This young man’s oddly-shaped bag gave him away as a musician, and he was a joy to draw listening to his ipod, which undoubtedly bestowed some sublime pleasures onto his carefully tuned ears…
View post →Neil and I took our bicycles through the Haitian neighborhood in Providenciales, and I did some drawing. There is a large Haitian community in the Turks & Caicos, because the local population iss not large enough to handle all the work that needs to be done in the hotels on Grace Bay. These guys were […]
View post →Another in the series from the Journal of Empire Studies blog. All about Egypt, the pyramids, the Nile, the sun, the all seeing eye, and our modern radar. Margaret Hurst
View post →Made with soft pastels by Despina
View post →Had a chance to catch the ex-Pavement frontman last Sunday night at Webster Hall in NYC. I decided to break out the black paper and crayons for this one. I always enjoy working in this “reverse” way and I just felt like it captured the mood a bit better than black on white…however, I did […]
View post →A fun portrait I did during a visit to Mystic Seaport this past spring. Here he was, a good ol’ salt of the earth kinda guy tending to a dogwatch. I felt like an intruder (but who wouldn’t take advantage of the moment?) while he sat and sang of a time gone past, shanty tales […]
View post →On the New York City subway. —Dominick
View post →Drawing I made of a man as he spoke. Eddie Peña
View post →These two lovely New York ladies maintained their stoically upright posture for over 100 blocks. It’s amazing what years of unwanted attention can do…
View post →While my students are working at the Museum of Natural History, I entertain myself by drawing faces of people in the cafeteria. I swear that guy’s hair was out that far in front of his head. Posted by Veronica Lawlor.
View post →A watercolor of some flowers and lilies and water… Margaret Hurst
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This colored pencil drawing was made inside the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory at the New York Botanical Garden. Have a visit this weekend, it’s wonderful. drawing by Greg Betza
View post →Old beliefs have long been associated with this spice. Did you know in Germany it is said that if a bride sews mustard seeds into her wedding gown, she can be sure of “wearing the pants” in her family? … hmmm, worth a look… Two places as different as Denmark and India illustrate even another […]
View post →One day we will think back, having forgotten all of the little noises you made, and remember the little pffff. —Dominick
View post →The entire time these two were seated across from me I was worried they would realize I was drawing them and  would want to see the sketch (mostly because it looked EXACTLY like them, and I was not sure how enthusiastic they would be about that). Thankfully their interest remained focussed on each other.
View post →I made this drawing under water, while snorkeling with Neil in the Turks & Caicos Islands. Happy times! Posted by Veronica
View post →So, this is another of the articles on the Journal of Empire Studies. This one is entitled, “James Joyce and the Consumption of Empire” by Lynn Bongiovanni. Â What a great piece of writing on the Irish author, James Joyce! Another fun and challenging illustration! Margaret Hurst
View post →from the garden. -Despina
View post →This watercolor study was painted at the New York Botanical Garden. The gardens are one of my favorite places to work, a place where you can sit peacefully, surrounded by beauty. Have a great weekend. by Greg Betza
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