We didn’t want to leave Amsterdam without a visit to Zaanse Schans, which is a kind of historic park with twelve working windmills. While there, we learned that there are currently 1100 working windmills still operating in the Netherlands; during the pre-industrial revolution days, there were 1100 in the small area around Zaanse alone. I […]
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July 14 saw the annual Colombian Flower Festival Parade wind it’s way down 37th Avenue in Jackson Heights, and I was lucky enough to be there to draw it. Colombia is the flower capital of the Americas, with most cut flowers sold in the United States having their origin there. The illustration above is of […]
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Happy and honored to announce that I have been invited to be one of the jurors for the 2019 Sketch 4 Freedom competition, sponsored by the Four Freedoms Park Conservancy. I’m glad to be in the company of the other very talented jurors, and look forward to seeing the work that is submitted. The theme […]
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Having fond memories of Porto, the city on the hill. It looked like a stack of brightly colored boxes to me…with plenty of satellite dishes and laundry lines scattered around too. 🙂 Posted by Veronica
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These little thumbnails were the catalyst for a project that occupied most of my 2018 – an illustrated interactive game wall at the new NYU Hassenfeld Children’s Hospital in New York, working with the talented people at Potion Design; a trip through NYC. This thumbnail was the start of the Central Park game, see the […]
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One of my favorite Parisian pastimes is people watching. I love to follow the expressions and body language that surround those little cups of espresso. Posted by Veronica
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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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