“When are you going to make an online course?” “Is it done yet? I’ve been waiting years now!”

To all those of you who waited and waited, who have sent me DMs and emails in support, THANK YOU. Your patience and persistence has pushed me to keep through the writing, shooting, editing, massaging subtitles to fit and redoing each step many times over as I sought to make it right and make it as good as I was able. You are supporting an independent artist and creator, who did everything by hand with digital tools, with absolutely no AI generated video or images.

All that effort became 2 courses and I am SO happy to announce :

a 7-lesson FREE COURSE introducing Procreate for Beginners specifically for urban sketching
and for those who would like a front row seat of every step of my process, my first paid course iPad Urban Sketching 101 (launching 8 August 2026)

For clarity, all my online courses are hosted on another site, iPadSketching.com. I will also be creating a library of free videos and articles there to help anyone get started on their iPad urban sketching journeys, so if you have specific requests, email me!

This site, Sketcherman.com will be updated to focus on my portfolio and business as a digital urban sketcher.

iPad Artist, Urban Sketcher

Known for his iPad urban sketches, self-taught Hong Kong artist, Rob Sketcherman, thrives on the immediacy of capturing the rich details of everyday life as they unfold on location. His work has since taken him around the world on artistic commissions and workshops, where he teaches students to use their iPads to creatively capture highlights of life at home, or visually document travels abroad.

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Start Something New - Apple HK

In 2015, Rob was invited by Apple Hong Kong to demo and share his work in conjunction with Apple's global Start Something New campaign.

Let Creativity Soar

In 2016, Rob was again invited by Apple to demo and speak at an event to share his creative workflow and experiences with commissions as an iPad Artist.

Urban Sketchers Symposium Manchester 2016

For the past couple of years, Rob has also been invited by Urban Sketchers to run workshops and activities centering around the use of iPads and Procreate for on-location sketching.

iPad Creative Workshops in schools

Rob has also begun offering workshops in schools that wish to explore the many creative uses of an iPad Pro. He shows participants the power of Procreate for artistic expression, as well as how the iPad Pro can replace laptops and desktops for many users.

Collaborations

Rob has been invited to collaborate with many brands, and has executed commissions of all kinds, from live-sketching events, creating a celebrity portrait for BMW, and sketching the 39th Hong Kong Film Festival for Moleskine, to designing sets for the stage, and the creation of a multi-story mural for the Madera Hollywood in Central Hong Kong.

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Rob's biggest (literally) project has been the mural on the facade of the Madera Hollywood, Hong Kong

Projects

Browse some of Rob's commissioned works.

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Central, Hong Kong is one of Rob's favorite spots in the city. This is a scene from the Gage Street market.

Art

Here's a selection of artwork by Rob.

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What's that thing on your iPad? Where did you get it? What else do you use? All answers a click away.

Blog

Gear guides and sketch adventures.

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