A few days back was March 8th, notably known as International Women’s Day . It’s an annual global celebration of women. Each year on this day thousands of events are held throughout the world to inspire women and celebrate all of our incredible achievements. Let’s here it for girl power! – Michele
utsukushii josei; Japanese for beautiful [...]

The Metropolitan Museum of Art … is a tree of life to the worlds greatest art. It’s my church, my schoolyard, my home away from home. Just 20 minutes from the house there’s no better place to be – Michele

There’s nothing like drawing from the model. YES!! with each breath there’s always something new to explore and experiment with. This weekend I had a chance to do just that when the Dalvero Academy held their semi-annual open house with Kika modeling as only Kika can!!
Loved, loved, loved the magic in the moment. Thanks guys - [...]

“True realism consists in revealing the surprising things which habit keeps covered and prevents us from seeing.” –  Jean Cocteau
Reportage drawing by Michele Bedigian

… a long, long, long time ago there was a secret present put aside by the great, great, great … ancestors high in the sky just for you…

AS WE DRAW TO A CLOSE ON OUR FUNDRAISER FOR OUR NEIGHBORS IN HAITI …thank you to all who’ve already participated. Today we continue to support the [...]

It’s been 19 days since the quake in Haiti and time has revealed so much heart, so much resilience, so much courage from those affected, and yet there’s still much more work to be done to help them.

As we continue to support the appeal for funds by CARE, a leading humanitarian relief organization, we wanted to [...]

In response to the recent terrible earthquake in Haiti, the illustrators of Studio 1482 have each created a piece of art to raise  money on behalf of the victims. It is our effort to support the international appeal for funds by CARE, a leading humanitarian relief organization. We’ve selected CARE because we believe in their [...]

It’s been 63 hours since the quake in Haiti. Help is arriving as quickly as possible. Praying it reaches all in need. Sending love to all our friends and those affected by this tragedy.

“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 [...]

In the years around 2000 BC, the Babylonian New Year began with the first New Moon (actually the first visible cresent) after the Vernal Equinox (the first day of spring). For most countries the official day of celebration is marked just 2 days away from today, on January 1st.

It’s a symbol of renewal and [...]