Yes, that title is correct! I went to Grand Central more than once this week to see Nick Cave’s “Heard NY” dancing horses perform. REALLY GREAT! The display is all week at the terminal, put together by Creative Time and Metro Arts for Transit. Some info HERE. The horse costumes were danced in by students […]
View post →I love spending time in the studio drawing from the model. To just focus on design, line, marks, color, proportion; and play around with different ways of approaching a drawing; without any obligation to anyone, is PURE BLISS! If I do manage to get to heaven, hope so, I think there will be a big […]
View post →While in Santo Domingo this summer, I was invited to watch and draw at Jonathan Schmidt’s pakua class. (Hope I’m spelling that right, Jonathan!) Essentially it’s a Chinese martial art that reminded me a bit of Aikido. It was a beautiful dojo, outside, and I enjoyed watching Jonathan and his girlfriend Bettina (the two tall […]
View post →Yesterday one of my students said to me, “I finally GET why thumbnails are so important!” I loved hearing that. Thumbnails are great ways to think, fantasize, and solve problems. Above are the thumbnails for the final Earthscore mural design that I did for Paul Ryan at 601 Artspace this fall. You can see the […]
View post →Today the temperature climbed to the upper forties (fahrenheit) here in New York City – – with sunshine! I had the good fortune of spending some time today on the Highline, and squeezed in a few drawings of the New Yorkers emerging from their caves. Guess what – we saw our shadows! Spring will be […]
View post →Here is another drawing of a Pratt & Whitney engine at the National Air & Space Museum in Washington DC. I love drawing engines. Especially since no one has to build an engine from any of my drawings. 😉 Posted by Veronica Lawlor
View post →Playing around with designing a Pratt & Whitney turbine engine at the National Air & Space Museum…fun! posted by Veronica
View post →Working with Paul Ryan to design a mural of his Earthscore at 601Artspace was a wonderful experience. The mural was part of the exhibit, The Unspecific Index, curated by Erin Sickler. Here are some drawings of hands I did early in the process: Paul wanted to talk about ‘mirror pathologies’, where narcissism becomes problematic for […]
View post →The end of the holiday season and the start of the new semester is always a busy time for me – makes me miss those long warm summer days when I can go out and do a lot of drawing! But the New York City subway is always a great place to practice both my […]
View post →A drawing of Margaret and a little boy that I made one day while we were in Disney’s Animal Kingdom. Not sure how the little boy wound up in that position in the drawing: actually he was watching Marg feed the birds. Which you’re not allowed to do at Animal Kingdom, by the way. Posted […]
View post →Sunset viewed from the rose garden in Disney World. A beautiful memory of a beautiful place. Posted by Veronica Lawlor
View post →Even though the big celebration is tomorrow, today is the official swearing in of Barack Obama for his second term. It’s a happy day for me! Above is a quick drawing I made last week while in Washington DC with our Dalvero class. It was a beautiful foggy morning, and as we walked toward the […]
View post →Some street musicians playing in Parque Colon, Santo Domingo. Great fun to draw! posted by Veronica
View post →Going through my drawings from the last several years, and came across this one from Dublin’s Temple Bar area. Bricks and plants mingling together over the doorway of an Irish pub…this part of Dublin felt almost unreal, like a stage set! It’s the ‘cultural quarter’ of Dublin and still has the old medieval street patterns. […]
View post →Happy (almost) New Year! The lotus with fish represents peace, prosperity, and new beginnings. Wishing all of that and more to all of you in 2013. Posted by Veronica Lawlor
View post →Wishing everyone a peaceful and joyous holiday season. Posted by Veronica Lawlor
View post →The Empire State Building was blue on Saturday night – I had to draw it. For a good many years of my adult life, I’ve lived within view of the Empire State Building. She has become a kind of presence for me, a guardian spirit. When I saw her shining blue light it made me […]
View post →Here is another drawing from the Workbook Creative Carnival a few weeks ago at the Art Director’s Club. Fun evening! Posted by Veronica
View post →A sweet little pink building at Mystic Seaport. I made this watercolor about 24 hours before Hurricane Sandy hit. Hope the little building is OK. posted by Veronica
View post →Last week, Studio 1482 illustrators Margaret Hurst, Greg Betza, and I were invited to draw at the Workbook Creative Carnival at the Art Directors Club in New York. It was a great time – there were burlesque and carnival performers posing for us as we drew, and the drawings were auctioned off to benefit the […]
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