by Michael Arthur

Yesterday, I posted a link to the sketchbook report I did for Vanity Fair on The Fall Fashion Week, 2010. At the time, I had fairly recently started using the Hipstamatic app on my phone and—usually after completing a drawing—I would take a quick pic just for myself. I was looking through them the other day, and thought it might be fun to share these pictures which I don’t think I ever posted anywhere. I’m no fashion expert, but I very much connected with the production process and behind-the-scenes aspects of the events. Anyway, here’s a few of my photographs—a supplement to the drawings….

Style in Pen and Ink: Live-Drawing New York Fashion Week by Michael Arthur

It’s Fashion Week again, and to show how fashionable I am, I’m sharing a New York Fashion Week Sketchbook Report I did for Vanity Fair three years ago. Some things never go out of style.

by Michael Arthur

I posted my drawing from Willis Earl Beal’s showcase the other week at Joe’s Pub. It was a powerful performance. NPR is streaming the album and I strongly recommend giving it a listen… .

nprmusic:

A rich and approachable encapsul…

I posted my drawing from Willis Earl Beal’s showcase the other week at Joe’s Pub. It was a powerful performance. NPR is streaming the album and I strongly recommend giving it a listen… .

nprmusic:

A rich and approachable encapsulation of Willis Earl Beal’s unpredictable sound, Nobody knows. opens with two full minutes of the singer’s unaccompanied voice before fanning out into a deft mix of spare blues confessionals and classic soul.

Stream Nobody knows. now at NPR’s First Listen.