With Occupy Wall Street (OWS) back in the media (a protest movement that began September 17, 2011 in Zuccotti Park, New York City) I thought it might be interesting to share a drawing I had done in front of City Hall a few months before the movement began. Drawing medium: watercolor and graphite pencil – Enjoy your day! […]
View post →I had such a great time at the ETSY Hands-on: drawing event last week. It was inspiring to meet so many aspiring artists eager to learn a new perspective on drawing. Here’s one of Kika in her final pose of the evening. - Michele, pen and ink
View post →Last week I mentioned life can be crazy hectic most days here in New York City. Yet even on the run there’s always time for a quick drawing. So while riding the E train down by Canal Street last Friday, I did a small reportage of a woman reading the New York Post. (Wonder what she was reading? […]
View post →Life can be crazy hectic most days. (Like today when I totally forgot it was leap year and scheduled everything a day behind, yikes!) Yet even on the run there’s always time for a quick drawing. While walking Oliver in the stroller last Tuesday, I caught an opportunity to stop briefly and draw a small reportage […]
View post → Here in New York City the winter season’s been incredibly mild. Whether good or bad in the big picture, I can bank that no one’s complaining. With spring rounding the corner there’s a certain kind of light that’s always a tip off that winter’s drifting. Inspired by it’s essence, here’s a little vision of spring as the […]
View post →Eddie’s post last Sunday inspired me to flip thru one of my sketchbooks from deep in the archives. What a trip! I found drawings I did my second summer on location with my teacher and mentor, the late David J. Passalaqua. Despite dating myself, this drawing was done in Disney World in 1992. (Yep, it’s 20 years […]
View post →The exercise was a tough one; pick a word and illustrate with it in mind. Â Â Â Â I selected the word dimension. Curious, I looked it up. According to Webster the definition of dimension was a measure in a single line, as length, breadth, height, thickness, or circumference. I wondered what would happen if […]
View post →Riding into town earlier this week I got a chance to do a quick study on the subway. This woman’s energy was a little unusual and inviting to draw. With her chin up high and such an interesting portrait I couldn’t resist. p.s. Happy Birthday Chris! Drawing by  Michele
View post →Woke this morning to a blanket of snow. The kids were out early taking advantage of it’s fresh start. Me myself? …preferred nothing more than admiring it from inside with a yummy hot chocolate. – Have a warm one, Michele
View post →Simple line drawing (St.Francis of Assisi) shared by Michele Prayer to live by … the great Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (1475 – 1564), commonly known as Michelangelo.
View post →Tomorrow is Three Kings Day, or The Epiphany, a Christian holiday that commemorates the biblical story of the three kings—Melchior, Caspar, and Balthazar. It’s when the three kings (also known as the Wise Men or Magi) followed the bright star of Bethlehem to bring gifts to the Christ child. Did you know in Latin America […]
View post →With all the heightened energy this week and busy-ness the season brings, it’s feels good to take a minute, just hang back and people watch, (with line that is). You might be surprised what you find. Â Happy New Year! May new opportunity and creative adventures flourish for you in 2012! – Michele
View post →Happy Chanukah! – and the warmest regards for a blessed holiday season, Michele
View post →With December in full swing this brisk sunny Sunday, Ronnie’s post this week inspired thoughts of warm, tempting days gone by for me too. Above is a reportage study for a larger painting project I started in Animal Kingdom. Happy Sunday! – Michele
View post →Above is a small lino-cut I had done at the South Street Seaport titled Point of Entry…into the melting pot. Â Thought it was kind of appropriate given the occasion this holiday weekend, Happy Thanksgiving everyone! May the best of life’s offering in this great land we call home fill yours with peace and abundance. […]
View post →Last night in life drawing class (in Brooklyn at the Dalvero Academy)Â Â Veronica gave a brief lecture on how important it is to take the time to observe when you draw…to observe the figure closely, the body language presented and the energy surrounding it. Â She shared that each movement is a moment in time and a […]
View post →Nine years ago this week, standing tall right there in front of me…the Sydney Opera House  with it‘s bold and commanding design was undeniably awe inspiring from the outside and just as magnificent from within (considering the untouchable talent that’s passed through it’s gate). If you haven’t been there, I insist! A MUST SEE on your bucket […]
View post → Thought it’d be fun to share one of my favorite “on the spots”…this was a quick study of a resident ostrich I tried to capture on paper a few years back while staying at the Animal Kingdom Lodge.  Graphite pencil on paper by Michele Bedigian
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