If the past year has been positive for anything, it has grounded me to my desire—my need—to walk about in the natural world.—Dominick
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Fantasy or reality? The shapes took on new life as I realized the sketch was something different than the memory I held at the moment.—Dominick
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No doubt this calendar year’s end looks different from those past. There area few traditions this season that I am going to miss for sure. One of which is my annual trek to see the Christmas Tree and Neapolitan Baroque Crèche at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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No matter what happens in the coming hours, or days if that be the case, the hope that this great nation preserves is in the fact that each of us has the ability to have a discussion with our neighbors, with our family, our co-workers—whomever—and have it be civil. Civil discourse. This is not a […]
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Not really, just taking stock and working on some old projects. Found this from a few years ago. Quick study of an autumnal tree.—Dominick
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I realized recently that I had put a long and ongoing project down earlier this year. Always good to crack open the old books and pick up where you left off. Sometimes it’s time to dive in again and see what is different on the pages from the last time you checked. Funny how time […]
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A little sketch from a while back. Looking forward to what happens out on the Hudson this summer.—Dominick
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Somewhere over the last two days I read the history of the Time Square celebration and the origin of the ball dropping. A year is just a number but for some reason I, like so many others, put stock in the blank canvas, the fresh start, the days to come. When the celebration started in […]
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Each weekend Studio 1482 will be featuring posts from the One Drawing A Day archives. Today’s post is by Dominick Santise, from back in 2016. It’s titled “Waiting for a Burger.” #ODADarchive I’ve been playing with my brush pen a bit lately. The name is in Japanese, so I have no idea what it is called. […]
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They played off of each other most of the night at the Society of Illustrators. The routine is the same, give the room equal face time, and try not to give one side two backsides of the head. Sometimes you benefit from your place in the room.—Dominick
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Had a great time drawing and hanging with friends, Margaret, Julia, Kati, and Andrew last week at Society of Illustrators.—Dominick
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Each weekend Studio 1482 will be featuring posts from the One Drawing A Day archives. Today’s post is by Dominick Santise, from back in 2016. It’s titled “Into the Unknown.” #ODADarchive When I was a young boy I could often be found wandering the forest beyond the edges of our little hill top neighborhood. Sometimes alone, […]
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Reportage drawing of the LGBTQ Solidarity Rally/Protest on February 4, 2017 at the Stonewall Inn, NYC. Life, healing, sunlight, nature, harmony and spirit.—Margaret
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Yesterday I watched as the school kids, softball teams, marching bands, politicians, and cultural organizations walked in our towns yearly parade of spirit. Mixed in, and new to this years procession, was a local group fighting for their voices to be heard. Right or wrong, without speaking, they made more of an impression on the crowds gathered for our city’s annual celebration […]
View post →Two weeks can seem like an eternity and sometimes it can happen overnight. Sometimes both occur to prove science still has not fully grasped the time space continuum. Had I written down my resolutions maybe they would have meant a little more. So I start today. I vow to keep up with this blog, fill […]
View post →Did a quick drawing while waiting for lunch on Stone Street and thinking of the first settlers in lower Manhattan. Narrow streets and “tall” buildings make it all very European. —Dominick
View post →Not as much of an event as the May Day Protests, but Union Square is always one of the best spots in New York for people watching and of course spending some time drawing. I found myself with a few hours to kill, an unusual event as of late, and nearby one of my favorite […]
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Almost that time of year…almost. Here is a drawing made with pastels over a painted ground. Greg Betza ©2015
View post →Another misplaced crowd drawing from the same time period as last weeks. This one of Grand Central from a few years back.—pre-Apple store and Shake Shack. Long before the “Gate of Hell” GCT was where i went to draw as many people as New York had to offer. Always a fun crowd.—Dominick
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
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