On our quest for enlightenment at Columbia University a few weeks ago my wife and I had the opportunity to listen to several great speakers hosted by Teachers College. It is rare that I am led through a day with little agenda other than to accompany my partner in life. I had no idea what we […]
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Long, long ago, in another life, I fantasized of attending Columbia University to pursue a writing career. It took art school years later for me to realize how many books I had overlooked in my pursuit of this dream. I have tried to catch up over time, and I have certainly been known to write […]
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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 Crowd.” #ODADarchive Another Florida drawing from years back. I still remember my first time drawing down at the Magic Kingdom. The smells, the crowds—the newness of it […]
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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 “Drawing Friends” #ODADarchive Another drawing from years ago in the Magic Kingdom (Mickey has been on my mind lately). Another reminder of things that have changed. Change is always […]
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Here is another drawing from High School. This is my teacher who made us draw fast and draw “blind”. He used to have very funny ways of explaining how fast. He once said, “If a pigeon on the roof of this school were to die and fall off the edge, you should be done with […]
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Another drawing—missed when I was thumbing through last week—from the lost book. I remember doing the drawing, who I was with, and while not of great importance just thinking I should—never knowing that the location would be changed and that the drawing would mean a little more for reasons only some will understand. I went […]
View post →Visiting San Diego seeing all the beautiful sites. I don’t think I want to leave this place. It feels like Europe. Amazing. Today I took my son to the Birch Aquarium at Scripps. Wonderful day. We both sat down and drew while watching a beautiful tank that was the size of a house. This is […]
View post →Something about the dark brown trunks against the palettes of yellows and oranges makes me always stop.—Dominick
View post →The Metropolitan Museum of Art … my church, my schoolyard, my home away from home. – Michele
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