Vintage Photo: Hayden Planetarium, NYC circa 1980s
I loved the Hayden Planetarium as a kid. I was amazed at the giant hunk of pockmarked iron that greeted us just inside the entrance. A meteorite from space! (The Rose Center is cool too.)
Monthly Archives: April 2020
Quarantine Portrait Series: Profile – Tinted Ink Drawing
Vintage Photo: Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC – Shrouded Statue
Quarantine Portrait Series: Sisters
Quarantine Portrait Series: Watercolor-Tinted Ink Sketch
Vintage Photo: Museum of Modern Art, Wrapped Statue in Sculpture Garden, NYC circa 1980s
Vintage Photo: Bergdorf Goodman Window, NYC circa 1980s
At the Table
Vintage Photo: Pershing Square (by NYC’s Grand Central Station) circa 1990
The trouble with framing this photo was choosing a true horizontal line. None of the horizontal-ish lines are parallel.
Hazards of Quarantine: Blind Drawing a Portrait of a Loved One
Usually I use the blind contour technique (only looking at the subject – not the paper) to draw portraits when the subject is anonymous. Unnoticed, and not concerned about creating a faithful likeness, I am somewhat relaxed as I draw. This is not the case here in quarantine, where there is minimal personal space between […]
