Here is a mood sketch of an Indian jungle for a project. I recently saw Life of Pi and it was wonderful. Loved it. ~Despina
View post →Bundle up, hunker down, batten down the hatches! Here comes another storm. Take care and be SAFE everyone. ~Despina
View post →Remembering my last trip to France. The Hall of Mirrors was under construction at the time, but that didn’t prevent it from being magnificent. -Despina
View post →Another animal drawing. This one was done with watercolor, pen and crayon. ~Despina
View post →I watched the Lance Armstrong / Oprah interview last night and it reminded me of a drawing I made at the Tour de France in 2006…and what I did with it once we learned that Floyd Landis had been stripped of his title. –Despina Georgiadis
View post →While working on an illustration for designer Palmela G, I made many drawings of animals. Here’s one from the sketchbook.~Despina
View post →I like to move the objets d’art in my home around quite often. I like to change the scenery. Today, while shuffling the ‘stuff’ around I made some drawings of a few items. I was drawn to the patterns created when I mixed pieces from different cultures. This is a quick drawing of a wooden […]
View post →Here’s another version of Winter from the sketchbook. ~Despina
View post →First day of winter. First day of the end of the world? Below is one of many preliminary drawings from a project about Winter that I worked on a few years ago. She is putting on (or taking off?) a cloak of destruction. Apocalypse in Greek means “to unveil”. So to me, today maybe shouldn’t […]
View post →–Despina Georgiadis
View post →Wax resist is pretty fun to do. I melted some candle wax and used a fine brush to paint the lines of my drawing. After the paint dried it felt good to scrape the wax away to reveal the image. That’s my little gingerbread boy playing in the snow. ~Despina
View post →James was out trying his best to make a snowman. ~Despina
View post →Watercolor and charcoal on paper. ~Despina2012©despinageorgiadis
View post →Our Fundraiser for the victims of Hurricane Sandy in New York and New Jersey has begun. For my contribution, I’ve selected a drawing a made at the South Street Seaport in NYC. On the day I was drawing the famous Peking there were countless people working on it. I chose this image because of how […]
View post →In response to Hurricane Sandy’s devastating effects on the New York and New Jersey area, the illustrators of Studio 1482 have each created a print of one of their favorite New York City images to raise money for the displaced victims of the storm. For each donation of $50 or more, you will receive a […]
View post →The stories are heartwrenching. Today I thought of some drawings I made of people praying in church after 9/11, and made another as I woke up to more thoughts and prayers for the people affected by Hurricane Sandy. ~Despina
View post →Here is a quick drawing I made during a visit to the African rainforest (at the Museum of Natural History). -Despina
View post →I have witnessed this and another tiger scare countless children during my many visits to the American Museum of Natural History in NYC. Even from behind the glass they kind of sneak up on the little ones and cause some excitement! ~Despina
View post →A drawing I made while spending some time with my friends Veronica and Margaret in NYC’s Time Square. ~Despina
View post →At the museum yesterday making drawings of animals. This guy seemed mischievous. I like him. ~Despina
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