Amy Stewart
Author and artist
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Hey, I’m writing a new book!
Some personal news, as they say: I’m writing a book called STATE BIRD, to be published by Norton in 2027. I’m going to trace the weird history of how we started electing state birds (it appears that I’ve made a discovery about this that no one else knows, which is thrilling to…
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The Tree Collectors: Reviews, Interviews, & More
I’m about to leave for book tour for my next book, The Tree Collectors: Tales of Arboreal Obsession. I hope to see you as I’m traveling around the country! Meanwhile, here’s a running list of interviews & reviews you might want to check out, with much more to come. Scientific…
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Weekly Art Lessons for Your Sketchbook Practice
Where would you go to get a great sketch? If you’re an artist, aspiring artist, a writer who doodles, a keeper of journals or diaries, an urban sketcher or travel sketcher, or anyone who wants to fill a sketchbook–I’m making weekly art tutorials just for you! These mini-classes…
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Travel Sketching in New Zealand with Quick & Easy Thumbnails
This class is live on two platforms right now: Skillshare is a membership platform where you subscribe and take as many classes as you like. Here’s a link to the class on Skillshare. You can also take the class on Udemy, where you only sign up for the classes you want to take.…
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Travel Sketching in Amsterdam with Quick & Vibrant Color
This class is available for you to take online anytime. Join the class on Skillshare, which is a membership platform that lets you take all the classes you want for a monthly subscription. Here’s a link that will give you a free trial. You can also take this class on Udemy,…
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Am I Writing Another Kopp Sisters Book?
After over a year of not writing a book…I’m writing a book. I just made a deal with Random House to publish THE TREE COLLECTORS: Tales of Arboreal Obsession, which I am going to both write and illustrate. About ten years ago, I met a man who introduced himself to me as a tree…
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Sketching in Sepia
I love to draw and paint in ink using these portable, very affordable ink wash pens like the Pentel Color Brush Pen–so I made a class about it! You can take this class on Skillshare, which is a Netflix-style membership platform where you subscribe and take all the classes you…
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The Joys of Tiny Thumbnail Sketches
I used to think thumbnails were so annoying — like, why waste time making a bunch of tiny drawings when you could jump right into one big painting? But now I think they’re ridiculously fun all by themselves. Why spend forever on one big painting when you can divide the page up,…
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Sketch Amsterdam in Ink and Watercolor
I taught a live virtual workshop with Etchr Studio on my approach to travel sketching, using bold, black ink and vivid watercolor. I chose Amsterdam as a subject for this class because it’s such a gorgeous city for urban sketching, with fabulous historic architecture and…
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Come to Amsterdam with me!
Let’s go to Amsterdam! (well, virtually, anyway.) I’ll be teaching a workshop on this style of sketching–with lots of dramatic black ink and vivid colors–with Etchr on August 29. Amsterdam is a fabulous city for urban sketching, with its distinctive architecture and gorgeous…