Pen line drawing by Despina

From a series I’ve been working on about food. Have a great week.

-Greg Betza

Riding into town earlier this week I got a chance to do a quick study on the subway. This woman’s energy was a little unusual and inviting to draw. With her chin up high and such an interesting portrait I couldn’t resist.

p.s. Happy Birthday Chris!

Drawing by  Michele

And she never knew. —Dominick

Subway people.

By Eddie Peña

This is a pen and ink drawing of tourists I did on location at the Animal Kingdom in Florida last month. I was fascinated by textures and marks that day, and admit I was relieved when only one of the subjects wanted to see the drawing…

This is a drawing I made in the shipyard up at the Mystic Seaport Museum in Connecticut. For the past few years, Margaret and I have been bringing the artists of the Dalvero Academy – including several Studio 1482 members – up there to draw and document the restoration of the Morgan, the only wooden whaling ship left in the world. It has been an incredible experience for all of us. The museum is hosting an exhibition of our work this spring – stay tuned for more details to come!

posted by Veronica Lawlor

INTERVIEW! – On Sunday, January 29th at 6:30 pm EST I will be interviewed live on the program Artistically Speaking with Rebecca Parsons. We will be talking about the One Drawing A Day book and drawing in general. Hope you have a chance to listen in!  http://www.blogtalkradio.com/artisticallyspeaking

I found another of the series of ink and washes drawings of Mama and Baby elephants. This one is a protective hug and trunk caress by Mama of her little baby.

Margaret Hurst

Grabbed a crayon and made a drawing of my son’s favorite dragon-Despina

A drawing I made in Grand Central Terminal, New York City a few years back when I could really feel the heightened security.

A GREAT place to draw regardless.

-Greg Betza

Woke this morning to a blanket of snow. The kids were out early taking advantage of it’s fresh start. Me myself? …preferred nothing more than admiring it from inside with a yummy hot chocolate. – Have a warm one, Michele

Again, not the week I had planned. But it is nearly over. —Dominick

Drawing of a sculpture created by Antoine-Louis Barye (Paris, 1795-1875).

Drawing by: Eddie Peña

The fragrant deliciousness of California organic fruits pretty much defies description, and the ripe apricots I bought at the Culver City farmer’s market were best in show. This a chalk sketch I did of a middle-aged local assessing some of the goodies at that stand.

-Kati Nawrocki

I rang in the New Year by spending some time teaching with Margaret at our Dalvero Academy workshop in Washington DC. We had GREAT weather for the mall – 67 degrees – and then it snowed a few days later. But by then we were in the museums. Wow, the Smithsonian branches have so much information it’s almost crazy.

Couldn’t do much drawing since I was teaching, but I did manage a little bit here and there. This is a view of the Air and Space museum, from a corner near the back – ha! Always good to practice drawing any chance I get.

Happy 2012 everyone, hope it’s a year full of One Drawing A Day!

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Number three in the Patterned Fantasy Landscape.  This is my triptych vineyard fantasy…

Margaret Hurst

Another simple line drawing -Despina

Here is a drawing I made at Bryant Park on a day much warmer than today.

©2012 Greg Betza

Simple line drawing (St.Francis of Assisi) shared by Michele

Prayer to live by … the great Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (1475 – 1564), commonly known as Michelangelo.

I had so much more planned, but a random stranger will have to do.—Dominick