An illustration done on location of the Lights for Liberty candlelight vigil in Manhattan’s Foley Square last Friday night. The purpose of the vigil, which was held simultaneously in cities around the US, was to shed light and attention on the immigration detention policies of the current administration at the southern border of our country. […]
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Went down to the East River to see the Fourth of July fireworks this year – what a show! posted by Veronica
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So honored and excited that the City Explorer children’s game installation at NYU Hassenfeld children’s hospital has been honored by the Society for Experiential Design! As my friends know, this is a project that kept me busy for most of 2018, when I was working as an illustrator, in collaboration with the talented designers and […]
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Beautiful, colorful peonies flowers at the NYBG! Loved drawing them! Spring!! m hurst
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Nothing says Spring in the Northeast of the US like the scent of lilacs, and so I was super happy to spend this past Saturday at the New York Botanical Garden, sitting in the lilac plants doing pastel drawings. I was an invited artist to the NYBG’s 4th Annual Plain-Air Invitational, hosted by artist James […]
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There is nothing I love more than drawing the figure, and it is through making thousands of drawings that I began to discover my own sense of color and form. So I’m very excited to be presenting a workshop called Color and Form at the Life Drawing Symposium this June, where participants will discover, through a […]
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Here is another illustration from my reportage of the Creative Study Tour 2019: grabbing our morning jolt of caffeine from Awaken Coffee in Knoxville, Tennessee. The barista proved to me that hipsters don’t only live in Brooklyn. 🙂 And by the way, Knoxville is a very cool city! posted by Veronica
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Just returned from a 3 day trip to Kentucky and Tennessee, where I had the opportunity for the third year to document Professor Ryan Hargrove and his group of young artists on their Creative Study Tour. This is a drawing of Ryan engaged in intense discussion with one of them, about an hour before we […]
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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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The title of this post says it all…it was a rainy day in Havana. But really, that is only the beginning of what one could say about Havana. A most unusual place, seemingly cut out of another time, with so many extremes and hundreds of sensations. I loved the place and it’s people. Havana sits […]
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I’m not always able to make it over to the Society of Illustrator’s Sketch Nights – but when it’s a Moulin Rouge theme, how can I resist? All of my favorite things wrapped up into one lacy French package. 🙂 You can see some more of my illustrations from the evening on my blog, HERE. […]
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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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It was a thrill to see and hear Gloria Steinem at the Women’s Unity Rally in New York City on Saturday. Worth braving the cold for. 🙂 Posted by Veronica
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Looking back on the good things of 2018 with gratitude today, and looking forward to wish everyone a happy, healthy, and fruitful 2019. As my friend Christie wrote so eloquently on my Instagram page – “moving into the year with our container of joy.” I love that. Cheers! posted by Veronica #mixedmedia #floral #happynewyear2019 @verolawlor
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I love the magical feeling of a silent snowy night in NYC – feels like Christmas to me. Merry Christmas Eve! posted by Veronica
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Had some fun drawing the Chicago skyline a few summers back – such an eclectic group of buildings! Posted by Veronica
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Last weekend I was lucky enough to find myself teaching a workshop and giving a lecture on reportage at the Sketchkon, hosted by Sketchbook Skool, and taking place in sunny Pasadena, California. What a great group of people, and a fun experience. Managed to get over to Venice Beach for one afternoon with friends Margo, […]
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Studio 1482 is a proud supporter of Gilda’s Club New York City (GCNYC) which was founded in memory of the talented Saturday Night Live comedian, Gilda Radner, who said that having cancer gave her membership in an elite club she rather not belong to. GCNYC opened its iconic Red Door in 1995 to provide a place […]
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Each weekend Studio 1482 will be featuring posts from the One Drawing A Day archives. Today’s post is by Veronica Lawlor, from back in 2016. It’s titled “Svetlana and the Delancey 5.” #ODADarchive A quick drawing of Svetlana and the Delancey Five, a great NYC band! (Well this drawing is Svetlana and three of the five…) […]
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