Girls night for the ladies of Studio 1482 included drawing and wine and French food. The theme at the Society of Illustrators sketch night was The Nutcracker. Having a former ballet dancer play the role of the little dreamer girl was a treat. Here are a few images of my drawing from the night click […]
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The other day my son and I went to see, draw and SMELL the famous and rare Corpse Flower at the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx. It was a great adventure waiting on long lines in the 90 degree weather, and squirming through crowds in the humid tropics of the conservatory. I kept […]
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Great night drawing at the Society of Illustrators.
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This drawing is of the beautiful Ed Koch Bridge. A.k.a- Queensboro Bridge. But it will always be he 59th Street Bridge to me. I grew up in Astoria, Queens, and this bridge always represented the passageway to an adventure. Going across that bridge, to this day, I love it. I once was stuck in traffic […]
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I’ve been studying Japanese and Zen Buddhism on and of for some time. So, yesterday when I took a trip to the American Museum of Natural History, I found myself wanting to visit the Japanese section. If you’ve never been, I highly recommend it. What a beautiful spot. I sat down and made a few […]
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Here’s a drawing I made while in the main entrance at the Museum of Natural History with Dominick. While he was seeing birds in the bones, I was getting lost and confused in the them. It was fun! I think I have more I can post soon. Sometimes it’s nice to just go and draw […]
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At the New Museum in NYC for the Pawel Althamer’s “Draftmen’s Congress†exhibit with Dalvero Academy yesterday, we had a terrific time! The artist invited people to draw and paint everywhere and anywhere in the gallery space. What fun. Spontaneous drawing at it’s best. Great sense of freedom, it made us feel like kids. Above […]
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In response to Hurricane Sandy’s devastating effects on the New York and New Jersey area, I and the other illustrators of Studio 1482 have each created a print of one of their favorite New York City images to raise money for the displaced victims of the storm, through the Tunnel to Towers Foundation. For each […]
View post →My husband and I went to see Verdi’s Macbeth at the Met last night. On our way there I watched a guitar player performing on the platform of the subway. Later, while observing the sculpture at the top of the stage inside the Met, I decided I’d draw it like Japanese calligraphy because my thoughts […]
View post →Had a great time last week at the ETSY Hands-On: Drawing. Thank you to everyone who came out to draw with us. Here’s a drawing of you all drawing the great Kika
View post →I always think of this drawing of mine when the holiday shopping frenzy rears its ugly head every year! Oh, what I would give to take a nap like the kid in this drawing whenever I felt too tired to carry on with the lists and the bargain hunting and the out of stock debacles […]
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Here are a few of the drawings I made at the demo site in the Meadowlands, NJ. The old Giants/Jets Stadium is being torn down slowly but surely. I was surprised to see so few people working on such a big task. Maybe I was there during lunch? That’s what it felt like! Whatever the […]
View post →I recently went to the 3rd annual Village Voice Food Show at the Armory in NYC. Needless to say, I was a happy camper. I thought the night was off to a bad start when on my way to the event I realized that I forgot my sketchpad and pens at home. But it turned […]
View post →So Picasso is back in town people! The exhibition of his works is open to the public today through August 1st at the Met. Thanks to our good friend and fellow studio1482 member, Michele, we got a chance to attend a lecture last Saturday given by Sabine Rewalde at the museum. She talked about how […]
View post →April is jazz Appreciation Month. I went back to the drawings I made at JALC , Here’s an idea of how they would work as posters: And here’s one that’s just a drawing, no poster:
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