Chocolate pancakes please!

Cool paper warm flesh

People!

Old Tree

so much life happens under the bark.

Stages to completing a page

Stage 4 Finished drawing
I added some more elements like the floor and pendant lamps. So i think it's done! now on to the next page . . .





Stage 3 Shadow and light
Image is transfered and I'm beginning to block in shadow and light. Sometimes i get carried away and start some detail, but really i try to leave that sort of thing last.


Stage 2 Getting the characters drawn and placed within the illustration
I want all the animals to feel like they are interacting with one another, but i also don't want to make the room too jumbled and confusing.


Stage 1 Getting the reference
This can take me longer then the actual drawing part.

Train Ride Sketches

Springs Studio's 17th birthday

I'm going to be apart of a group show celebrating the 17th year that the studio has been open. It's very wonderful to take part in this celebration because this place means so much to so many artists in New York.

Spring Studio was started by artist Minerva Durham in 1992 and it continues to be the best place to draw

I thought i would show an older drawing that i did when i first started attending the different drawing sessions.

17 years of Spring

Group Exhibition: Febuary 22 - March 21

Reception: Sunday, Febuary 22, 6-9 pm

from bad to good

Thought I would show how my drawings can start off really bad and then get better. It's funny to see the difference. Sometimes I will have to redo a face or a hand like 10 times before I get something I like.

Pictures of some plants I am growing

Here are three beautiful displays of what is going on at my windowsill right now! I'm a wannabe horticulturist (a trait I get from my mom) and a bit of a "photog". I just love the contrast between darkness and vibrant color. I love the light breathing through the petals. And I like using a low aperture so that the depth of field is so shallow that the street car lights appear as colorful shapes. Hope you enjoy

The Amarilis Bulb

A Clivia flowers

baby orchids

I named this woman Loretta. I just think it fits.

A little smooch

A gift for my other half for our 3 year anniversary. We are just too poor to get each other iPhones, ha.

This is part of a two page spread, an underwater scene where the taxi is a submarine riding a whale shark.

Faces of spring

These are two new pastel drawings from Spring Studio (a studio space for life drawing sessions). I have recently gotten very into pastels because I love the way I can paint with them.

Childrens "Book Dummy" Sketches

I know it has been a long while but for those of you still interested in my work here is what i have been doing. The name of the book is "Driving with Mom" and it is a loose representation of my life as a child driving around with my mother who drives a yellow taxi in New York City.





All images are © Dahlia Broul 2008. All rights reserved

The Goddess show

This was for an exhibit at the Agni gallery on east 2nd Street. The theme was "GODdess" and you could paint or create anything you wanted for your interpretation of that theme.