November 2015

 Hi guys! My name is Dave. I am here to show you some drawings of New York City I have drawn on colored pencil, but first let me tell you my story:

I am Venezuelan. I was born and raised in Caracas. Instead of fairy tales, my parent would always tell me great stories of New York City. And how amazing these stories were! Tales of huge buildings that get lost in the clouds, tales of a park so big it looks like a forest, bridges so huge that look like crossing the ocean, and a Lady so Magnificent that she touches the sky with her golden torch. The fascination for this magical place just grew in me.

I also loved to draw. So I went to drawing classes as a teenager. In the growing-up process I sadly forgot about that passion. I graduated as an engineer and I started working for an oil company. What a sad life! Then an economic crisis literally pushed me away for my country. What could I do? Where should I go? The magical city, where dreams come true, the city whose stories I heard as a child. That was the place. I embarked on the greatest of the adventures.

And that is how I came to be on Ne York. Now I study on grad school here at the CCNY and in the meantime, my passion for drawing awoke again. And how could it not? The city is my muse. Behind every corner, there is a story waited to be drawn on paper and written on this blog. So many stories! so many pictures to be taken! I will start with one picture and one story a month. 

Without further chitchat, here is this first picture:

How could this not be the first picture? The Statue of Liberty has always been a beacon of Hope. Her golden torch guided thousands of immigrants through the ocean and greeted them upon arrival to the Port of New York. Now a days she still receives the travelers, but these don't come by water but by air. On arrival, the plane offers its passengers a glimpse of Grandiose Manhattan. It's Skyscrapers, it's marvelous bridges, and Lady Liberty of course, in the front of it all, still keeping high her shining golden torch...

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Thank you to all my patrons! Together we will explore this huge city and make great art!