This pencil and watercolor drawing of the big clock at the heart of Grand Central was part of a series of holiday drawings I did a while back; I’ll share them with you over the next few weeks.
View post →The One Drawing A Day holiday card shop is open! Original designs by the artists of Studio 1482, available as single cards or in packs of 10. Check it out in our holiday shop HERE! Enjoy the start of the holiday season everyone! – posted by Veronica.
View post →One day at China in Epcot there were dancers.  They moved in and out of the buildings and columns of the Chinese Pavilion so  gracefully.  They were irresistible. They had to be drawn and painted.  Lucky me, I got to do just that! Margaret Hurst
View post →This is a watercolor study of a worm on a leaf from a project I had worked on a few years ago. -despina
View post →Here is a quick drawing I made outside of the NEW Yankee Stadium on my first visit there this summer. Very Impressive! Had a really nice time and what a great place to draw! Greg Betza ©2010
View post →” We may be able to tell the story of departed nations and conquering chieftains who have added pages of tears and blood to the world’s history; but our education is deficient if we are perfectly ignorant how to guide the little feet that are springing up so gladly in our path …” This was […]
View post →Or then again. Maybe next week will be the same ol’ story.
View post →By Eddie Peña
View post →A new drawing of one of the NYRO cellists. This bamboo pen is by far the worst I’ve ever used, it barely takes in any ink and does not improve when sharpened, but I admit it’s kind of fun to take on the challenge and just kind of wrestle drawings out of it anyway. I […]
View post →As Margaret wrote in her post yesterday, she and I were interviewed on NBC news while drawing the inflation of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade balloons in NYC. (You can read more about it on my blog.) This is a drawing from a Thanksgiving trip she and I took to Sedona several years back. Thanksgiving […]
View post →My friend, and fellow studio 1482er, Veronica Lawlor and I went to draw at the annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade balloon blow up last night. Â It was buzzing, as usual. Â The kids love it. Â They scream out every name of every balloon as they go by. Â Katy Tur from NBC News interviewed us while we […]
View post →HappyH appy Thanksgiving with love from despina…
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I heard someone say this week that there’s 32,000 choices every one of us is expected to make in a lifetime. Whether it sounds daunting or fabulous, my first thought was that kinda rings true for drawing too. There’s just as many options, left, right, up, down, in, out, turn here, turn there…. the possibilities!!! […]
View post →Scoliosis (from Greek: skoliÅsis meaning from skolios, “crooked”)[1] is a medical condition in which a person’s spine is curved from side to side. When I first found out that my wife had scoliosis I began to do some research, I had never heard of scoliosis up until then.  In my research I began to make […]
View post →Ink drawing of main cellist at a concert rehearsal. to see more drawings from that set, please visit my regular blog If you like music and are interested in reading reviews of live shows and seeing art done on the spot at shows, please consider following my blog musikati.blogspot.com or follow me on twitter @musikati
View post →Belvedere Castle, in Central Park, NY. – posted by Veronica
View post →The annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade will be coming up in a few days. Â I thought it would be fun to post a page of drawings I made a few years ago on the eve of the parade. Â I tried to draw Spider Man from as many different angles as I could. Â It’s fun to […]
View post →I’ve been redefining fall for myself this year– really thinking about it in new ways. Funny, because all I had to do was sit and draw a few of its leaves. For more Fall themed art, and for more drawings of leaves, visit my blog. -Despina
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