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Stylized classmates from Parsons

As I was sorting through some old art, I came across this little gem. It's from one of my drawing classes at Parsons, and I tried (with dubious success) to draw each of my classmates in their drawing style. I don't remember all the names (I guess it's surprising I remember any of them at this point!), but my best guess is, going counterclockwise around the room from the far left, Henry (?), Frank (?), Andrea, PJ (?), Jen, Lyuda, and Matt(?). Fun times.

Honeymoon – London days 6-9

Let's start with a bit of off-color humor, eh what?

Day 6

We started at the Globe Theater, and took the entertaining, actor-led tour.

They were setting up for their production of Macbeth, inspired by Gustav Dore's etchings of Dante's Inferno.

We went back to the Tate Modern, this time to actually look at the art. I have to say it was a bit of a disappointment, even though I loves me some modern art. They do have a great bookstore, though. This first shot is a bit of found art by Alison.

A...

Honeymoon – London Days 2-5

The weather in London was stereotypically cold & rainy the whole week, so I did a lot less drawing (and outdoor sightseeing generally) than in Paris. We still had a great time, though, because (as I think I mentioned already) There are a ton of great, free museums in London, there's a ton of great theater, and we had a bunch of great friends to visit and hang out with.

Our friends Rachel and Chris hosted us for a couple of nights, and Rachel took us to the Sir John Soane's Museum. Wonderfully ...

Guess what? I'm movin' to New York!

Alison gives all the details here:

http://blogs.publishersweekly.com/blogs/shelftalker/?p=1333

Honeymoon – London Day 1

I don't have quite as much London material, because we spent less time outside and more time being social, so I'll just split the London trip into 2-4 posts. But first, here's a nice drawing I forgot to put up in the Versailles post.

Did I mention we had absolutely fabulous weather the whole time in Paris? Well, it started to turn just a bit cold and rainy the day we left, so we knew we were probably in for bad weather in London. We took the train across, through lots of charming countryside a...

Honeymoon – Paris Day 8

The last day of our stay in Paris was May 1st, which is International Workers' Day, a national holiday in France. We knew a bunch of the main attractions were closed, so we mostly just relaxed in the Luxembourg Gardens, where lots of other people were doing the same. Many of them were chilling out with a book. There were more miniature sailboats too, though not as colorful as the ones in the Tuileries.

We left the gardens and wandered around, and soon found ourselves in an area with l...

Honeymoon – Paris Day 7 – Opera and Armor

We started out day 7 with a bit of wandering in shops and bakeries. These music store pics are especially for my dad, who is a lover of diverse musical instruments:

The Red Wheelbarrow English language bookstore:

A great little bakery:

Next, a visit to the famous Paris Opera House, or L'Opera.

The opera house is, in it's way, almost as grand as Versailles. Or at least it would fit right in as part of Versailles.

I wish I had been able to take a photo of the model of the opera house which...

Honeymoon – Paris Day 6 – Versailles

Versailles! No wonder the French working classes decided to have a revolution.

In back of the palace are the amazing grounds, which extend basically forever.

Then there are the auxiliary palaces, for when you feel like living someplace slightly smaller, but still ridiculous. Alison was really charmed by the checkerboard coincidence of the marble floor and this Japanese woman's socks.

Or favorite part of Versailles was the Hamlet of Marie Antoinette. It's essentially fake (a p...

Honeymoon – Paris Day 5

We started off Day 5 with a visit to the Musee d'Orsay. The Orsay is an incredibly fabulous museum. You do not get lost in it like you do in the Louvre, Victoria & Albert, Met, etc., because it's basically all one giant room — the interior of an old train station — with smaller rooms partitioned off of a central sculpture court. They hang the impressionists against a dark dusky purple wall color that really makes the colors pop. They have a whole room of just pastels, by folks like Odilon...

ASP's Timon of Athens

Here are the sketches I did last weekend at ASP's Timon of Athens. I didn't add color to any of them because the costumes are basically all black and white. And because I didn't have time, which is also why I'm not going to write a full review. I basically agree with the two reviews I linked to previously.

Excellent performances from the whole cast — depicted below — Steven Barkhimer, Daniel Berger-Jones, Allyn Burrows, Joel Colodner, Michelle Dowd, John Kuntz, Will Lyman, and Bobbie...