I was having a conversation with my 5 year old about faces this morning during breakfast and was inspired to draw his while he was watching the Rescue Bots. A little indulgence filled with a ton of love. I can’t believe how fast time is moving!! Warms my heart and freaks me out all at the […]
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A pen and ink study of people in space.
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” May you come to find comfort in and remember cardinals appear when angels are near. So go now, sit outside and drink your tea. Keep a look out for the little red bird — It is there, your loved one will be.” Every morning I am fortunate enough to be visited by the same cardinal for the past 2 years […]
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“… I dream my painting and I paint my dream.” – Vincent Van Gogh. – Here’s a pen and Ink drawing done while I was sitting under one of the most massive oak trees I’ve ever experienced at the NYBG. It was surreal … a feeling of small yet safe, cradled yet free, quiet yet special. Enjoy the little […]
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This past week my children completed their fall program in the edible garden at the NYBG. As we took our last tram ride back to our car I noticed the colors of autumn have finally arrived in the city. Above is a drawing done at the garden of a Japanese Bonsai (one of my favorite things […]
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More than 200 years ago, merchant Peter Schermerhorn commissioned a series of 14 brick warehouses to be built along Fulton Street near the East River to serve Manhattan’s growing South Street Seaport, an area so busy that it has been described as New York City’s “first world trade center.” Within a few decades, the needs of the area changed […]
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There are few things in life more precious than the touch of delicate, tiny baby hands and feet. Above is a page from a sketchbook study of baby movements. – Michele
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While sitting in Penn Station waiting for the train to arrive last week I stole a moment to draw a common sight, “man on cell phone”. While observing him it came to mind how addicted we’ve all become to these small little boxes that seemed to all but reinvent how we think, talk and react to […]
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Spent the holiday weekend in Newport, RI with the kids and had a brief opportunity to steal away some time to draw in town. Who knew the Museum of Yachting “Classic Yacht Regatta” was happening this weekend? Each year this event brings dozens of boats built by some of the greatest American masters (Herreshoff, Sparkman & Stephens) from […]
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Dominick’s gorgeous post yesterday made me wish ( like I wasn’t already wishing, lol) that I was able to make this last trip down to Disney with Veronica, Margaret and the Dalvero group. Here’s a fun drawing I did in Hollywood Studios a year or so back. Enjoy the day! – Michele
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Breakfast in my house is essentially one of those things that we cannot go without. It’s a community effort and a perfect way to make sure we’re all on the same page with the day’s agenda. Have a happy, healthy, hearty kinda day! – Michele medium: watercolor (and a few drops of 2% milk my little […]
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Spent some priceless time with my friends at the studio figure drawing a few weeks back. It’s always good to be home. Drawing done in charcoal, watercolor and crayon. – Michele
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On August 6, 1945, during World War II, an American bomber dropped the world’s first deployed atomic bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The explosion wiped out 90 percent of the city and immediately killed 80,000 people; tens of thousands more would later die of radiation exposure. One of those people was Sadako Sasaki. […]
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drawing American Songbook In a world where we’ve become so accustomed to an abundance of musical options with the touch of a screen, did you ever wonder if the role music plays in different cultures still resonates as powerfully as it once did? This thought dawned on me one evening […]
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It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade. ~ Charles Dickens Join me welcome spring this week, share a smile, a seat or even a coffee with someone who needs it. – Michele
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Fellow Studio 1482 members Greg Betza, Despina Georgiadis, Dominick Santise and I have been working collectively on a series of prints and promotions titled Seasons of 1482. Winter concludes our project for 2010. My piece for Winter is titled: “winter’s gift”. For more about why and how I got there click here.
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Fellow Studio 1482 members Greg Betza, Despina Georgiadis, Dominick Santise and I have been working collectively on a series of prints and promotions titled Seasons of 1482. Fall is here and we have just completed our work for the season. My piece for Fall is below, titled: “wind,pluck,rich.”
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Visit the Holiday Card Shop today and pick up 1 or a set of 10!
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Puppetry is an ancient form of performance. Some historians claim that they pre-date actors in theatre. There is evidence that they were used in Egypt as early as 2000 BC when string-operated figures of wood were manipulated to perform the action of kneading bread, and other string controlled objects. Above is a marionette I stumbled across […]
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