“True realism consists in revealing the surprising things which habit keeps covered and prevents us from seeing.” –  Jean Cocteau
Reportage drawing by Michele Bedigian

A more recent archived idea.

Here is a drawing from the pad I carried with me throughout Paris. I made this drawing while leaning against a column inside the famous Notre Dame cathedral.
drawing by Greg Betza

My sister celebrated a very big birthday this week and as a gift, my brother, wife and I are sending her to Paris (she’s already in London) for a whirlwind tour of the city TODAY. Hoping she’ll have an amazing time I thought I’d share a drawing made while I was in Paris a few [...]

Or maybe 6PM.

I’m so used to getting yelled at by the personnel of the Met Museum in NYC that it was a borderline surreal experience to visit the Louvre in Paris, where the guards are supernaturally friendly, and the collection putsany new world museum to shame (sorry, no exceptions). What a boon for those lucky Parisians, and [...]

Basilique du Sacré-Cœur. —Dominick

With summer over and the leaves beginning to turn, I’m going to be like this bird today and enjoy what’s left of the summer leaves.

drawing of a bird in Paris by Greg Betza.

Something reminded me of France recently. Something always reminds me of France actually.