still wondering what they were saying? – enjoy the day, Michele
View post →The cap to the ink was barely off when the man in the center came over and said, “what, drawing a blank?” Took me a minute but he laughed when he saw that I registered the empty page. A half hour later he returned to see what I had done, looked down and saw the […]
View post →Thumbnails for story ideas. Eddie Peña
View post →Saw this T’ai Chi master leading a class in a park in Queens, New York. He was here from China for a few weeks. Queens is the most international city in the United States, so it didn’t surprise me to see him there. Even though he moved very slowly, he moved very quickly as well. […]
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 →One of my favorite things to do… by Greg Betza
View post →It’s in the simple things… that make life special…..like seeing my mother-in-law’s quiet joy whenever she watches home movies of her sons when they were little. She loves that.           Hope you enjoy the ease of the weekend, michele
View post →The snow-haired lady sits in her chair, the unmoving center of her family’s universe, her ancient hands folded, watching the world changeing unendingly around her…
View post →As Margaret wrote in her post last week and yesterday, she and I spent a lovely and long overdue day together drawing and enjoying Spring at the Bronx Botanical Garden. We did go through the Emily Dickinson exhibit. Her garden was beautiful, and as Marg wrote last week, I was immediately drawn to the poppies. […]
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 →“…a plumber’s nightmare” my teacher always called it. This steel proud vessel with so many tales to tell sitting tall along the west side highway. No plumber’s hanging ’round here, just an artist …who’s eager to draw. Happy Friday, Michele
View post →And then there are some moments where it just doesn’t matter.
View post →Has it really been that long? It seems several lifetimes ago that we had our first “official” Studio 1482 meeting at the old studio, at #1482. In honor of our anniversary each studio member was asked to create a commemorative piece around the theme of “five”, and as you can see, I had American culture […]
View post →I recently had the opportunity to draw from a terrace on the 47th floor of a downtown New York City building – talk about getting dizzy. But what an exhilarating experience! – Veronica
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 →As I shlepped across town with my golden ticket in hand to the Met I wasn’t sure what to expect. It was a Tuesday night and the preview of the opening of Senior Pablo Picasso’s new exhibit was about to begin. (You know, one of those nights all sorts of people come out, some to […]
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 →I’ve always wanted to be a soldier. It’s been a desire of mine since I was a boy. I can’t say I can pin point why, but I know I would have made a great soldier. I think it takes a special heart to become a soldier. I thank every military man and woman that […]
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 →Ok maybe you haven’t heard of them, but Leatherface is a British punk band that’s been around since 1988. I’ve been a fan since the early nineties and just had the chance to see them last month at the knitting factory in Brooklyn. Though they are quite obscure, the place was sold out and the […]
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