The tragic events that unfolded Friday night in Paris sits too close to home. Having lost my husband on 9/11 to a terrorist attack I only have to close my eyes and sit for a brief moment to feel the vibrations of pain that are often just right under the surface. Please pray for those who were lost […]
View post →Dom’s spectacular drawing yesterday of the Morgan reminded me of a reportage I did in front of the Metropolitan Museum of Art … my church, my schoolyard, my home away from home. - Michele
View post →Ever think of the rhythm that moves thru a drawing…weaving one person, place or thing to the next? It’s kind of an interesting question. Hope you had a fabulous weekend. – Michele
View post →This is one of those drawings that has to be investigated up close. It’s made up of hundreds of marks from “far and wide” in the Chinese pavilion in Epcot Center, WDW. Hope you had a fabulous Sunday! – Michele Drawing 60″W x 18″H in pen and ink by Michele Bedigian
View post →Took advantage of the weather yesterday and drove up to a gorgeous apple orchard north of the city. How utterly beautiful it was to see rows and rows of apple trees ready for the picking’. From macintosh, to red delicious, yellow delicious, granny smith, gala, and plenty plenty more…there was no shortage for a particular […]
View post →Some times with pad in hand you can find yourself right in line to capture an intimate emotion on paper. Hope you’re having a peaceful weekend. -Michele
View post →As my older son closed off his first year at a new school in June we thought it would be an interesting summer if we set up a treasure hunt that would last throughout their vacation. The mission was to ride every carousel we could find in the tri-state area (including Nassau and Suffolk). To simply […]
View post →Day 2 on location in the Magic Kingdom and Ronnie said “Go BIG!”…. So I taped up 4 pieces of 11″ x 17” paper (above) and began with a line never really certain where it would end.  With only 4 days on location and multiple assignments on the board I never did complete my drawing. But […]
View post →The last day of drawing in the Magic Kingdom, (literally in the 11 hour) it rained and rained HARD! Buckets and buckets poured down everywhere. To say MAGICAL is an understatement. Watching little tikes all under 7 kicking up puddles with such joy and vigor made one wonder if it was rain or Pixie […]
View post →Did you know yesterday marked the 80th Anniversary of the Federal Art Project? The Federal Art Project was a pretty significant contribution to American culture. Funded by the New Deal in 1935 it was one of the projects kicked off by President Franklin Roosevelt. The program employed as many as 10,000 independent artists across 100 communities […]
View post →Each in their own world, this “collection of three” was sitting across from me while waiting for the 3:00 parade in the Magic Kingdom last week. People are often the hardest to ever draw. But OH WHAT A BLAST to try! I had so much fun!! Thank you Ronnie, Marg for such an incredible reconnect! Have a great […]
View post →In a few weeks I’ll be flying down to Florida to join in on an adventurous, rigorous, wonderous and valuable reportage workshop with the Dalvero Academy. In preparation for the trip I’ve pulled out some older drawings to make some plans before my arrival on site. Without a plan (trust me panic sets in real […]
View post →The American dream is about spirit, envisioning possibilities and the freedom to reach for them. Above is a drawing of the Main Street Philharmonic in WDW…where so many dreams have begun. Hope you all had a peaceful and memorable weekend. – Michele Bedigian INDEPENDENCE DAY In the year of 1776 That paper was decreed – They were tired […]
View post →Believe it or not my 4 year old had never been to a barbershop before last week. Since he was small I had always cut his hair and for the most part did a decent job at keeping those locks out of his face. But as his birthday rolled around his Dad began to […]
View post →On this very special Father’s Day I thought it’d be sweet to share an intimate sketchbook study done before my two little guys were here. With their round and tender ways a baby hands and feet for me has always been incredibly inviting to draw. To all good Dad’s (near and far), hoping your day is a treasure of moments […]
View post →Above is a page from my sketchbook while I was working on a reportage in Mexico at Epcot. The original assignment was to design a stamp that represented the culture. Here I was exploring the language in the graphic marks so much of their craft ware displays while in the hunt for symbols “of […]
View post →” When American Pharoah leaned back in the gate as the bell rang and the doors opened, the colt broke a step slow. Espinoza did not even worry. Within the first two jumps, American Pharoah had catapulted ahead of his seven rivals and glided into the first turn like a marble circling a roulette wheel. […]
View post →Every Thursday my son attends a gardening class at the NYBG. It’s been such an incredible experience for him (and for me too 🙂 This past week he had an opportunity to harvest some of the lettuce he planted 5 weeks back. It was the first time he ever became aware that the food he […]
View post →This is one of those HUGE drawings I mentioned once before done on site a few summers back. You’d have to enlarge it to appreciate the pockets of drawing weaving in and out of the picture. It’s honestly a favorite of mine I guess because of it’s complications and the “study within the study”. The Mickey ears might […]
View post →Tibetan Wind Horse Prayer As Wind carries our prayers for Earth and All Life, may respect and love light our way. May our hearts be filled with compassion for others and for ourselves. May peace increase on Earth. May it begin with me. - Michele prayer taken from a Tibetan prayer flag called a ‘Lung ta’, meaning ‘Wind […]
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