🌸 Think I’ll do four more of these… #watercolor #art #cherryblossoms
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Way Lee Art @waylee.art · 17/07/2026
A few more cherry blossom iterations today 🌸 #art #watercolor #cherryblossoms
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Way Lee Art @waylee.art · 14/07/2026
Painted Wing Luke Museum today and now my Seattle Museum series is complete! Here is the latest plus a few of my favorites. #watercolor #pleinair #urbansketchers #art #tradart
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Way Lee Art @waylee.art · 12/07/2026
Alas, I couldn't make it, either. Next time!
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Way Lee Art @waylee.art · 12/07/2026
Nice! Did you go to SketcherFest?
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Way Lee Art @waylee.art · 07/07/2026
A couple more cherry blossoms today. Digging these colors, too! #art #watercolor #cherryblossoms
A watercolor painting of cherry blossomsA watercolor painting of cherry blossomsA watercolor painting of cherry blossomsA watercolor painting of cherry blossoms
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Way Lee Art @waylee.art · 03/07/2026
The penultimate museum in this series of Seattle museum paintings: @fryeartmuseum.bsky.social! It’s a less well known gem that is always FREE! (Plus a few of the others I’ve painted) #art #pleinair #urbansketchers #watercolor #traditionalart
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Way Lee Art @waylee.art · 03/07/2026
😂 just like vending at a show
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Way Lee Art @waylee.art · 03/07/2026
Ooh, maybe you could paint like chevron pattern stripes on the floor pointing into the back area to make it really visually clear that customers are welcome in there!
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Way Lee Art @waylee.art · 01/07/2026
I wrote a new blog post doing a Spring Recap and Summer Look-Ahead for what's going on at Way Lee Art: www.waylee.art/blog/spring-...
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Way Lee Art @waylee.art · 01/07/2026
Another couple iterations of my cherry blossom color experiments. Still working loosely around pink-green concepts. #watercolor #cherryblossoms #flowerart #art #painting
A watercolor painting of cherry blossomsA watercolor painting of cherry blossoms
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Way Lee Art @waylee.art · 24/06/2026
It’s been fun to do but definitely at the point of looking forward to doing other things, haha
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Way Lee Art @waylee.art · 23/06/2026
Painted the Museum of Flight today to continue my Seattle museums series. Weekday = lots of school groups! We’re in the home stretch with just a couple left to paint now. #art #watercolor #pleinair #urbansketchers
A watercolor painting of the Museum of Flight in Seattle
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Way Lee Art @waylee.art · 22/06/2026
I see, makes sense. I've had a good experience with their 100% cotton cold press, too. When I went back to my (mystery manufacturer--I bought the whole sheets many years ago) not-100% cotton paper, I was like "How was I living like this??" I use it for sketches now, haha. Excited to try the others!
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Way Lee Art @waylee.art · 22/06/2026
Oh interesting! What don’t you like about Fluid paper? How’s it compare? I’ve only used Fluid’s 100% cotton so far, but have a block of Hahnemule and Arches waiting for my next projects. Definitely was a revelation when I tried 100% cotton for the first time.
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Way Lee Art @waylee.art · 18/06/2026
The Duwamish Longhouse & Cultural Center is next in the series. It’s a distinctive building with warm textures outside and in. I appreciated the exhibit, including getting to see Duwamish perspective about the collision of incoming Westerners with indigenous people. #art #watercolor #urbansketchers
A watercolor painting of the Duwamish Longhouse and Cultural Center in Seattle
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Way Lee Art @waylee.art · 14/06/2026
Museum no. 9! A couple days ago I painted the Jimi Hendrix tribute museum (aka EMP, aka MOPOP), and today I sat in Jimi Hendrix Park and painted the Northwest African American Museum. Just four more museums left in this series. #art #pleinair #watercolor #painting #tradart #urbansketchers
A watercolor painting of the Northwest African American Museum in Seattle
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