July 4 on St. John in the US Virgin Islands, is Carnival Parade Day! Â I was down there for my class reunion and we were all watching the parade when the Mocko Jumbies appeared! Â I felt like I was back in grade school watching the St. Thomas Carnival Parade under the arches across from the […]
View post →A somewhat odd situation: Â an unhappy, angry woman encountering a self-satisfied, smug individual at the Italian Pavilion in Epcot. Â There were no words exchanged, just an overwhelming, radiating air of hostility and entitlement growing and undulating between the two. By the end of it I wasn’t sure who was the hostile one and who was […]
View post →No one, absolutely NO ONE, has seen this drawing, or this series of drawings before today. Â My very talented friend and associate, Veronica Lawlor, is out in Portland, Oregon, today teaching at an Urban Sketchers drawathon. Â She had a conversation with Frank, a fellow urban sketcher who loves drawing, and so I wanted to send […]
View post →Tea Cups at Disney. Â This is a ride you don’t want to take on a full stomach! Â I thought I could handle it, but I was zig zaging around the park after that fateful ride. Â I don’t know what makes me think I can keep getting on these rides that turn me upside down and […]
View post →Lady Kika strikes again…this time she’s a Cretan seductress! Totally different feeling in this outfit…sensuous  and all curves. Delightful! Margaret
View post →This is a drawing of Wonder Woman, aka KIKA! Â What a lovely, spirited and imaginative model to draw! Â I was trying out a new medium, some various shaped “tools” with different shaped rubber endings that you smoosh around in whatever color you want, sort of like putting on eye shadow or or a little color […]
View post →This is a drawing/watercolor I made when I took a trip out to Joshua Tree National Park in California, one of the most beautiful landscapes I have ever seen. Â What a challenge to draw…huge slabs of rock, and in this particular scene, a few sparse pieces of vegetation. Â It is so monumental that I said […]
View post →It’s National Pigeon Day 2010! Â Actually, it’s not National Pigeon Day, officially. Â National Pigeon Day is usually celebrated on June 13th, in Central Park, but this year the Puerto Rican Day Parade was held on Saturday June 13th, so NPD will be celebrated today, June 19th! COO! COO! COO!
View post →Pink Mr. Mocko Jumbie makin’ his move! Margaret Hurst
View post →This Mocko Jumbie looks like a spider! Â Have you ever been underneath a dancing Mocko Jumbie?! Â It’s a sublime experience! Margaret Hurst
View post →Drawing in motion, Mocko Jumbie style! Â Drawn at one of the St. Thomas Carnival Parades. Margaret Hurst
View post →These two people were so much fun to draw. Â She was talking, with her mouth and her hands. Â He was trying to say someething but couldn’t get a word in edgewise. Â She was talking with one hand going in the air and the other hand running back and forth across the table top. Â It […]
View post →As I wrote in last week’s blog entry, before Ronnie and I went into the Conservatory at the NYBG to see the Emily Dickinson house, we sat in front of one of the beautiful cherry trees and made some drawings of it. Â I love cherry trees because you can always go “inside” them and enjoy […]
View post →My friend Ronnie and I made a spontaneous visit to the NYBG on Friday. Â We haven’t gone out drawing together in a long time and so this was a wonderful day in many ways. Â The day was lovely, weather wise, and so even though there was an Emily Dickinson Garden theme at the Conservatory we […]
View post →This is a drawing I made of a model. Â I liked her attitude! Â I also liked that her hair felt like Asian calligraphy. Margaret
View post →Another commuter immersed in his own world of music, enjoying the view of cars, trees and buildings as the bus moves on to the next stop. Margaret
View post →A drawing of one of the skater’s feet! CPDSA! Central Park Dance Skaters Association will begin their official skate season tomorrow, April 10th! Â Great day to start!
View post →This woman was sitting on the M15 in front of the cell phone commuter pictured on my last entry. Â Happy camper! margaret
View post →Commuter talking on his cell phone on the M15 bus in Manhattan. Margaret
View post →Two Roses! margaret
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