Color and Form

There is nothing I love more than drawing the figure, and it is through making thousands of drawings that I began to discover my own sense of color and form. So I’m very excited to be presenting a workshop called Color and Form at the Life Drawing Symposium this June, where participants will discover, through a […]

Spring!

spring fashion portrait

This drawing has always reminded me of spring. So happy it has finally arrived. ~Despina

Blue beach

Painting from a beach in Aruba. Summertime is just around the corner, I’m not feeling blue about that 😉 Greg Betza ©2019

Colorful Marilyn

A colorful, marked drawing of Marilyn. m hurst

Sorrow

As I watched the horror unfold yesterday, each second smoke poured from the roof of the cathedral I worried about the loss of even the tiniest piece of history. As the fire raged on I feared the worst like so many others. It wasn’t sinking in just yet. It couldn’t be as bad as it […]

Creative Study Tour 2019

Here is another illustration from my reportage of the Creative Study Tour 2019: grabbing our morning jolt of caffeine from Awaken Coffee in Knoxville, Tennessee. The barista proved to me that hipsters don’t only live in Brooklyn. 🙂 And by the way, Knoxville is a very cool city! posted by Veronica

Mixed media model

Mixed media figure drawing

Mixed media life drawing, a few years old. ~Despina

Mac

mac-mccaughan-live_drawing

A drawing of singer Mac McCaughan @macmerge during a solo performance a few years ago. I’ve seen this guy a million times, this was the closest ever. I could have grabbed his guitar without moving more than a foot or two. Greg Betza ©2019

Night of Fashion

Had the opportunity to draw the wonderful Allyssa Jill at the Society of Illustrators as she wore designs by Shawna Wu.—Dominick

ALICE IN FRONT OF THE CHESHIRE CAT

Alice, while in Wonderland, standing in front of the Cheshire Cat. SOI128 m hurst

Creative Study Tour

Just returned from a 3 day trip to Kentucky and Tennessee, where I had the opportunity for the third year to document Professor Ryan Hargrove and his group of young artists on their Creative Study Tour. This is a drawing of Ryan engaged in intense discussion with one of them, about an hour before we […]

Model in pastels

I found this in my flat file, a drawing from a few years ago. All pastels. ~Despina

Winding road of shops

greg betza illustration of morocco/epcot

I made this drawing at Epcot’s Morocco pavilion. It’s beautiful there and the detail is incredible. Hope I did it justice! Greg Betza ©2019

Graffiti Fashion at the SOI128

Some great graffiti fashion at the SOI128 a little while back. A really great night!! m hurst

Higher Learning

On our quest for enlightenment at Columbia University a few weeks ago my wife and I had the opportunity to listen to several great speakers hosted by Teachers College. It is rare that I am led through a day with little agenda other than to accompany my partner in life. I had no idea what we […]

City on the Hill

Having fond memories of Porto, the city on the hill. It looked like a stack of brightly colored boxes to me…with plenty of satellite dishes and laundry lines scattered around too. 🙂 Posted by Veronica

Model in watercolor-2

Another from a figure drawing session with #studio1482. ~Despina

Ink-head-study

ink-head-study

From a few years ago…I always liked how this one came out. Greg Betza ©2019

Flower Rejection

A drawing from the Toulouse_Lautrec Sketch Night at The Society of Illustrators, SOI128. Brendan”s flower being rejected! m hurst

Just Sitting on a Stool

Palette and brushes in hand, there sat Leonardo with his muse. —Dominick