Excelsior-Thoughts on NYC Commerce

To start my postings on the Studio 1482 one-drawing-a-day blogsite, I’ve put up one of the drawings I made at the New Orleans Jazz Fest in 2005. Our magazine, Go Do It, features my photo essay from New Orleans in the first issue (see it HERE) but the drawings I made there have been waiting their turn to be seen! This drawing was made at the zydeco tent at the festival. Zydeco is a type of Louisiana music that incorporates Blues, Cajun music, West African music, Caribbean music, French melodies…it’s a big stew of all the music I like! And people dance like crazy to it – all over the fields during Jazz Fest. The spirit is funky and fun…I had a funky fun time drawing this one, that’s for sure! I’ll be posting more of these drawings over the next few weeks, would love to hear your response  - Veronica Lawlor, Studio 1482.

Hi, my name is Margaret Hurst, and I’m one of the eight artists of Studio 1482.  Yesterday I spent the day with the skaters in Central Park.  It was a beautiful day, sunny with blue skies.  The skaters were in their usual high spirits and high energy.  This particular skater with the helmet is new to the group and he was in rare form.  He was up, down, over, under, in, out, kicking, moving, dropping, bouncing – you name it, he was doing it!  Ultimately, he pretzelized himself!  Amazing dexterity!

This drawing of St. Patrick’s Cathedral was made by illustrator Despina Georgiadis.

In honor of drawing day 2009 (and Studio 1482’s love of drawing) we are pleased to launch one drawing a day dot com. ODAD is just that, 1 new drawing each day from the members of Studio 1482.

Our first post is a reportage drawing of General George Washington in Union Square, New York, by illustrator Greg Betza.