In response to Hurricane Sandy’s devastating effects on the New York and New Jersey area, the illustrators of Studio 1482 have each created a print of one of their favorite New York City images to raise money for the displaced victims of the storm. For each donation of $50 or more, you will receive a […]
View post →Here is a quick drawing I made during a visit to the African rainforest (at the Museum of Natural History). -Despina
View post →I have witnessed this and another tiger scare countless children during my many visits to the American Museum of Natural History in NYC. Even from behind the glass they kind of sneak up on the little ones and cause some excitement! ~Despina
View post →A drawing I made while spending some time with my friends Veronica and Margaret in NYC’s Time Square. ~Despina
View post →At the museum yesterday making drawings of animals. This guy seemed mischievous. I like him. ~Despina
View post →Drawing of a cup of coffee. Ink, coffee, and coffee grinds. ~Despina
View post →This is the drawing I made thinking about the Luxemburg Gardens. My mother always talks about this place when the topic of Paris comes up because she spent the day there by herself while I was in school. So in a way, I drew HER favorite memory this time. ~Despina
View post →As I continued my walk past the winery through Montmartre (in my memory) I found and drew some steps. I remember walking uphill, the Fall leaves and how I wondered where those steps led to. ~Despina
View post →Another drawing from my little book of memories. I made this drawing thinking of a rainy day in Montmartre when I peered through the fence on the perimeter of the last winery in Paris. It rained more than it didn’t that fall, and I found I preferred it that way. ~Despina
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View post →Along with my fellow Studio 1482 members, Veronica, Margaret, and Despina, I too spent the day at the High Line with the French illustrator and Urban Sketcher, Lapin. Here is a drawing of him drawing. I was sitting on top of a bench slightly above him. Greg Betza ©2012
View post →So Eddie’s and Michele’s latest posts inspired me to post my own version of the famous cathedral. I made this drawing 10 summers ago. It’s part of a drawing book that I hold very dear to my heart. One that is never too far from my drawing board. I’ve moved 4 times since I filled […]
View post →Thought I’d follow the trend set by Despina and Margaret – – – here is my portrait of Lapin drawing Rosa Lee at the Highline in NYC: See more drawings of the day on Urban Sketchers HERE. Posted by Veronica Lawlor.
View post →The other day I had the privilege of meeting some very lovely people when I joined fellow studio members Margaret, Veronica and Greg on the Highline in NYC. They were there meeting some friends from UrbanSketchers to do some ‘sketching’ at one of the cities prettiest locales. It was my first visit to the area […]
View post →I once did a series of illustrations about prayer. This is a drawing I made on location in NYC’s St Patrick’s Cathedral. -Despina
View post →As promised, a drawing of what I actually saw in Aruba. My favorite sight of all was my boy playing in the sand. He used bits of coral for knights, a shell for a princess, and a dried up coconut for a dragon in the most rudimentary, lovely sand castle those two little hands could […]
View post →Is that all? Is that all you think you’ll see in Aruba? Yes. In fact, that’s all I need to see. The horizon line. Anything more will be icing on a most lovely cake of sweet sweet relaxation!! –That’s the conversation I had with myself after I made this simple simple drawing before leaving for […]
View post →A great poem is City Trees by Edna St Vincent Millay. Love how she talks about the importance of context. I read it often and recently felt like making a few drawings. This is the first. ~Despina
View post →Every time I work in the garden I think of my farmer grandfather in Crete, may he rest in peace. This is a drawing of the small tomato plant I’m growing in his memory this year. The seed is from Greece. –Despina
View post →I picked a random page from my notebook of recent days. For fun. And this is the lucky thumbnail drawing. It’s not a snowman is all I will say. ~Despina
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