Shakespeare's Henry IV, the NY CLassical Production

It's been a very long time since I went out to draw NY Classical theater's panoramic productions. I was busy being pregnant and being a new mom... And after a very long pause, finally, last week, I went to Battery Park to see the 25th anniversary production of Henry IV. It was as delightful, energetic and exciting as ever! Directed by the one and only Stephen Burdman. Some of my all-time favorite actors were in the play: John Michalsky, Ian Gould, Ian Antal, Nick Salamone. There were also many new phenomenal actors.

I felt anxious going back to life drawing without any warmup. But what I discovered was that drawing is like riding a bicycle: it comes right back. My hands just knew what to do. All I needed was to remind myself to look at the actors and to not judge what's on the page as I was drawing it. I enjoyed it immensely!

Cheers to NY Classical's 25th season and here's to 25 more! 

 

Enjoying Motherhood

 

My husband said the other day: "My heart now lives outside my body." That's how I feel, too.💛

Son

 Welcome to the world, my love!

A Vivid Month in San Diego: Orchids, Cacti, Balboa Park and the Old Town Reportage.

The orchid show at the San Diego Botanic Garden, 2022. Drawn on location. 

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Magnificent cacti of Balboa Park. Drawn on location. 

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Balboa Park reportage.

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Old Town, San Diego

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Acadia National Park in Maine | Prints

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Souvenirs from the vacation in Acadia National Park, Maine, a few months back. It was so beautiful there in late August! I made a couple of collages/drawings and thanks to Dana, there is now a timelapse of me sitting on a mountain & cutting paper on a windy day! 

 

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Quarantine Art

It's been a very long pandemic. And it's far from being over, now that the Delta variant is on the rise, 17 months since the initial lockdown began on March 20th of 2020 in NY. The time spent in quarantine offered opportunities for new kinds of drawing: from the screen, over Zoom. I didn't love it at first (and I'm not sure I would ever truly "love" drawing from a monitor or a TV, because a monitor is inherently flat, while the entire point of drawing from life is its dimensionality.) However, one can argue that art arises from taking advantage of limitations and constraints. So I took advantage of being home and having access to internet. I'm also including some landscape collages I've done during vacations with my partner, when we'd rent Airbnb cottages and spend a week here or there. I started to play with cut paper more. I love what it does visually! And I should mention that prints are available for sale. You can order them here and email me with image requests if you don't see the one you want. The sizes and prices apply to all art I've already created (but it doesn't apply to new commissions.)
All art in this post is copyright Julia Sverchuk ©2021 and cannot be used or repurposed without my written permission.