I heard someone say this week that there’s 32,000 choices every one of us is expected to make in a lifetime. Whether it sounds daunting or fabulous, my first thought was that kinda rings true for drawing too. There’s just as many options, left, right, up, down, in, out, turn here, turn there…. the possibilities!!! […]
View post →Newport, Rhode Island has always held a special place in my heart. It’s where my husband and I were married. It’s where we retreat to when time in the city gets hectic. It’s where we’ve built adoring friendships and memories we’ll always treasure. Trinity Church is right in the heart of downtown Newport, a real […]
View post →Puppetry is an ancient form of performance. Some historians claim that they pre-date actors in theatre. There is evidence that they were used in Egypt as early as 2000 BC when string-operated figures of wood were manipulated to perform the action of kneading bread, and other string controlled objects. Above is a marionette I stumbled across […]
View post →… exploring the gardens as they make their appearance for the annual Halloween Hoorah! Calling all goblins and ghouls …. here’s to spooky (safe) adventures! Study by Michele Bedigian
View post →ding,dong … goes the door…next stop…42nd Street                           The train begins to crawl, a microcosm of New York life journeys on silently, patiently      intent on […]
View post →A few minutes spent warming-up for the day as I sat enjoying my morning tea. Â Â Have a pleasant day. – Michele
View post →Drawing is a skill that always needs attention. Like any art form, it takes practice, practice and more practice. Below is a page of hand studies done for no other reason than for the exercise (always a great barometer to see where I’m at) – Michele
View post →Last night I took advantage of some relaxing time at home and decided to watch Tim Burton’s dark and whimsical interpretation of Alice in Wonderland, (it didn’t hurt that Johnny Depp was in it, as I shamefully admit a secret crush I’ve had on him for years now). It was an interesting go at an […]
View post →As New Yorkers we often think we’re so much “in control”. Yet this week Mother Nature really let be known who’s in charge! Still stunned by how many trees we lost in my neighborhood from the tornado I spent a few minutes in the yard wondering how the birds reacted to the loss. To my […]
View post →Another piece from time spent color’en with water down at the seaport last week. Happy Sunday! -Michele
View post →What better way to say goodbye to summer fun than spending time color’en with water down at the seaport. Have a wonderful Labor Day weekend! Michele
View post →I thought it worth mentioning the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum is hosting a series of exciting events associated with the United States Air Force this week from August 24th through August 29th.  The mission is to bring together the Air Force and the general public and illustrate the incredible mix of services the people […]
View post →My opinion is just that, an opinion. Whether or not there’s ‘a right’ or some think it ‘wise’ to build a mosque two blocks from where the World Trade Center crumbled – the timing is awful. There are pivotal moments in history that require time and space for those who experience its chaos to process, […]
View post →It’s hard to believe just 5 days ago Chris and I were each standing at one of the holiest sites in history, the Western Wall in Jerusalem, otherwise known as the “Wailing Wall”. At times tens of thousands of people gather here from all over the world to pray. Although separated by a partition respectfully […]
View post →..I once read that Pythagoras is credited with having discovered the physical relationship between mass and sound, (otherwise known as music), and that this relationship (expressible as ratios) is essentially what led to Galileo’s revolutionary discoveries in physics. One might say this same physical relationship occurs in a drawing – more of this and less of […]
View post →Putting it mildly, (if you weren’t here) Saturday night in New York City was unbearably hot and steamy. It was the perfect night for a movie after a long week  at work (hint,hint: air-conditioning!). We went to see Inception (a very popular movie that sold-out soon after we got there) which left the “late comers” having […]
View post →In 2009 when the United Nations declared today, July 18th 2010 as the first recognized Nelson Mandela Day, it called for a day when people around the world would celebrate a legacy of peace, forgiveness and reconciliation, all in honor of Tata Madiba’s 92nd Birthday. So who is Tata Madiba? Tata Madiba is Nelson Mandela, South Africa’s first democratically […]
View post →The day is July 10th. It’s 1977, and I just got these new hot wheels! It’s a bright pink banana bike and I think I’m the coolest thing around … I play the best Pinky Tuscadero! So it only makes sense I get to be her when we pick our roles in make believe. With […]
View post →With such picture perfect weather, Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â undeniably yesterday was the most incredible day to be out and about in New York. Â […]
View post →Teachers, friends and books … three simple words, but they mean so much. This past Monday Dominick and I were having a conversation about art and asking what does it take for an artist to truly reach their potential? So I shared with him something my Kabbalah teacher Sarah told me last week, (it was […]
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