Just your average, every day sunset, over a rice field in Bali. Sigh… posted by Veronica
View post →On a recent trip California, I visited the Getty Center in LA. Beautiful place. Here is a pastel drawing of their famous bougainvillea canopies. I call them flower martinis. ~Despina
View post →I made this thumbnail in Paris. I could never decide if it’s the road ahead, or if it’s a view of looking back on the road just traveled. ~Despina
View post →Watercolor with pastel accents. -despina
View post →As the weather is starting to get colder here in New York, I felt like putting a little sunshine up on our blog. This mixed media drawing/painting was made at Monet’s garden in Giverny this past June, while I was visiting with my family. Monet had quite a set-up! Get up every morning, coffee and […]
View post →My contribution to the Studio 1482 Hurricane Sandy fundraiser, is titled: Bethesda Fountain Angel, NYC. I chose this image of the Angel as she is a symbol of healing, blessing the waters of the Bethesda Fountain in New York’s Central Park. In response to Hurricane Sandy’s devastating effects on the New York and New Jersey […]
View post →Inspired by the french impressionists, another drawing on location at St.Patrick Cathedral done on the same day as last week’s…only this time, in full color. May this week be just as peaceful and productive, only more colorful .– Michele
View post →…drawing. This one with pastels. -Greg Betza ©2012
View post →Picture making 101…lines, marks, texture, emotion and wonder. Could there have been a more beautiful environment available for the Impressionists than the gardens of France? Drawing by Michele, medium: watercolor, pen and ink, water-soluble crayon Location:Â The Tuileries is Paris’ oldest and most lavish garden. Its royal roots stretch to the 16th century, when Marie de […]
View post →With such incredible warm weather here on the east coast, it’s hard to tell whether it’s spring or summer? Â In any event, it’s a real treat to toss that bulky sweater aside! – Have a great one! Michele Drawing done in pastel chalk at the NYBG.
View post →thinking back… . with its tree lined streets . dressed in grace . antiquity sings …. and so it is, my Paris medium: oil pastel and ink by Michele
View post →This week has been a very special week for so many in the world. It’s traditionally when the upper realm and the world as we know it connect in our hearts. Wishing all who are celebrating Easter today a blessed holiday filled with love and light, and to all those who are celebrating Passover, Chag Sameach […]
View post →While Mother Nature continues to blanket the city with so much snow IÂ thought I’d share a heartfelt desire for some warm inviting color. Watercolor and crayon by Michele
View post →A few months back I wrote and posted a drawing I did while standing on what’s been called the most expensive strip of real estate in Europe, La plus belle avenue du monde (â€The most beautiful avenue in the worldâ€) also known as the Avenue des Champs-Élysées in Paris, France. It got me thinking about […]
View post →A date is a measure of time. It’s a way to gauge where we are, where we’ve been and dream of where we’re going. Today is the ninth day of the ninth month in two thousand and nine and I’d bet a dollar (or two) that there are places in the world right now as you read […]
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