Happy to post that this drawing, called “Rush Hour in Amsterdam,” is featured in the December issue of Lonely Planet magazine, with a short interview about my trip to Amsterdam in the summer of 2014. Lovely city; lovely people. Check out the article if you get the chance! Posted by Veronica
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Drew this view of the Plaza D’España from the window of our place in Madrid, the morning we left. Sombra y sol: even though it got up to 104 degrees while we were there, I always love spending time in Spain! Posted by Veronica
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There were demonstrations all across the United States this past Saturday against the administration’s immigration policies, and the separation of children from their parents as they try to cross the border. NYC saw a large demonstration crossing the Brooklyn Bridge from lower Manhattan, and a smaller demonstration in my neighborhood of Jackson Heights. The group […]
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I love when cities put up the name of their city in big letters at a public square – in case you forget where you are! I made this drawing during a lovely visit to Toronto with Neil and his parents. posted by Veronica
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There is one place in NYC that I never go to – except to draw. That’s Times Square. A riot of color and energy, it’s a place most New Yorkers avoid, and every tourist visits. When going through my computer files to look at drawings of Times Square the other day, I came across this […]
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In the middle of the coldest April in the Northeast ever – yes that means EVERY SINGLE DAY is a record low temperature for the month – we had one nice day. AND it was a Saturday! So I took advantage of this to run out to the park to do a little drawing. But…but…but…where […]
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A great way to practice drawing is to draw people on the subway in NYC. Especially since I live in what’s considered the most diverse neighborhood in the city, I have a wonderful wealth of types of people to draw whenever I’m riding the train. Old people, young people, skinny, fat, happy, angry, bored – […]
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I often am asked the question: “do you REALLY make one drawing every day?” And the answer is yes, most definitely I do! Does that mean that I am sitting down and making a drawing with a capitol D each day? No, what it means is that drawing has become the way that I negotiate […]
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MERRY CHRISTMAS! Wishing a wonderful Christmas holiday to all of you. And if you don’t celebrate the Christmas holiday, wishing you a nice peaceful Monday, perhaps with a little Chinese take out for dinner? posted by Veronica
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I had so much fun at the Urban Sketchers Symposium in Chicago this past summer – especially the day I sat on the sidewalk and drew the elevated train as it rumbled by. Chicago is a happening town! Posted by Veronica
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Cricket seller at the Yuen Po Street Bird Garden, Kowloon. The old man sells bags of live crickets and mealy worms to the (mostly) men who visit the park with their caged birds, for feeding their pets. The drawing is a little soggy – it was made on a rainy day during typhoon season in […]
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My NYC neighborhood of Jackson Heights is home to a large Muslim population from Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan. Since this weekend was Eid, the end of Ramadan, our local park was turned over to a Muslim prayer service on Sunday morning. The prayer service was fairly short, and the Imam spoke in both English and […]
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Last week I found myself with some time to wait in between meetings, so I decided to check out the Macy’s flower show. It’s a spring tradition here in NYC. This year’s theme is carnival, and they did it up right with lots of carousel animals – including a unicorn! And of course, plenty of flowers and […]
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This reportage illustration is from a rally in front of the Stonewall Inn in New York’s Greenwich Village recently. The community came out in support of the trans-gender kids that will be affected by the new administration’s position rescinding protections that had allowed transgender students to use the bathroom that corresponds with their gender identity. […]
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Living in New York City means that I have the privilege of being a part of a global community, right here in my home town. One of my favorite cultural NYC festivals is the yearly party in Chinatown celebrating the lunar New Year. This year I spent some time on Mott Street in lower Manhattan, drawing […]
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Janus, the Roman god of doors and gateways, is an appropriate figure to invoke on New Year’s Eve. (The month January gets it’s name from him.) Janus is traditionally shown with two faces: one looking back into the past, and the other looking forward into the future. These two New York City dudes on the […]
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So another semester at Pratt and Parsons has begun! On Tuesday afternoon I took my Pratt “Drawing on Location” class to Washington Square Park in NYC’s Greenwich Village and gave them this assignment: draw all the kinds of people in the park and design from that a New Yorker cover about “The Character(s) of Washington […]
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Another drawing from Castlefield in Manchester. What a place! posted by Veronica
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Each Sunday Studio 1482 will be featuring a post from the One Drawing A Day archives. Today’s post is by Veronica Lawlor, from back in 2013. It’s titled “Central Park” #ODADarchive I took advantage of the mild day in New York last Saturday to go up to the Bethesda Fountain in Central Park and play […]
View post →A panoramic drawing I made last summer in the Little India section of Singapore. What a great city! I was there teaching a workshop at the 6th International Urban Sketchers Symposium. I’m happy to say that I have been invited to conduct a workshop at this year’s symposium in Manchester, UK! It’s called “Puzzling Out […]
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