Drawn Out: at the Met

What a fun time I had drawing at the Met. I wandered amongst the sculptures, from African wood to Italian ceramic. Light, shadow, form! Each took about 25 minutes. I am always amazed that only 20 minutes in to drawing something do really begin to see it! That's what is so useful about drawing: it is really about seeing.

See you in the galleries,
David

Out with a Fox

If being an artist is all about making things and saying, "Look what I made!", then, "Look what I made: a fox!"

This is my first real attempt at a stuffed animal. It took me most of January, working in my spare time. Thanks to Miriam, Grace, and Isabel for their stitching advice! No sooner was he finished than we had a beautiful, wet snow, and being new to the world, the fox wanted to get out and have a look.

See you in the hedges,
David

Send a Nice-O-Gram

Hi folks,

This Valentine's Day I'm with Cupid, 'cause I teamed up with children's book store Books of Wonder, and for a limited time only (see link for details) you can send a Nice-O-Gram to someone you love. "What is a Nice-O-Gram?" you ask.
It's a specially gift wrapped, signed copy of The Nice Book, you can send to someone at the click of a button!

CLICK HERE

The Nice Book is full of little animals who teach you how they show their love for someone. This is a great gift for a grandchild, child, niece or nephew, a friend's new baby, a sweetheart or crush, or even someone you think needs to learn how to be a little nicer!

You order it, I personalize it, Books of Wonder wraps and sends it.

This service ends February 11 (earlier in some places), so get your order in soon.

CLICK HERE

As always, thank you for your support,
David

SketchCrawl NYC

Hey all, I had a great time drawing out for SketchCrawl. Thanks to Sunil for inviting me. Folks all over the world were getting out and drawing, and we went to Grand Central to draw the ebb and flow of humanity through that great space. Fun, food, folks, and art. What a great time!

So here's result of a couple hours' drawing.

See ya in the sketchbook pages,
David

All the best in this new year

Winter Wallpaper

In response to Hwa Young's comment, a special fox paper for winter! Wishing you warmth & light, inside and out.

See ya in the snow,
David

Theater Poster

Hey all, I created a poster for the musical play Gimpel Tam (Gimpel the Fool), based on a story by Isaac Bashevis Singer, that is currently running in NYC at the National Yiddish Theater. I went to the premiere and it was quite a powerful, moving work. Highly recommended! Thanks again to Motl, Ashley, and all the folks at Folksbiene. It was a pleasure to work on the poster & I look forward to the next one!

See you in the orchestra seats,
David