Westminster Kennel Club

Last Tuesday, I went to the day-judging of the Westminster Kennel Club at Piers 92 and 94. I made the journey from Williamsburg to midtown west and arrived to the piers around 10 am. The judging had already started at 8:30am, so these dogs, groomers, and handlers had  already been up for several hours! The working, sporting, and terrier breeds were being shown that day.

The outside of the piers.

Seeing the bond between the dog's team and the dog itself was really heartwarming.

Lots of grooming.

More grooming.

Big dogs.

Dogs in crates.

My favorite, a wirehaired pointing griffon.

Pretty samoyeds.

A handler was being interviewed about this Leonberger and his teeth.

After 5 hours walking  around piers 92 and 94, I was dead tired. Kinda like this english setter.

The Westminster Kennel Club was something I would recommend to everyone. It definitely should be on everyone's bucket list. I hope to use this research in future illustration work.

Welcome to the New Blog

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xo Lindsey

(photo by lindsey balbierz)

Dr. Seuss

 I did a piece for Ten Paces and Draw's Dr. Seuss swap. You can check it out here.

And here is the sketch that I submitted for someone else to complete.

A Car a Day

I'm starting a month long drawing series over on my tumblr. I'm drawing a car a day for a month. Right now I am on Day 2. Check it out over here.

Oh Christmas Tree!

A holiday illustration to accompany an essay written by Christopher Cameron for The Globe and Mail's Facts and Arguments page. I was really excited to do this piece because of the holiday theme.

You can read the full essay here. Thanks AD Matt French!

A little Christmas Cheer

Today, I am so happy to head home to Cleveland to spend the Christmas holiday with my family. The last time I was home was in August for our opa's funeral, so I'm really looking forward spending some time with them on happy terms. In spirit of injecting little doses of happiness during this really sad time, I pulled some little things that may put a smile on your face. Happy Holidays and hope you get to spend time with your loved ones.

1. bear pot via miriam brugmann 2. gold glitter heart pin 3. pirum parum poster via fine little day via $54 the little object $12 4. small dot pouch via rennes $44 5. gold textured earrings $15 via laonato

12 Days of Christmas

 

Hi everyone! Hope you enjoyed your Thanksgiving! I'm selling my 12 Days of Christmas greeting card set on my etsy shop. $22 for 12 individual cards. Use code HOL15 for 15% through the end of November. Happy Holidays!

Empathy

I posted the above image on my tumblr, but I wanted to put it up here too because you can see it bigger. This is a piece that I did a month or two ago in conjunction with a larger educational piece that shows children how disabled peoples move about (it's a personal piece that is taking me a bit longer to complete). The subject of disability is a personal topic for me since my mom developed a neurological disorder when I was in highschool. She has a chronic disability that she constantly has to battle and learn to adapt to. I think it's important for young people to learn about disabilities and just have empathy and compassion for all people. Especially people that are different than you. *more on this subject later.

Winning Jeopardy

I have a new piece with the Globe and Mail and it's all about Jeopardy.

Check it out here. Thanks AD Matthew French.

Now on Tumblr

Hey everyone, I'm posting now on tumblr. Check it out here for current happenings! And I also posted this mug set in my etsy shop here.

New Work: New Momma

A new piece in my series of new mommas. Can you tell where I pulled inspiration for the setting of this one? More pieces to come!

Political Food Fight

A piece about New York City’s, City Council Speaker, Christine Quinn’s recent stand on having the city require a free daily breakfast in each classroom for all public schools. Quinn's stance is against Mayor Bloomberg, who does not want to make it mandatory for free breakfasts in the classroom, but have it left in the cafeteria. See more here.

Jackson 5 ABC

I contributed an illustration to Ten Paces and Draw Mixed Tape section. Check it out here!

I couldn't make up my mind between these two colorways, this first one is what I submitted to TP&D, but I also liked the intense reds in the one below. What do you like better?

