For Maureen: Friend classmate fearless bright strong spirit Always reaching for the sky Always in our hearts We miss you We love you. Margaret
View post →I love raking the leaves. I love the sound it makes, I love the exercise and I love the leaves. I brought a few in to the house to draw and to admire. Here’s one. I liked the spots. -Despina
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View post →The human foot is a masterpiece of engineering and a work of art. -Leonardo da Vinci By: Eddie Peña
View post →Another watercolor from the Joshua Tree National Park in California. Â This one is vertical! The Mormons named the joshua tree after Joshua in the bible who raised his hands to the sky in prayer. It is also known as izote de desierto. Margaret Hurst
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A mime artist (from Greek “μίμος” – mimos, “imitator, actor”[1]) is someone who uses mime as a theatrical medium or as a performance art, involving miming, or the acting out a story through body motions, without use of speech. -wikipedia By: Eddie Peña
View post →Another in the series of drawings/watercolors from Joshua Tree National Park in California. Margaret Hurst
View post →I made this quick drawing yesterday while having lunch with my 2 year old. It was a nice time. ©Greg Betza 2010
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Another watercolor/drawing of the joshua trees at the Joshua Tree National Park, definitely one of my favorite places to go to and draw and watercolor and photograph and just be with nature. Margaret
View post →Here is a page of quick drawings I made at the New York Aquarium. I think I captured how incredibly mean they appear. Though I hear they’re harmless… ©Greg Betza
View post →Again at the Bronx Botanical Gardens. I really enjoy my trips to the gardens. It’s a place where you can leave the rumbling of the city behind, at least for a moment. Eddie Peña
View post →“I believe that in the indeterminacy of drawing, the contingent way that images arrive in the work, lies some kind of model of how we live our lives. Â The activity of drawing is a way of trying to understand who we are and how we operate in the world.” –William Kentridge identity Thinking with hands […]
View post →…is a rock band. I went to two concerts in Central Park last week. The first was a washout! It rained and we all got soaked. And there was some serious lightning. But we had fun and the band played on. So, I went back on Friday to enjoy the show–sans shower. Here is one […]
View post →Last month I was invited to participate in Re:Form School, an art event organized to raise awareness about the need for education reform in America. The piece I’ve posted today is a thumbnail sketch/idea for my piece. If you’re in New York City October 9-11 please stop by and see the finished piece in person. […]
View post →A thumbnail drawing of the old Union Square. By Eddie Peña
View post →Carousel painting/drawing. Margaret Hurst
View post →Playgrounds are so much fun to draw! -Despina
View post →Joe Ades, known as the “Gentleman Peeler” (because of his fine suits and British accent I presume) was a fixture in Union Square Greenmarket where he would sell $5 carrot/potato peelers. Our meeting was a funny one. I sat in front and drew him as he asked me nicely (then not so nicely) to get […]
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