I had such a nice time last Tuesday at the Brooklyn Botanical Garden with my location drawing class that I brought Neil back on Saturday to see the garden in bloom. And boy, was it ever! More cherry trees were blossoming, along with magnolias, forsythias, daffodils, and a beautiful variety of tulips. Heavenly! We sat […]
View post →Yes, spring is finally here in New York City, and we are so happy to see her! I took my Location Drawing class from Pratt Institute to the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens today, you should see the drawings they made! Great group! And I managed to steal 15 minutes for a little cup of coffee and […]
View post →Here is an old thumbnail on a pink post-it that I came across in my studio. It’s a design of the Temple of Heaven done in (EPCOT) China. I was thinking of a patch for a denim jacket at the time. Love drawing and thinking in DisneyWorld – I was trained there by my teacher, […]
View post →Took the opportunity the other day to draw some of my fellow E-train riders. The woman on the right was very suspicious of me…she didn’t seem sure of what I was doing, but she knew she didn’t like it! The lady on the left was engrossed with her smart phone…similar to the woman in Margaret’s […]
View post →Yes, that title is correct! I went to Grand Central more than once this week to see Nick Cave’s “Heard NY” dancing horses perform. REALLY GREAT! The display is all week at the terminal, put together by Creative Time and Metro Arts for Transit. Some info HERE. The horse costumes were danced in by students […]
View post →I love spending time in the studio drawing from the model. To just focus on design, line, marks, color, proportion; and play around with different ways of approaching a drawing; without any obligation to anyone, is PURE BLISS! If I do manage to get to heaven, hope so, I think there will be a big […]
View post →While in Santo Domingo this summer, I was invited to watch and draw at Jonathan Schmidt’s pakua class. (Hope I’m spelling that right, Jonathan!) Essentially it’s a Chinese martial art that reminded me a bit of Aikido. It was a beautiful dojo, outside, and I enjoyed watching Jonathan and his girlfriend Bettina (the two tall […]
View post →Yesterday one of my students said to me, “I finally GET why thumbnails are so important!” I loved hearing that. Thumbnails are great ways to think, fantasize, and solve problems. Above are the thumbnails for the final Earthscore mural design that I did for Paul Ryan at 601 Artspace this fall. You can see the […]
View post →Today the temperature climbed to the upper forties (fahrenheit) here in New York City – – with sunshine! I had the good fortune of spending some time today on the Highline, and squeezed in a few drawings of the New Yorkers emerging from their caves. Guess what – we saw our shadows! Spring will be […]
View post →Here is another drawing of a Pratt & Whitney engine at the National Air & Space Museum in Washington DC. I love drawing engines. Especially since no one has to build an engine from any of my drawings. 😉 Posted by Veronica Lawlor
View post →Playing around with designing a Pratt & Whitney turbine engine at the National Air & Space Museum…fun! posted by Veronica
View post →Working with Paul Ryan to design a mural of his Earthscore at 601Artspace was a wonderful experience. The mural was part of the exhibit, The Unspecific Index, curated by Erin Sickler. Here are some drawings of hands I did early in the process: Paul wanted to talk about ‘mirror pathologies’, where narcissism becomes problematic for […]
View post →The end of the holiday season and the start of the new semester is always a busy time for me – makes me miss those long warm summer days when I can go out and do a lot of drawing! But the New York City subway is always a great place to practice both my […]
View post →A drawing of Margaret and a little boy that I made one day while we were in Disney’s Animal Kingdom. Not sure how the little boy wound up in that position in the drawing: actually he was watching Marg feed the birds. Which you’re not allowed to do at Animal Kingdom, by the way. Posted […]
View post →Sunset viewed from the rose garden in Disney World. A beautiful memory of a beautiful place. Posted by Veronica Lawlor
View post →Even though the big celebration is tomorrow, today is the official swearing in of Barack Obama for his second term. It’s a happy day for me! Above is a quick drawing I made last week while in Washington DC with our Dalvero class. It was a beautiful foggy morning, and as we walked toward the […]
View post →Some street musicians playing in Parque Colon, Santo Domingo. Great fun to draw! posted by Veronica
View post →Going through my drawings from the last several years, and came across this one from Dublin’s Temple Bar area. Bricks and plants mingling together over the doorway of an Irish pub…this part of Dublin felt almost unreal, like a stage set! It’s the ‘cultural quarter’ of Dublin and still has the old medieval street patterns. […]
View post →Happy (almost) New Year! The lotus with fish represents peace, prosperity, and new beginnings. Wishing all of that and more to all of you in 2013. Posted by Veronica Lawlor
View post →Wishing everyone a peaceful and joyous holiday season. Posted by Veronica Lawlor
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