The Oculus and the Survivor Tree, drawn during a recent visit to the 9/11 Memorial. The Oculus transportation hub at World Trade Center was designed by Santiago Calatrava, and to me, looks like two large protective angels wings reaching out over the site of the former World Trade Center. The survivor tree is a Callery […]
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Spent a nice summer day enjoying the people of Diversity Plaza, in Jackson Heights. I was not the only one! posted by Veronica
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Spent a lovely day with Neil at the New York Botanical Gardens. Couldn’t resist drawing the water lilies. posted by Veronica
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Here’s one from the archives – a drawing I made of Hudson Yards from the top of a building in Chelsea in 2013. BEFORE there was anything built at Hudson Yards; it was just a place for the subway cars to rest. You can see the Intrepid in the distance, too. posted by Veronica
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We didn’t want to leave Amsterdam without a visit to Zaanse Schans, which is a kind of historic park with twelve working windmills. While there, we learned that there are currently 1100 working windmills still operating in the Netherlands; during the pre-industrial revolution days, there were 1100 in the small area around Zaanse alone. I […]
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Just returned from a trip to Amsterdam, where I was an instructor at the 10th annual Urban Sketchers symposium. Amsterdam is an amazing city; one of my personal favorites. The bicycle culture seems to have given every one of Amsterdam’s citizens a permanent mega-dose of endorphins, and they are among the nicest urbanites I’ve encountered. As […]
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July 14 saw the annual Colombian Flower Festival Parade wind it’s way down 37th Avenue in Jackson Heights, and I was lucky enough to be there to draw it. Colombia is the flower capital of the Americas, with most cut flowers sold in the United States having their origin there. The illustration above is of […]
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Happy and honored to announce that I have been invited to be one of the jurors for the 2019 Sketch 4 Freedom competition, sponsored by the Four Freedoms Park Conservancy. I’m glad to be in the company of the other very talented jurors, and look forward to seeing the work that is submitted. The theme […]
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An illustration done on location of the Lights for Liberty candlelight vigil in Manhattan’s Foley Square last Friday night. The purpose of the vigil, which was held simultaneously in cities around the US, was to shed light and attention on the immigration detention policies of the current administration at the southern border of our country. […]
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Went down to the East River to see the Fourth of July fireworks this year – what a show! posted by Veronica
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July 1 for me always feels like the REAL start of summer. Especially since the July 4 holiday is only a few days away. I did this little watercolor on the fourth of July last year in Long Island City, while we were sitting on our blanket, waiting for the fireworks to start. posted by […]
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As a working illustrator, you get used to the fact that sometimes, for all kinds of reasons, the projects you start change course mid-stream. I was a little bummed that this advertisement went another way though, since my beautiful step-daughter Danielle modeled for the illustration. Anyway, it was fun to draw her! Posted by Veronica
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So honored and excited that the City Explorer children’s game installation at NYU Hassenfeld children’s hospital has been honored by the Society for Experiential Design! As my friends know, this is a project that kept me busy for most of 2018, when I was working as an illustrator, in collaboration with the talented designers and […]
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Re-posting an older drawing I made of Dr. John when he performed in a New York City club back in 2005. Rest in Peace, sir. posted by Veronica
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Attended my very first Little League game this weekend, to cheer my nephew William and his team, the “Oakland A’s” on. Wow, such an exciting game – better than watching the major leagues! William (#3) was all over the field – got a few hits, struck out a few batters during his time as pitcher, […]
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Every year, the Memorial Day holiday in the US is the culmination of Fleet Week in New York City, when the US Navy brings some of the ships to our harbor and we can visit them and pay respects to the servicemen and women who protect us year-round. Neil and I have a tradition of […]
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A luscious peony flower that I did a pastel drawing of at last week’s Plein-Air Invitational, at the New York Botanical Garden. You can see this drawing and several others I made that day on my website, Veronica Lawlor Gallery.
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Nothing says Spring in the Northeast of the US like the scent of lilacs, and so I was super happy to spend this past Saturday at the New York Botanical Garden, sitting in the lilac plants doing pastel drawings. I was an invited artist to the NYBG’s 4th Annual Plain-Air Invitational, hosted by artist James […]
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There is nothing I love more than drawing the figure, and it is through making thousands of drawings that I began to discover my own sense of color and form. So I’m very excited to be presenting a workshop called Color and Form at the Life Drawing Symposium this June, where participants will discover, through a […]
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Here is another illustration from my reportage of the Creative Study Tour 2019: grabbing our morning jolt of caffeine from Awaken Coffee in Knoxville, Tennessee. The barista proved to me that hipsters don’t only live in Brooklyn. 🙂 And by the way, Knoxville is a very cool city! posted by Veronica
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