Spotted these two women gossiping at the Whole Foods cafe the other day. I had to draw them! posted by Veronica
View post →Every year in New York City’s Union Square, there is a massive holiday market. Made this drawing a couple of weeks ago, when the construction was in full swing. Posted by Veronica
View post →Just playing around with urban and cultural graphics, and layering the images that assault us every day….
View post →One of the things that impresses me so much about Bali is the culture of gratitude that prevails. Every day, offerings are made to the gods – rice, flowers, little pieces of palm – in gratitude for everything in life. From the small to the large, it’s so easy to forget about being grateful for […]
View post →This Saturday, November 21, our Dalvero Academy exhibit, Journey of Transformations, opens at the Mystic Seaport in Connecticut. The exhibit showcases reportage drawings of the 38th Voyage of the Charles W. Morgan in the summer of 2014, as well as an artistic conversation about whale conservation, which the Morgan sailed to bring attention to. Above […]
View post →As Greg mentioned in his post the other day, the Society of Illustrators hosted Scooter LaForge and friends again the other night for a drawing event. I love drawing Scooter’s clothes and styling because they are so East Village camp and just a lot of fun. Plus it’s always nice to see friends and draw together; […]
View post →Happy to announce that my book, The Urban Sketching Handbook: Reportage and Documentary Drawing has been released this month by Quarry! It’s illustrated with my location work, along with the work of my friends at Studio 1482, Urban Sketchers, and Dalvero Academy. It has ideas and advice for creating reportage drawings and telling stories with your […]
View post →Sometimes the most interesting thing to draw in a drawing class are the people who are drawing. (Say that five times fast.) This guy was INTENT on looking at the model. Hope that attitude can rub off on all of my students. 🙂 posted by Veronica
View post →Last week was the anniversary of the day I lost my sister Patty to breast cancer. Didn’t know what to do, so I painted a watercolor of the tree that is next to her grave. The leaves felt like tears, mixing with mine. October is breast cancer month; if you’d like to donate, these are […]
View post →To my mind, there is no place in the world better for people watching than the Magic Kingdom of Disneyworld in Orlando. Spent an afternoon watching people and painting them, alongside my friend Margaret Hurst. Nice time. posted by Veronica
View post →This drawing is one of a series I did about issues facing whale populations today. This one is about the entanglement in fishing lines and nets that affects so many whales and other sea creatures. The whales are bound in the nets, can’t come up for air, and drown. Or the plastic lines cut through […]
View post →Spent a lovely afternoon in the sun drawing the yachts docked at this yacht club. Nice memory…
View post →From the ‘archives’ – this is a drawing I made in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, in 2012. I asked the owner of this botanica why people bought his amulets and potions. “For love, and for luck,” was his answer. Sending some of that out to all of you. 🙂 posted by Veronica PS For those […]
View post →Couldn’t resist drawing this Golden Buddha, and the people rubbing his belly for luck, on Waterloo Street in Singapore. I was there conducting a workshop at the 6th Annual Urban Sketchers Symposium. What an experience! You can see more of my drawings from Waterloo Street HERE. Posted by Veronica
View post →Just your average, every day sunset, over a rice field in Bali. Sigh… posted by Veronica
View post →Disney’s Magic Kingdom in Orlando is a popular park in summer time. These people were desperately looking for a free table at which to eat their dinner. posted by Veronica
View post →Last weekend marked 50 years since the independence of Singapore, and they had a big party! I missed the party, but was in Singapore a few weeks earlier for the 6th International Urban Sketchers Symposium, and made the drawing above. It’s the solar powered ‘super trees’  from Gardens by the Bay, a beautiful fantasy-like place that […]
View post →As I was sitting and painting a koi pond in Bali, this little guy hopped up out of the water to keep me company. 🙂 Posted by Veronica
View post →This is a drawing of one of many temples of many different religions that co-exist in Singapore, the Sri Krishna Hindu temple. The old man sitting in front of the temple ran over to see the drawing I made of him. He let me know that my drawing did NOT look like him. Guess what, […]
View post →The road to heaven is paved with shoes, apparently. Even when the pavement is super hot! Drawn on location at the Masjid Abdul Gafoor mosque, Singapore. posted by Veronica
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