James richards

Sketched on location

This classic cathedral bell tower beautifully punctuates the visual experience of this narrow street in Central Havana.

Jim Richards interview featured on Wanderarti.com

James Richards, a landscape architecture professor at the University of Texas at Arlington, finds anecdotal proof in the life of Ernest Hemingway.

The inaugural Urban Sketching Summer Retreat was held at the Madeline Island School of the Arts (MISA) August 16-20, 2021. The gorgeous island in Lake Superior and the historic port town of Bayfield, WI. provided us all with what I call a "target rich environment" of sketching subjects. Instructors Shari Blaukopf, Paul Heaston, Uma Kelkar and myself had 51 participants attend. They were divided into 4 groups, and each group had a different instructor each day. The 5th and final day was a…

James Richards Sketchbook

25-minute sketch during USK workshop with Asnee and Joao--the perspective was a challenge

Ink sketch done from sidewalk on Royal Street, watercolor added in studio. This venerable grocery, with an apartment on the second floor, is a reminder that the French Quarter is, first and foremost, a neighborhood.

[by James Richards in Vietnam] In June 2016 I realized the long-held wish to experience the cities, villages, countryside and coastal areas of Vietnam. Our 2-week tour with a road-worthy troupe of American landscape architects focused on environment and culture and covered the length of the country. My impressions of the journey resulted in an […]

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