New York City Reportage

Some drawings from over the past month around New York.

The Bethesda Terrace at Central Park


A chatty group of girls at the Shake Shack in Madison Square Park.


Outside a movie theater in the rain in Union Square.

Hands That Give Also Receive

This is an illustration of the proverb "Hands that give also receive."

Flower Breaks

I took little 10 minute breaks while I was working today to just play around and see what I could come up with while drawing the same thing multiple times. Here are my various interpretations of a flower arrangement. Just a fun little exercise!

Haiku: Wisteria in Bloom

草臥れて　宿かるころや　藤の花

Exhausted, I sought
a country inn, but found
wisteria in bloom

This is an illustration of a haiku for a show at the Children's Book Fair in Bologna this summer.

Around New York

Just a couple sketches from the past month or two around New York in winter:

(A snow-covered Belvedere Castle in the distance in Central Park.)

(The Astor Court Chinese pavilion inside the MET.)

(Ducks on a partially frozen pond in Central Park.)

(View out my window of the Empire State Building in the snow.)

Happy Valentine's Day!

For all you lovers out there!

Mystic Seaport

(La Amistad at Mystic Seaport)

Back in January after I got back from India (see how behind I am?), I went to Mystic Seaport, Connecticut for a reportage class. It was fantastic! Also, fantastically cold. It was snowing, the watercolors were freezing (fingers and toes too) but it was a great drawing experience. The amount of history in that small town is incredible, and the workers there are so ready to throw it all at you if you ask.

(La Amistad in the snow (with frozen watercolors!))


(Usually, Mystic is full of people who are keeping alive old New England traditions, but during the winter it's much quieter because there are no efficient heating systems available for the historic buildings. Fortunately we still were able to listen to a man play traditional sailor songs and sea shanties, and watch a blacksmith demonstration.)

Also, here are a couple figure drawings from the studio portion of the class.

(Looks a little like Cruella DeVille on the left, no?)