If you happen to be staying at Le Meridien hotel in Arlington, Virginia, you can check out my drawing of Abraham Lincoln before going to sleep! Happy with how this one came out, the memorial is so sensitive and I wanted to convey that spirit in the ...
Happy to announce that I will be in Manchester for the 2016 Urban Sketchers Symposium, teaching my workshop, titled: Puzzling Out the Picture. Hope to see some of you there! #USkManchester2016 PUZZLING OUT THE PICTURE Many times, when a sketcher arri ...
I’m so happy and proud to announce that my book: The Urban Sketching Handbook: Reportage and Documentary Drawing, has been published by Quarry Books! (find it HERE) The book is full of inspirational ideas and tips to help you tell stories with your ...
Holiday illustration, mid-animation, at a NYC Chase branch. 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 drew it on locati ...
I was commissioned by Bloomingdales to ‘live-paint’ portraits of their customers. It was so nice to see their clients’ faces when they saw their likenesses appearing on paper. I don’t often talk about art with people who are not artists and i ...
It was such a joy to be a part of this amazing group of artists who came together to express how they feel about the state of the ocean, with a special emphasis on whales and ocean wild life. All the while keeping the Charles W. Morgan at the heart o ...
Bangkok is one BUSY city. I don’t really know what I expected, I guess my biggest image of Bangkok was informed by the movie The King and I. There were definitely many opulent temples and palaces to admire (more on that in another post) but the thi ...
I was commissioned this summer to work on a reportage assignment for NJ Monthly magazine. Being born and raised in New Jersey it was just that much better to be asked to drive around the state to visit and draw different “landmarks” throughout to ...
Last year I attended a Bob Dylan concert at the Beacon Theatre in New York. I made a few drawings, and David Gaines, the author of a new book on Bob Dylan, saw one of the drawings which I had posted on One Drawing A Day and asked if he could use it f ...
I’m excited to share this latest bit of good news with you. I was contacted earlier this year by a company designing a new Chicago office space for a global consulting firm. The company had seen my reportage drawings of Chicago and thought they wou ...
Check your local art store – the Artboard location pads from Canson featuring four of the Dalvero Academy artists have arrived! Above is the watercolor from Amsterdam I did that is on the cover of the, of course, Watercolor pad. :) So nice, and the ...
I have been working on a large series of illustrations for American Family Insurance. With Father’s Day just passing I’m happy to post this first illustration because I was able to use my son as my model. This Shel Silverstein inspired ad is appe ...
Demonstrators gathering in Union Square park On Wednesday evening, I heard that there was going to be a rally in support of the people of Baltimore, in Union Square park in New York City. I decided to go over and see what was happening. When I first ...
A Prayer Tree for Nepal The recent 7.8 earthquake to hit Nepal is a tragedy of huge proportions. In response, the illustrators of Studio 1482 have created art to raise money on behalf of the victims. This fundraiser is our effort to support the int ...
Happy to announce that the image above was awarded by American Illustration to be included in the Chosen category in their most recent illustration competition. It was one of 215 from 9175 submitted, makes me feel good. Thanks, AI! The illustration, ...
