I visited the South Street Seaport in Manhattan for the first time in years on Friday, to scope out the place and make a few drawings, in preparation for a reportage workshop that I taught there this weekend. It was so nice to see it again! The Ambrose lightship is still there, jaunty as ever, […]
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Like these flowers from the Shakespeare Garden in Central Park, NYC is opening up. Feels so good to be out and about again, in the midst of my fellow New Yorkers. To celebrate, I am offering my PUZZLING OUT THE PICTURE location drawing workshop in the city this July 17-18! Will you be in the […]
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Recently I was invited by Mário Linhares of the University of Lisbon to contribute to an initiative from the School of Fine Arts called 5 Minutes of Drawing. I was asked to submit a 5 minute video in which I spoke about the importance of drawing on location as it relates to our understanding of […]
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Going into the archives a bit for this drawing- made on the banks of the Seine in Paris a few years ago. I love Paris, and my husband Neil has been diligently learning French for the last few years. So, we will spend our spring break there this year, and I’ve decided to offer an […]
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A while back, I was commissioned to illustrate a menu for a restaurant called Nino’s 46, in midtown. It was one of those fun, relaxing kind of jobs: sat across the street and made the drawing of the place. I had fun drawing the details of the building and I like the idea of the […]
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I just returned from Chicago, setting for the 8th International Urban Sketchers Symposium. I always enjoy these events, not only because it’s a chance to re-connect with friends made over the years, but also because I meet so many people in my workshops who are excited to be drawing on location. What could be better […]
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It would seem just plain RUDE to visit London and not make a drawing of Big Ben. I was happy to oblige. Note the lovely British clouds in the sky. posted by Veronica
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This is a drawing I made of the Crystal Palace in Disneyworld over ten years ago. That place has played such a big role in my education as an illustrator, and now I am so privileged to be able to share it with my own students. Looking forward to going with Margaret and a new group […]
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Next week I am leaving for Manchester, UK, to teach a workshop at the 7th annual Urban Sketchers symposium. Can’t wait! The urban sketchers group are a mixed bunch of people of many levels – including illustrators, architects, designers, painters, and those new to art – all of whom share one thing in common, a love […]
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 […]
View post →Happy to announce that my book, The Urban Sketching Handbook: Reportage and Documentary Drawing has been released this month by Quarry! It’s illustrated with my location work, along with the work of my friends at Studio 1482, Urban Sketchers, and Dalvero Academy. It has ideas and advice for creating reportage drawings and telling stories with your […]
View post →The road to heaven is paved with shoes, apparently. Even when the pavement is super hot! Drawn on location at the Masjid Abdul Gafoor mosque, Singapore. posted by Veronica
View post →The Beatles said it – “all you need is love.” Here’s a wish for more of that in 2015. Happy New Year everyone. Drawn on location in Philadelphia by Veronica Lawlor.
View post →This past Saturday morning, despite the FREEZING weather, I decided to go over to Main Street in Flushing, Queens, and draw the lunar new year parade. There were two distinct sections to the parade: one was Chinese and the other was Korean. It was so interesting to see the differences, graphically, between the two cultures. […]
View post →Here is another watercolor study I did last year at the Urban Sketchers Symposium in Santo Domingo. With temperatures in the single digits in New York City today, it’s hard for me to imagine that I was ever in a climate this warm. Let me try though, it might cheer me up!! 🙂 I hear […]
View post →This past summer I had the most enjoyable opportunity to present a workshop at the 4th International Urban Sketchers symposium in Barcelona. It was a fabulous three day event, full of people from all over the world who love to draw on location. Besides the fact that the energy was high and the drawings were […]
View post →Along with my fellow Studio 1482 members, Veronica, Margaret, and Despina, I too spent the day at the High Line with the French illustrator and Urban Sketcher, Lapin. Here is a drawing of him drawing. I was sitting on top of a bench slightly above him. Greg Betza ©2012
View post →Okay, so the mystery guest from last week is Greg Betza, a fellow studio 1482 member, and an urban sketcher! I loved the line up: left to right, Lapin, Jason and Greg! Margaret Hurst
View post →Thought I’d follow the trend set by Despina and Margaret – – – here is my portrait of Lapin drawing Rosa Lee at the Highline in NYC: See more drawings of the day on Urban Sketchers HERE. Posted by Veronica Lawlor.
View post →On the heels of Despina’s post from yesterday, this is a drawing of Lapin on the High Line in New York city. Veronica Lawlor invited Urban Sketchers to join her and Lapin and his lovely wife and daughter to come draw. Ironically, when I looked out to draw all I could see was Lapin sitting […]
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