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Cliffdale Farm and the Deer

MARGARET PEOT Posted on November 1, 2020 by inkblotgalJanuary 20, 2026

These are terrible times. People are struggling to live, to work and put food on the table. When I walk down to the farmers market by Columbia Presbyterian hospital, I walk by two food banks providing fruit, vegetables and canned … Continue reading →

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The Importance of the Studio in a Global Pandemic

MARGARET PEOT Posted on September 29, 2020 by inkblotgalJanuary 20, 2026

This unprecedented pandemic has made our interior spaces really important. I have been so grateful that my studio is now in my home. If my studio was still on Warren Street or Vestry Street, I would not have gotten to … Continue reading →

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Margaret Neilson Armstrong

MARGARET PEOT Posted on September 16, 2020 by inkblotgalJanuary 20, 2026

Margaret Neilson Armstrong was an illustrator working around WW1. She was best known for designing book covers, and designed over 200 in the Art Nouveau style. She was considered to be one of the most accomplished and prolific book cover … Continue reading →

Posted in art careers, Museum Visit | Tagged Botanical Illustration, Margaret Neilson Armstrong, Metropolitan Museum of Art, MUSEUM VISIT: A Color Punch Out and Play Set | Leave a reply

GIVEAWAY! A Museum Visit Giveaway Because I Miss Visiting Museums

MARGARET PEOT Posted on August 21, 2020 by inkblotgalJanuary 20, 2026

I miss museums! I want to wander in them and draw, think, watch people looking at art. I want to get lost in learning about a time or place: I want to dive into the detail of Mughal period miniatures, … Continue reading →

Posted in Museum Visit, Projects for kids, Punch Out and Play Set | Tagged coloring, Margaret Peot, Museum Curating for Kids, Museum Curator, Museum Visit, paper dollhouse, paper dolls, Pomegranate Kids, Pomegranate Publishing | 17 Replies

Drawing Water

MARGARET PEOT Posted on August 1, 2020 by inkblotgalJanuary 20, 2026

I have been working on a children’s book about a time when the pond that I grew up next to dried up in a drought. And so I have been looking at a lot of pictures of how people draw … Continue reading →

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Reflection Portrait

MARGARET PEOT Posted on July 8, 2020 by inkblotgalJanuary 20, 2026

When I was in North Carolina visiting my mother in February of this year, I drew myself in the mirror every night just to keep my hand in. The pandemic was creeping closer, but no one was masked or as … Continue reading →

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Coronavirus Drawing Days Part 2: Exquisite Corpse

MARGARET PEOT Posted on June 15, 2020 by inkblotgalJanuary 20, 2026

I have been thinking a lot about the game Exquisite Corpse, as popularized by the Surrealists. Here’s an article about it from MOMA: https://www.moma.org/collection/terms/138 The idea is that you draw or write on a portion of a piece of paper, … Continue reading →

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Coronavirus Drawing Days Part 1

MARGARET PEOT Posted on May 10, 2020 by inkblotgalJanuary 20, 2026

Boy, weird times, right? This has been one of the most disconcerting times I can remember. No costume work, no Broadway, everything closed up tight. So…I have been drawing (and taking Josh Bayer’s –author of THETH–Zoom cartooning class at 92Y). … Continue reading →

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Adding Texture to Drawings with StencilGirl® Stencils

MARGARET PEOT Posted on April 17, 2020 by inkblotgalJanuary 20, 2026

StencilGirl® invited me to contribute a blog post this spring, and I am so happy to oblige! They are a terrific company, and there is a wealth of interesting stencils to choose from, designed by their contributing artists–bugs, birds, bees, … Continue reading →

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This Weird Isolation

MARGARET PEOT Posted on March 28, 2020 by inkblotgalJanuary 20, 2026

I wonder how you all are managing! I hope all of you who are not essential workers are all safe at home making art. Or bread. Or cookies. 🙂 And blessings to all of those who ARE essential workers: Lydia, … Continue reading →

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