A real East Village, NYC scene: dueling laptops at the Cafe Pick Me Up on Avenue A. – Veronica

Six Saguaro Cacti, Five Peace Roses, Four Angel Drawings, Three Happy Dancing Doves, Two Japanese Dancers and a Partridge in a Pear Tree.  Margaret

Yesterday I had a lovely day of drawing with my greatest friend Jennifer. Here’s something from the American Wing at the Met. -Despina

Here is a drawing I made at Washington Square Park, NYC back in the days of nicer weather. This drawing always reminds me of summer, and I really need that right now!

drawing by Greg Betza

In the spirit of this blog I wanted to share some drawings I did just out of sheer joy. I didn’t have fancy pens or nice paper on me, so I the used the ballpoint pen and soggy notepad I thankfully found in my purse. Below are two drawings I did at the Prince concert at Madison Square Garden last week for my Musikati blog, where you can find more drawings, some shots and a review of the concert.

“moonbeams” is short for Moonbeams and Oops!, a children’s book I started writing and illustrating in Margaret’s book class this past fall. I thought it might be fun to kick off the year with a thumbnail of one of the pages and share a little of the process.

The thumbnail above is a lino-cut of a visual idea I’m playing with for Little Moon’s celestial ancestor’s who watch over her from above. (Little Moon is the main character, a courageous six year old with a heart bigger than the planet.) – Michele

I’ll gladly be sharing more on moonbeams the first week of each month as the book develops.

Dominick

Eddie Peña

I painted this a while back at the bronx botanical garden. it is part of a larger project but this one is special to me for some reason, and i have it as my screensaver at home. i think i might be drawn to the color scheme and simple shapes, you’d never know there is a ton of research in that little drawing.

One of the watchers, guardians of the New Year. Wishing you all peace and prosperity as you cross the threshold to 2010. – Veronica

Five Peace Roses, four Angel Drawings, Three Happy Dancing Doves, Two Japanese Dancers and a Partridge in a Pear Tree.

The Peace Rose has an interesting history which came about during World War II.

Happy New 2010 & Peace on Earth!    Margaret

Wishing everyone all the best for 2010.
-Despina