Art and other follies: a compilation

Elizabeth Daggar Art from Elizabeth Daggar on Vimeo. In case you didn't know, I have a website that hosts my fine art work: paintings, drawings, multiples, and sketches. Go to elizabethdaggar.com to check it out! PS— this video looks better on instagram (no sidebars)  

Scenes from the Bushwick Country Club

What was intended to be an excursion into Bushwick yesterday afternoon left us stranded in Williamsburg as the L train chose to go no farther than Lorimer. So we began with a beer at Union Pool, into which I've not stepped foot in many years, and whose backyard has greatly improved. We followed that with a visit to… Continue reading Scenes from the Bushwick Country Club

Observationals near the end of March

How quickly the year moves forward! Already a quarter of 2017 has blurred by out the passenger window.

Some forgotten sketches

Forgive me! I was foiled yet again by a three day weekend and forgot to post yesterday! Here is what ought to've been posted; I thought I had scheduled it. 

Receipts as a substrate for drawing

I was thinking— I must always bring my sketchbook, else I wind up in a situation with only receipts from my wallet as drawing surfaces. (You never know where you may wind up when you've no specific plans beyond 6pm.) But, then— an 'unconventional materials' challenge is probably a good thing; keeps a person sharp. (Be prepared to… Continue reading Receipts as a substrate for drawing

Watercolor on buckling pages

I'd practically forgot about the travel set of watercolors, so brought them with me last night to do some observationals and imaginaries. She began a story— There were two houses... I don't know the rest of it, as I got lost in the rendering of two little houses, the situation of whose windows is pure whimsy. The houses list ever… Continue reading Watercolor on buckling pages

Stylizations of the observed: Rochester edition

Some observational do-dads in the sketchbook from my excursion upstate over the Christmas holiday.

Manhattan: a cul-de-sac of Illogic

The mist had become rain proper by the time we emerged island-side to East Village sidewalks full of hopefuls.

Bits from the sketchbook

Anyone else remember the law from ancient Rome, wherein a temporary dictator could be appointed in times of national crisis?  Aside, here's a sketch from Halloween Monday. Looks like Freddy Kreuger; maybe that's what she was going for. While I captured her sweater and hat with some panache, I got her profile all wrong. Don't judge… Continue reading Bits from the sketchbook

sketchbook nonsense

(That phone looks way out of proportion! Larger than his arm, but then so is the hand that's holding it, and the arm got all wimbly-wombly. O well.)