About a week ago, I heard that the Society of Illustrators sketch night was going to be a Moulin Rouge theme, hosted by the incredible Bill Donovan. I took the opportunity, as my friend Kati said, to have “my own personal Toulouse-Lautrec experience.” Apparently I am not the only one who harbors this fantasy, […]
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Every Easter in New York City, Fifth Avenue in front of St. Patrick’s Cathedral becomes filled with folks dressed up in their Easter best, with elaborately crafted Easter bonnets. And plenty of tourists to take their pictures! I strolled around for about an hour this morning and drew a few that caught my eye…Birds of […]
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This past week I had the pleasure of attending the Society of Illustrators Sketch Night, dedicated to the 1950s fashions and elegance featured in the film “Phantom Threads.” The evening featured, aside from great models and fashion, free sewing kits and a movie ticket raffle, which I won! It’s always fun to draw elegant fashion, […]
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It seems like April and May have gone by in a flash – the end of the semester, a studio move, a few illustration assignments, and a whirlwind trip to China and Japan for Mental Canvas and Microsoft. Will post more on all of that in the next few days, but today, I just wanted to […]
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On Saturday, while the snow fell in New York City, I was in Brooklyn with the members of Studio 1482, drawing Erica. Some of my favorite days are spent like this – hanging out with friends, drawing a beautiful model, enjoying each other’s company. And of course, a nice dinner together at the end of […]
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One of my favorite things is when the members of Studio 1482 get together for a day of drawing. Today we worked with Patrick, an actor and model who is almost as old a friend to us as we are to each other. His poses are by turns passionate and emotional and then, when he […]
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Haven’t posted in a while – it’s been a super busy fall season. Here’s a bit of what I’ve been up to: Above is a picture of the holiday illustration I was commissioned to create for JP Morgan Chase, on display in a New York City branch – what a nice feeling to see that! I […]
View post →Had a great time drawing the surrealistic fashions of Scooter LaForge at the Society of Illustrators the other night. Lots of great patterns, hand painted fabrics, outlandish shapes, and fun eighties-inspired graffiti looks. Scooter himself was pretty down-to-earth, funny, and smart; so that helped too. He described his fashion influences as a mixture of Elsa Schiaparelli and Basquiat, what a […]
View post →This past Thursday evening, Greg Betza, my friend and colleague from Studio 1482, invited me to go with him to the weekly Sketch Night at the Society of Illustrators in NY. The theme was the Hunger Games, and while I am not necessarily up on the latest movie, I have step-daughters, so I have definitely […]
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