One-drawing-a-day – this is the new blog site that our studio, Studio 1482, has launched. There are eight of us in the studio, so each of us will post something new up there every eight days. I hope you’ll check it out HERE. For my postings, I am going into the “archive” and posting some […]

A few days ago I had the opportunity to see my friend and sometime commenter on this blog, Eliot Brown. As I left the party we were both at, he yelled out to me, “more pictures”! So…here are more pictures!

Sunday was a really nice day in NYC, and Neil and I joined the many New Yorkers who relaxed on the lawn of my local park, fountain included! He worked and I drew – that’s not really work, although I do it for a living! I liked playing with the different textures in the park, and also drawing some of the local color…see below…

More aikido drawings to post. I love drawing these guys (and sometimes, women). The movements really show the flow of directed energy. I love the way they stretch at the end of their workout – by rolling back on top of each other (see drawing). Reminds me of some of the Japanese netsuke at the […]

I recently had the opportunity to illustrate the cover of Spiders of Allah, by journalist James Hider. The book is a first hand account of his experiences as a journalist in the Middle East. What a great book – satiric, sad, ironic, and all too honest. I learned many things by reading this book, not […]

“Aikido is a Japanese martial art developed by Morihei Ueshiba, known as  “O Sensei’ or ‘Great Teacher’. Aikido focuses not on punching or kicking opponents, but rather on using their own energy to gain control of them or to throw them away from you. It is not a static art, but places great emphasis on motion […]

 Today Margaret Hurst and I went to see a women’s basketball game at Columbia University on 113th St. in Manhattan. They played North Carolina, and unfortunately, lost. But Marg and I had a great time drawing. I couldn’t decide whose body language I enjoyed more: the basketball players, the cheerleaders, or the coach. The players are […]

Christmas at Rockefeller Center – I never get over the thrill, and I’ve lived here my entire life. I took my class to Rock Center today and had a chance to do a bit of drawing myself. I got a great spot near the rink and held my ground against the throngs of tourists. I can’t blame […]

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! This drawing is from the “official inflation” of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade balloons that happens every year on the Wednesday night before Thanksgiving. Now that’s a kind of inflation I can get behind! It’s really nice, everyone comes out to see it and just walk around celebrating the holiday. It happens […]