The Metropolitan Museum of Art has the latest, and largest to date, Roxy Paine steel tree sculpture on its rooftop. Â It’s beautiful and I’m going back with bigger paper to make a larger drawing. Â This sculpture is incredible! Â I overheard two ladies talking about the scupture, “It’s like it keeps growing and growing into this […]
View post →As the week begins, millions of people hit the roads and rails heading to work. This is a drawing I did a few years ago standing in front of Grand Central Terminal on 42nd St. amongst commuters in NYC.
View post →Two weeks ago I had the privilege to get close to an old and familiar subject. Up and down the Hudson this summer various communities along the river are taking part in Hudson Celebration 2009 marking the 400th anniversary of Henry Hudson’s voyage up the river that bears his name. Growing up in Newburgh, New […]
View post →One Drawing a Day, that’s 365 drawings in a year. Not bad, it’s fortunate for my colleagues and I that we love to draw. As reportage artists, Illustrators, designers, photographers, film makers and painters we love to think with our hands. The drawing for today speaks for itself. That’s my Grandpa, he has the thousand […]
View post →Hi, Margaret here! Last Saturday was National Pigeon Day. There is a gathering of pigeon lovers who extol the wonders and glories of pigeons. I could only stay for a little while, but for the brief time I was there I never saw an actual pigeon! How ironic that there would not be a pigeon at this […]
View post →This little drawing was one of the first that prompted Life On Second. I thought it was quaint way back when this was the only machine blocking traffic. It wasn’t quaint for long.—Dominick
View post →“There is nothing like a warm day in the park, It’s magical. People everywhere talking, running, reading or just simply sitting there watching and admiring the beauty of life.” -Eddie Peña
View post →Excelsior-Thoughts on NYC Commerce
View post →Hi, my name is Margaret Hurst, and I’m one of the eight artists of Studio 1482.  Yesterday I spent the day with the skaters in Central Park.  It was a beautiful day, sunny with blue skies.  The skaters were in their usual high spirits and high energy.  This particular skater with the helmet is new to […]
View post →This drawing of St. Patrick’s Cathedral was made by illustrator Despina Georgiadis.
View post →In honor of drawing day 2009 (and Studio 1482’s love of drawing) we are pleased to launch one drawing a day dot com. ODAD is just that, 1 new drawing each day from the members of Studio 1482. Our first post is a reportage drawing of General George Washington in Union Square, New York, by illustrator Greg Betza.
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