ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Deepest gratitude to the artists who allowed me to include their work in this book. Your work adds depth to the book’s content and breadth to its appeal. Thank you to Gabi Campanario, the founder of Urban Sketchers, for not only building a support system for sketchers around the globe but also for connecting me with Mary Ann Hall—the ever practical and prompt editor at Quarto Publishing. David Martinell, thank you for your professional insights and help. Also, designer Claire MacMaster, of barefoot art graphic design, managing editor John Gettings, copy-editor Jenna Patton, and proofreader Lorraine Savage. A big thank you to the Urban Sketchers community at large who inspires and holds me daily.

To my rock, Mahesh, and my children, Arin and Aarav, who let me do my thing and accept this obsession with art as a routine part of life.