NYC is back, mostly
The prospect of spending a few hours to live-draw in the streets of NYC is exciting for me. I decide on a neighborhood and just go there, iPad in backpack. Some neighborhoods have more places to sit, which, if I am going to broadcast while I live draw (see below)…
Very Funny Ladies is a history of the women of The New Yorker who make us laugh
It’s been a dream come true to be a cartoonist for The New Yorker. I had wanted to draw for them since high school, so the dream has been alive for a long time. …
Drawing outside the new Moynihan Train Hall in NYC
The train along the Northeast corridor and I have a long history. I grew up in Washington, DC and moved to NYC right out of college, so I have taken that trip hundreds of times. I also did the sleeper car train to Atlanta, and Florida — nothing like it…
Some New Yorkers just deserve to be drawn
The history of art has many examples of everyday people in portrait. So why not subway riders? I drew these three women, probably on their way home from work (it was around 5pm), because I thought they were beautiful. They appeared to be hard working women. …
Some cartoons and remininces of summer
If you’re like me, you aren’t really sure the meaning of Labor Day. I looked it up. It’s raison d’etre is to celebrate American Workers and all their contributions in making American “strong and prosperous.” The holiday was lobbied for by the labor unions in the late 18th century and…
Noticing the people
Because its located on the east side of Manhattan and I live on the west side, I don’t always get to walk through the beautiful Grand Central Terminal. Yesterday, I happened to come into that station, and decided that I could not leave until I drew something.
To me, life…
When you think you’ve seen (and drawn) almost everything
Strolling along the Upper West Side’s Columbus Avenue yesterday, I thought I would wander into the park adjacent to The American Museum of Natural History and see what I might draw there. I was aware of a dog park, that was on my mind. I love drawing dogs.
As I…
Many Afghan girls and women urgently need their voices heard
With the take-over of the Afghanistan Government by the Taliban, the world is now worried about the women and girls in that country. If history serves us, the Taliban will follow a playbook they have in the past, and severly restrict women from living life as they may want.
It…
But always staying the same, too
Last week, I was in the Meat Packing district of Manhattan and I paused to look around and draw it. I have been in the city since 1977 (with a break to raise our daughters in the NY countriside for a while), and I’ve…
Case by case, we can put an end to sexism
When I lived in Rome at the age of sixteen, I had a crash course on sexism. Very young, I had no idea what it was like to be a woman in the world of men, but when I arrived on the streets of Rome with long blonde hair, the…
Liza Donnelly
Visual journalist/writer for New Yorker, New York Times, CBS News, CNN. TED, SXSW speaker. Looking to change world w humor. lizadonnelly.com
