Nature’s Government, one of the illustrations for Journal of Empire Studies. Another really fun illustration to think about, work on and execute! Margaret Hurst
View post →Every year during the Fall my memories find their way back to Paris. And very few things evoke in me the feeling of being there than those distinctive claypots on the rooftops. During my 4 month stay many years ago, I lived in the tiniest apartment you could imagine and had one tiny window to […]
View post →Hidden back behind the trees. –Greg Betza
View post →You know I once had a teacher who said for each day you don’t study your craft you lose the ability to call yourself “an artist” and fall into the category of “I once was”. The Dalvero Academy is hosting a fall series of life drawing sessions. So it feels really good to say, “Here […]
View post →Thumbnail for a painting called “Heart of The Carousel” By: Eddie Peña
View post →Few things evoke associations of affluence in me like a plate overflowing with goodies like muffins, fruits, and cream. I always associate them with a lovely weekend brunch, aka complete happiness.
View post →Barcelona is such a beautifully surreal city. The architect, Antonio Gaudi, helped make it so with his organic, wonderfully undulating architecture. It snakes it’s way around the city and winds up in Park Guell, a massively exotic architectural fantasy land set atop a mountain looking down on Gaudi’s obsession, Sagrada Familia. I enjoyed the magical […]
View post →A lovely day at the China Pavilion at Epcot in Orlando. So many characters…so many drawings…so many lines…so many marks…so little time… Margaret Hurst
View post →China is in the news so much these days. I’ve been making drawings and gathering information. -Despina
View post →Here is another watercolor created at the New York Botanical Garden. –Greg Betza
View post →The Metropolitan Museum of Art … is a tree of life to the worlds greatest art. It’s my church, my schoolyard, my home away from home. Just 20 minutes from the house there’s no better place to be – Michele
View post →It is finally starting to look like autumn. Today it feels like it too. —Dominick
View post →While waiting for the band “Architecture in Helsinki” to come onstage at Webster Hall I had the opportunity to draw the fans from an unusual vantage point: Perched slightly above them, atop the speakers. This crowd was quite mellow and friendly. The full review of the show (and more drawings) are on my music blog.
View post →A drawing of the Zakim Bridge in Boston. I love the elegance of this bridge. I remember being very cold when I made this drawing, and there was a group of street people with a somewhat menacing air right near me, but neither of those things could break the impact seeing this bridge in twilight […]
View post →Join Indra and take a cosmic journey on the elephant of your choice and see where it takes you… Margaret Hurst
View post →here is a study I made of balloons passing each other in the sky. –Despina
View post →Tailgating at a football game in 83° weather is such a treat for fans living in the North-East. Here’s a drawing of some people standing around eating and drinking in their shorts, flip-flops and of course football jerseys. Greg Betza ©2011
View post → Another portrait from a golden day at Mystic Seaport this past spring. While that good ol’ salt of the earth kinda guy I shared with you last week tended his dogwatch singing those beautiful shanty tales he was accompanied by a seamstress who (like I) couldn’t get enough of the treasured moment, Michele
View post →A very early sketch, unearthed recently from a project that has been following me, yet not taking priority, for some time. —Dominick
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