A sketch of a musician colleague...or, making the most of the breaks during Act 1 of Wicked!
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From My Sketchbook – Week 22
From stick figure to...? The art of drawing the fashion figure.
From My Sketchbook – Week 20
Some highlights from my sketchbook for this week...
From My Sketchbook – Week 16
My weekly sketches seemed more geared to men this week and here's why...
From My Sketchbook – Week 12
Checking off the 12th week of my weekly sketchbook project with two new ink sketches...
From My Sketchbook – Week 10
This past week I did more viola playing than sketching (you can read some of the nice reviews of New York City Ballet‘s performances at the Kennedy Center here and here); but on the 3+ hour train ride home yesterday evening I did quite a bit of catching up. In fact, I filled up the rest of the pages in my little Moleskin sketch book!
If you look carefully, you’ll even see more of my various head studies showing through the pages…
And, when I ran out of pages in my sketch book, I grabbed the next thing handy – the envelopes from my paychecks – and did these sketches with ink and my French Grey Prismacolor marker.
(Meanwhile, my husband completed half a book’s worth of mind teaser puzzles and games.)
Each to his own, I guess!
From My Sketch Book – Week 1
With my performance schedule getting busier these days, I've decided to challenge myself to sketch something every day...and here are a few of those sketches!
Friday’s Thought – Expressing the Inexpressible
"After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music."
Aldous Huxley
Joana Miranda Studio Illustrations Now Available at Society6!
I'm delighted to announce that a (growing) collection of Joana Miranda Studio illustrations are now available on totes, mugs, pillows and other home accessories at Joana Miranda Studio at Society 6. Here's a sampling of the totes...
My Favorite Things – An Urban Fairy Tale (Told Graffiti Style)

If you're looking for great graffiti, Brooklyn will never disappoint! Here's an urban fairy tale I pieced together from some fun graffiti I saw recently in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.