While visiting the Metropolitan Museum of Art, I always make a point to go check out the Arms and Armor section. It’s very impressive. I had fun stylizing the designs on this armored horse. -Despina
View post →Â Â Â Â Â Â At the New Museum in NYC for the Pawel Althamer’s “Draftmen’s Congress” exhibit with Dalvero Academy yesterday, we had a terrific time! The artist invited people to draw and paint everywhere and anywhere in the gallery space. What fun. Spontaneous drawing at it’s best. Great sense of freedom, it made us feel like kids. […]
View post →This is a drawing I made while I worked out a few ideas for our Seasons of 1482 project. Read more about it here. -Despina
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Jazz band in Disneyland’s New Orleans. It wouldn’t be a vacay without a little drawing. ~Despina
View post →I made this thumbnail in Paris. I could never decide if it’s the road ahead, or if it’s a view of looking back on the road just traveled. ~Despina
View post →Snow is NOT white. Trust me I’ve seen enough snow this winter to last a lifetime. But amidst all the whining and complaining about the snow, every time I look out the window, or as I walk or drive through town, I am overwhelmed by how beautiful it is. I’ve seen lavendar snow, orange snow, […]
View post →A while back, during my son’s “I don’t draw I only scribble” phase, James scribbled on a piece of paper and asked me to add the head of this fire dragon. Crayons and marker on paper. ~Despina
View post →Yesterday we had so much fog in our area. It was remarkable. We couldn’t see the houses down the street, driving was a scary task and parks became a horror movie director’s dream come true. My family and I took a walk through one of our neighborhood parks to take advantage of this rare sight […]
View post →The other night I went to a chocolate and wine tasting. Sweet, smokey, citrusy, spicy, peachy, leathery, creamy, gritty, smooooth. Words that sometimes would state the obvious and at other times would awaken the flavor on my taste buds just by reading the words during the tasting. Strange how that works. This is an I-Pad […]
View post →Besides animals, we saw a T-Rex at the Turtleback Zoo. The new playground is a beautifully dinosaur themed. ~Despina
View post →As I was drawing the black sheep (from my last post) I heard James getting really excited about something at the other end of the barn of the zoo. “Mom, mom, you gotta come see this!!” I completely understood what all the fuss was about when I finally got over there and saw this enormous […]
View post →I was at the Turtleback Zoo with my son the other day and we spent a lot of time at the stingray touch tank. At first he was not brave enough to go ahead and touch, so I cheered him on and he was able to do it. Then came the inevitable “Now it’s your […]
View post →Here is a drawing with watercolor of the Morgan, the crane and the town of Mystic behind it. The history of this town is incredible. This scene is after the heavy mast was erected onto the ship, when the crane was dropping cement weights into the hull as ballast. To see more of my reportage […]
View post →I was at Mystic Seaport yesterday with members of Dalvero to watch and reportage the foremast of the Morgan being installed. In nuatical terms it’s called “stepping” and it’s a great milestone for a ship, done with great ceremony. It was such a wonderful drawing experience. The boat, the crane, the ropes and the crew […]
View post →Yesterday was National Coffee Day. It made me think of a storyboard I once worked on about the goat that started it all. Here’s a little bit of it. ~Despina
View post →I made this quick pastel study of the sun setting back in the summer of 2006. –Despina
View post →or Remembrance Day, was yesterday. I’m not sure what the official name for September 11th is. In any case here is a drawing with a patriotic theme. Rockefeller Center, NYC. ~Despina
View post →I used watercolors, charcoal, pencil and pen to draw this crowd eating at lunch time. ~Despina
View post →I can’t decide which is cutest- the girl, the hat or the duck, who just realized there might be trouble coming his way in the form of a very curious toddler. ~Despina
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