 

And gotta include a detail shot of this guy, right side up... He seemed super cool in his pink blazer.

 

GIVEAWAY! *Closed*

I'm happy to announce a giveaway here on my blog! I'm so thankful for all my reader's support and wanted to show how much that means to me. I am giving away a free "Love What You Do" print to a special reader.

To enter to win simply visit my Etsy shop, That'll Be Fine to see my new prints and do either, or both, of the following:

Answer the question, "What do you Love to do?" by: 1. Posting your answer as a comment to this blog post 2. Tweeting with my twitter handle @lindseybalbierz answering about what you love to do with hash tag #LWYD

I will pick a random winner next week and announce him or her at the bottom of this post. Good luck to you all and thank you for your support! Good luck!

terms:  Giveaway will be open until Tuesday August 7th 12am EST. I will post the winner on Wednesday August 8th. Thisgiveaway is open to followers in the United States. After I post winner, winner will need to email me within 48 hours with their mailing address. Please do not put your contact information directly into your comment, winners will be posted publicly. Winner will be chosen randomly.

Update: Winner is Bret Berkey who loves to fish for walleye on his Ranger 621 ! Thanks for entering!

Love What You Do

Last Tuesday I took a screen printing intensive class at 3rd Ward in Brooklyn. The class was taught by the wonderful and ever-cheerful, Amy Fierro. Amy is a master screenprinter, runs this etsy shop, brightbeige, and is a regular seller at the Brooklyn Flea. I've got my eye on that black t with the moon on it in her etsy shop.

But back to the class, I wanted to make sure I printed a piece that I really loved. So I took an initial quick doodle and expanded upon it to make this final piece.

After we had our artwork printed out on transparencies, Amy set up our artwork on our screens, ready to be exposed. 

Lights are turned on and ready to burn, baby, burn our screens.

After washing out our images, we are drying and ready to go!

And the end product! Ta-da!

Stacks of prints and some kids t-shirts printed as well.

All in all, I really had a great time and enjoyed being able to physically print something after being a tshirt designer at AE for over 3.5 years. I would really recommend taking this class if you want to learn or need a refresher. Thanks Amy for being a great teacher! If you are interested in purchasing, please check out my listings here and here!

Stay tuned tomorrow for an awesome giveaway!

Bridal Shower Invite

I'm happy to see that the work I did for Petit Alma, Manhattan-based stationary line, is now available online. I worked on the illustrated part and hand-drawn type for this bridal shower invite. This design can be purchased and personalized on Wedding Paper Divas. This is the online design that has been formatted with customizable type for personalization.

This is the final artwork I sent to Petit Alma. I'm really happy with how it turned out! I have one design in Petit Alma's Holiday assortment, so I will be sure to share when it is up on their site! Thanks to the great ladies at Petit Alma for this great project!

Featured on 'Look at These Gems' blog

My illustration for Positive Inking was posted on Gems yesterday. Thanks again Alyssa for the opportunity to collaborate.

Positive Inking

A piece for Positive Inking, a blog of positivity started by Alyssa Nassner.

It's never too late to start something you love. Julia Child started to cook when she was 32 years old and entered Le Cordon Bleu at age 37. Colonel Harland Sanders started his chicken franchise business KFC at the age of 65. It’s really never too late to try something if you really love it.

Commute Sketching

I recently freelanced at a company that required a long daily commute. I was on the bus for 45 minutes one way. While I was on the bus, sometimes I would draw the things I saw out the window.

Quick Hello

 

I hope you all had a great Fourth of July! New York City has been just getting out of a brutal heat wave, so I felt like watching the fireworks was all sitting and waiting and sweating. Anyways, this was one of my favorite shots from the night. It's blurry and captured our walk back to the subway.

And a drawing from a project I have been working on. It's titled, "This is How I Get Around." It's a project to teach/show kids how different people around the world move around. More to follow!