Saturday, April 6, 2013

Draw-mania! HOBOKEN!

April 3rd was our first real Draw-mania Hoboken event, and it was a resounding success! Our first event went as planned, but scary weather reports kept most people from attending. April's event was mostly smooth sailing! We has a great crowd in attendance, and people seemed to be really draing up a storm. We had 5 terrific models, including 2 new faces (but they will be back!) and entertainment provided by three outstanding comedians, Boris Khaykin (MTV, Bath House Brothers Variety Hour), Nathan Rand (Invitation to a Beheading), and Tim Warner (colleges and comedy festivals all over the place) and two musicians, Calem Ingram and Sho Handa, playing selections from their newly released album Making it Possible.

We'll be back at Teak on the Hudson May 1, 2013 for the next Draw-mania! Hoboken. You should be there!

Friday, February 15, 2013

A young Mona Lisa?

We all know Mona Lisa and her classic smile, but it looks as if Leonardo captured her once-in-a-lifetime smile TWICE! It was originally thought to be a later copy, but recent analysis is showing that the Isleworth Mona Lisa is proving to be an authentic portrait of the woman when she was much younger, as reported in the Huffington Post...

Read all about her here:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/14/isleworth-mona-lisa-declared-authentic-swiss-institute-real-painting_n_2685047.html

Draw-mania! Goes INTERSTATE!

Hi folks!
Sorry I haven't posted anything new in a while. The Summer Sketch group has been going strong, still meeting a couple of Sundays every month (all year long, not just the summer), and attendance has been terrific--enough people to get a fun sense of community but not so many that it becomes awkward or overcrowded.

Draw-mania!, our monthly draw-a-thon and variety show, has really taken off! We're approaching our 15th event, and we're going strong into the coming year. If you've never been to one, just imagine a space filled with over 30 artists of all skill levels, from absolute beginners to seasoned pros, sketching, chatting, and, should they so desire, drinking, as they draw from 6 of the top art models for four hours! There's a break for the models every 20 minutes, and that's when a comedian, storyteller or musician takes the stage for a 10 minute performance. It' a blast!
We've been going strong every last Monday of the month in the East Village, at the possibly legendary and always amazing Otto's Shrunken Head (538 East 14th st.). Well, Starting in March, we're adding a second monthly Draw-mania!, just across the Hudson river, in Hoboken, NJ! If you're not familiar with Hoboken, you should be! It's incredibly close to Manhattan (The Hoboken PATH Train station is about 8 minutes from Manhattan's 14th st. & 6th Ave PATH station), and in the 80s it was where all the artists went after Soho priced them out. Nowadays, it's a cool, cozy neighborhood that features a lot of unpretentious bars and restaurants. We'll be at Teak on the Hudson (16-18 Hudon Place), a rather upscale place with a fun, exotic vibe, great cocktails and food, and an amazing riverfront view! Our first event will be March 6th, 8pm to midnight, and I'm putting together a great lineup of models and performers.

Hope you can make it, it's gonna be a blast!

for more info:
www.draw-mania.com

If you're on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/DrawMania

And if you're on Meetup.com:
http://www.meetup.com/FigureSketching-NYC/
http://www.meetup.com/Figure-Drawing-HOBOKEN-Draw-Mania/