As some of you may know, I recently returned home from the 3rd Annual Urban Sketchers Symposium, held in Santo Domingo, the Dominican Republic. Orling Dominguez, a native of DR, was greatly instrumental in organizing this event – thank you Orling! It’s always so gratifying to meet other artists who love to draw on location, […]
View post →I just returned from the 3rd International Urban Sketchers Symposium in Santo Domingo – what a great three days! Spent this morning scanning my drawings, which I will post soon, but then heard about the demonstration activity going on outside the Con Edison building in NYC, so had to go over and draw that first. […]
View post →Last week, I had the pleasure of drawing the arrival of the space shuttle Enterprise to it’s new home in New York City – the deck of the Intrepid Aircraft Carrier. The Intrepid is docked on the Hudson river pier at about 45th Street in Manhattan. A ton of people came to see the arrival […]
View post →Sometimes a holiday weekend is a great time to stay in the city and enjoy the peace and quiet. This Memorial Day weekend, I spent a few hours drawing in the park of my apartment complex. Even when you’re simply drawing as a relaxing way to pass the time, it’s good to think about the […]
View post →I was up at Mystic Seaport,Connecticut, last Friday with a few of the artists of Dalvero Academy, the reportage school founded by myself and Margaret Hurst. We were working on our exhibit: Restoring a Past, Charting a Future, that opens there on April 28. While there, we were fortunate enough to witness the workers and […]
View post →The pads are out on the shelves now! A while ago, the lovely people at Canson paper contacted me to see if I would be interested to do art for the covers of their new pads: Artists Illustration, Artists Mi-Tientes for colored pencil, and the Foundation Series Mixed Media pads. What fun, not only to […]
View post →On Thursday, March 8, the members of Studio 1482 will lead a lesson in observational drawing from a costumed model, Kika, at the Etsy labs in Brooklyn. The drawing event is promoting their new book, One Drawing A Day: A 6-Week Course Exploring Creativity With Illustration and Mixed Media, published by Quarry Books. You’ll also have an opportunity to […]
View post →This Sunday, January 29th, I will be interviewed live on Artistically Speaking with Rebecca Parsons. Click here to listen: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/artisticallyspeaking/2012/01/29/artistically-speaking-with-veronica-lawlor You may participate in the live chat room during the interview if you wish. You can listen after the 29th as well, by clicking the link above. Would love to hear what you think of the […]
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A few drawings of the lovely Lynn. I’ve been enjoying several days in the museums of Washington DC with the Dalvero Academy, preceded by a few days of drawing in our Brooklyn studio. A great way to start the New Year!
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