The cap to the ink was barely off when the man in the center came over and said, “what, drawing a blank?” Took me a minute but he laughed when he saw that I registered the empty page. A half hour later he returned to see what I had done, looked down and saw the […]
View post →Thumbnails for story ideas. Eddie Peña
View post →Saw this T’ai Chi master leading a class in a park in Queens, New York. He was here from China for a few weeks. Queens is the most international city in the United States, so it didn’t surprise me to see him there. Even though he moved very slowly, he moved very quickly as well. […]
View post →“You ain’t seen nothing yet” These are the words I heard upon entering the Conservatory at Longwood Gardens. The kind old man on his scooter noticed me in my state of shock and awe after seeing the beyond-words-beautiful entrance, and felt the need to warn me about the rest of the place. He was not […]
View post →One of my favorite things to do… by Greg Betza
View post →It’s in the simple things… that make life special…..like seeing my mother-in-law’s quiet joy whenever she watches home movies of her sons when they were little. She loves that.           Hope you enjoy the ease of the weekend, michele
View post →There are not enough words to describe the meaning of our days, too often we choose those that have described yesterday, but today is only today once, why use second hand phrases for prime real estate.
View post →Mood boards designed for animated project. Eddie Peña
View post →As Margaret wrote in her post last week and yesterday, she and I spent a lovely and long overdue day together drawing and enjoying Spring at the Bronx Botanical Garden. We did go through the Emily Dickinson exhibit. Her garden was beautiful, and as Marg wrote last week, I was immediately drawn to the poppies. […]
View post →Happy Mother’s Day Mà na. Love, Dèspina
View post →I swear Michele and I didn’t plan to post famous US war ships back to back. Amazing how thing like that happen. So I’m taking a trip south this week and on a trip south a few years ago I spent a day at Baltimore’s Inner Harbor and did this close-up drawing of the USS […]
View post →And then there are some moments where it just doesn’t matter.
View post →Portrait of the Hunter. Animation project titled: “The Fox and the Hunter”. Eddie Peña
View post →I recently had the opportunity to draw from a terrace on the 47th floor of a downtown New York City building – talk about getting dizzy. But what an exhilarating experience! – Veronica
View post →My friend Ronnie and I made a spontaneous visit to the NYBG on Friday. Â We haven’t gone out drawing together in a long time and so this was a wonderful day in many ways. Â The day was lovely, weather wise, and so even though there was an Emily Dickinson Garden theme at the Conservatory we […]
View post →An early signal of Spring. Almond trees have a long history of mythology and symbolism. I think they are beautiful to look at and to draw. -Despina
View post →Here is a drawing I made of my son playing in our backyard with his favorite toys, rocks. drawing by Greg Betza
View post →Character designs for animation project ” The Fox and the Hunter”. Eddie Peña
View post →Well, technically Earth Day was a few days ago (see Greg’s post HERE) but really, every day should be Earth Day, no? Like I wrote in the illustration, give to the Earth and She’ll give back. Let’s hope our governments start heeding that message. – Veronica
View post →This is a drawing I made of a model. Â I liked her attitude! Â I also liked that her hair felt like Asian calligraphy. Margaret
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