Playing with watercolors at the Roman Colosseum. Oh yes, that was a very good day. 🙂 posted by Veronica FREE BOOK GIVEAWAY! In our new Facebook group, One Watercolor A Day, (view it HERE) we’ll be encouraging readers to follow along with the exercises on a weekly basis, and post their results. We’d love to […]
View post →I don’t usually paint like this, but I really enjoyed slowing down to look, and taking my time putting down layers of color…it was kind of a meditative experience. It’s interesting to see what colors are really there and how your eye interprets them. Happy Thanksgiving everyone. Along with family and friends, I always find […]
View post →We’re so excited – the sequel to our One Drawing A Day book is available for pre-order, and hits the shelves in December! The book is called: One Watercolor A Day: A 6-Week Course Exploring Creativity Using Watercolor, Pattern, and Design. Written by Veronica Lawlor, it features the watercolor work of all seven Studio 1482 […]
View post →Playing with the brushes app in my i-Pad, drawing some autumn leaves in Union Square Park. Sigh.. Posted by Veronica
View post →I took advantage of the mild day in New York last Saturday to go up to the Bethesda Fountain in Central Park and play with drawing. Did this, just messing around, plus a few more thumbnails, and playing with drawing in the i-pad too. It was just relaxed fun, and I’ve been so busy this […]
View post →I often find myself thinking about Barcelona, and missing both the city and the friends I’ve made there. Neil and I visited in 2010, and I went back with Ashley this past summer to give a workshop at the Urban Sketchers symposium. It’s funny, one of my favorite things to say when it starts getting […]
View post →As the weather is starting to get colder here in New York, I felt like putting a little sunshine up on our blog. This mixed media drawing/painting was made at Monet’s garden in Giverny this past June, while I was visiting with my family. Monet had quite a set-up! Get up every morning, coffee and […]
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This is a thumbnail sketch for an illustration job I’m working on about Cuba. Would love to visit there some day! posted by Veronica
View post →Playing with watercolor at the Colosseum in Rome…I can’t really think of a better way to spend an afternoon. Especially when it ends with pasta and vino. 😉 posted by Veronica
View post →The fall is always the busiest, most hectic, time of year for me, and yesterday was one of those days. Three classes in one day, with a lot of running around – I call them ‘three borough days’ because I have to be in Queens, Brooklyn, and Manhattan, and back again. Going under and over […]
View post →No really, it’s big. That crazy Roman Colosseum. Had trouble fitting it into my pad. I like that kind of trouble. 😉 posted by Veronica
View post →How wonderful it is to sit and play with art in the Piazza Navona, while eating a tartufo. Rome…the city where color is king. What a fantastic trip. posted by Veronica
View post →Just last week, the Dalvero Academy show at Mystic Seaport, Restoring a Past, Charting a Future, came down. Above is one of a series of knot drawings I made that didn’t make the show. It’s a “whale coil” – the certain way a line needs to be coiled so that when the whale shows up […]
View post →This past summer I had the most enjoyable opportunity to present a workshop at the 4th International Urban Sketchers symposium in Barcelona. It was a fabulous three day event, full of people from all over the world who love to draw on location. Besides the fact that the energy was high and the drawings were […]
View post →Playing around with mark-making one day in DisneyWorld with the Dalvero Academy. That’s Despina and Evan drawing on Main Street, while the balloon vendor looks on. posted by Veronica
View post →Had some fun with watercolors at the Animal Kingdom afternoon parade in DisneyWorld. What a riot of color and energy! posted by Veronica
View post →In the Animal Kingdom in DisneyWorld, there is an Indian prayer tree. The tradition is that people tie ribbons or bits of fabric to the tree, to represent a wish or prayer. When that prayer is answered, the person puts a bell on the tree. The sound of the bells tinkling represents all the answered […]
View post →So many wonderful memories of my recent trip to Europe, culminating in a week in Barcelona to present a workshop at the annual Urban Sketchers Symposium. The drawing above is of Sagrada Familia, Gaudi’s dream, which the Catalan people will not let die. The amount of construction work going on there is astounding, and it’s […]
View post →We were going to see the lavender. When I think of Provence, in southern France, I think of large waving fields of lavender, ablaze in purple glory. I imagine myself sauntering through the fields, running my hands lightly over the violet blossoms, blissfully soaking in the Provencal sunshine and the intoxicating aroma. I would be […]
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