This is a tiny torri watercolor, 3.5″ X 3″, with caran d’ache accents. I painted/drew the torri at Epcot Center at Disney World in Orlando. Pretty abstract and hugely fun to paint! I highly recommend it!

Margaret Hurst

A few years back, I had the opportunity to get up close and personal with a couple of (very large) horses. I mainly did a lot of shooting that day as their handler had them trotting, galloping and doing all kinds of things. But as I was looking through the photos recently, I found a few drawings that I did that day. Here are a couple.

Despina Georgiadis©2013

From 2006, a crayon drawing made in Paris. I believe I was sitting on a bench in the Tuileries Garden during the afternoon. Nice memories.

Greg Betza ©2013

Truth be told, I lost track of the week and didn’t realize that I was up today. I was literally running out the door as  I saw my reminder and turned around to see the above watercolor. I posted it quickly and then out the door I went. When I finally had a moment to catch up and read this weeks posts, I laughed when I saw that Ronnie announced our upcoming book, One Watercolor A Day. This painting was one that didn’t make it into the book. Sitting in the reject pile I figured it was prime for posting.—Dominick

I had such a nice time last Tuesday at the Brooklyn Botanical Garden with my location drawing class that I brought Neil back on Saturday to see the garden in bloom. And boy, was it ever! More cherry trees were blossoming, along with magnolias, forsythias, daffodils, and a beautiful variety of tulips. Heavenly! We sat on a bench for a while and Neil drew while I played with watercolors. Did a little landscape study, above. Been thinking about watercolor painting in earnest the last few weeks, as I just finished the manuscript for our next Studio 1482 book: One Watercolor A Day: A 6-Week Course Exploring Creativity Using Watercolor, Pattern, and Design. It’s the same kind of experiential book as One Drawing A Day, this time focused on one of my favorite mediums: watercolor. I really enjoyed writing it and even did a few color studies for the first few exercises, as did everyone else in the studio. Hope you can check it out, it’s available for pre-order right now on Amazon.com – click HERE for the link.

Happy week everyone – if it’s spring where you are, hope you are enjoying it as much as I am!

posted by Veronica Lawlor

I decided to grace the blog once again with Kika The Beautiful! Remembering a great drawing afternoon!

Margaret Hurst

This is a quick conte crayon study of a statue and it’s shadows. ~Despina

A beautiful place in Spring…

Greg Betza ©2013

Got back a stack of recent drawings and started going through.—Dominick

Pencil drawing of various people.

I have such a good time drawing people.

Eddie Peña

Yes, spring is finally here in New York City, and we are so happy to see her! I took my Location Drawing class from Pratt Institute to the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens today, you should see the drawings they made! Great group! And I managed to steal 15 minutes for a little cup of coffee and a quick watercolor of this cherry blossom tree. It’s a little more orangey than pinky, but I like the effect, it feels right. And I’m loving this paper – Arches rough finish, it’s so luscious! Enjoy the sunshine, fellow New Yorkers!

posted by Veronica Lawlor

PS Speaking of watercolor…more news on that soon…

Aaahhh…..Kika the Beautiful! A wonderful model that we have been drawing for many years, incredible lady to draw and converse with while she is modeling! She’s so culturally oriented that her conversations as well as her “costumes” are pretty global and mythical. As I said, aaaaahhhhh, lovely! Thanks, Kika!

Margaret Hurst

Drawing of a boy. Ipad, Auryn Ink App. ~Despina

Found this thumbnail, and I really don’t know when I did it or where (or why!). Believe it or not, I usually have a fairly clear memory of creating all of my work, and that’s what makes this painting so intriguing (to me).

Greg Betza © 2013

It is amazing how being 40 minutes late can ruin an entire day. At least it ended with good company.—Dominick

A water color drawing of manhattan rooftops on east 13th street.

Eddie Peña

Here is an old thumbnail on a pink post-it that I came across in my studio. It’s a design of the Temple of Heaven done in (EPCOT) China. I was thinking of a patch for a denim jacket at the time. Love drawing and thinking in DisneyWorld – I was trained there by my teacher, the late David J. Passalacqua. Such great memories of those early days. And now I train my own students there ! What a nice ‘art home’ it has become.

Margaret and I are planning another August Dalvero Academy DisneyWorld location workshop – if you’d like information, please email us at dalveroinfo{at}mac.com. It’s going to be another great experience in art, teaching, and of course, having fun.

Posted by Veronica

These are some drawings I made one time at the NY Aquarium. I love watching jellyfish move. When I was growing up in St. Thomas there were  some jellyfish that would show up at Magens Bay on particularly hot days, which means pretty frequently! I didn’t wish to get stung by any of them but I couldn’t resist watching them swim around in the water. Sometimes a little one would touch my leg, but they weren’t really harmful, not like the big guys! Anyway, they were beautiful to watch as they pulsated through the beautiful blue water.

Margaret Hurst

I’ve been playing around with drawing on the I-Pad. Here’s an avocado – one of a few pieces of produce I chose to ‘paint’. To see the rest click here      ~Despina

About 10 years ago I spent a lot of time walking all around the city drawing just to draw. Here is one from that time.

Greg Betza ©2013