Another drawing of Mr. Gandhi at Union Square. Many items will often be placed in Mr. Gandhi’s arms: flowers, pizza containers, etc.. On Sunday there was a bouquet of sunflowers placed in a Starbuck’s plastic coffee cup. There was some water placed in the cup to feed the sunflowers. This was placed on Gandhi’s right […]
View post →Figure drawing from a session at the Society of Illustrators. -Despina
View post →The sweet melodious song carries me away as I stand in front with pen in hand loving every ounce of this special moment. Yes!!! – Michele Mexico in Epcot
View post →Spending a few days in Florida drawing with Dalvero. Yesterday couldn’t have been a better reminder of the heat and rain and general overall weather that only Mickey and crew can make you forget. Magic doesn’t begin to describe it. —Dominick
View post →I happened to be in Union Square on Sunday, August 9th. It was the one year anniversary of the black, unarmed teenager Michael Brown’s death in Ferguson, Missouri. A group gathered to talk about the death and the death of many others involving the police. The man on the left in the drawing lost two […]
View post →Pen and ink on paper ~despina
View post →In a few weeks I’ll be flying down to Florida to join in on an adventurous, rigorous, wonderous and valuable reportage workshop with the Dalvero Academy. In preparation for the trip I’ve pulled out some older drawings to make some plans before my arrival on site. Without a plan (trust me panic sets in real […]
View post →Until this day I had never had the desire to ride in a basket (bread goes in a basket, not people), but as the mass of balloons floated over my head at the Dutchess County Balloon Festival and the last one appeared above the heads of the crowds as it was inflated, I found myself […]
View post →Another drawing from last weeks Drawing Social. —Dominick
View post →This is a thumbnail drawing from one of my old sketchbooks. I had spent the day looking walking through #Greece (at the Metropolitan Museum of Art). Greg Betza ©2015
View post →Had a great time last night at the Dalvero Drawing Social. Thank you to Ronnie and Margaret for bringing everyone together.—Dominick
View post →I made this drawing last week at the Society of Illustrators. The model was a circus-style acrobat and an all around amazing athlete. Great to draw. Here are more drawings from this series. Greg Betza ©2015
View post →A drawing for a Monday morning, man on a train. Greg Betza ©2015
View post →On this very special Father’s Day I thought it’d be sweet to share an intimate sketchbook study done before my two little guys were here. With their round and tender ways a baby hands and feet for me has always been incredibly inviting to draw. To all good Dad’s (near and far), hoping your day is a treasure of moments […]
View post →Here is a drawing I made back a few years ago. This is the facade of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Always liked this one. Happy Monday. @metmuseum #reportage #illustration #newyorkcity Greg Betza ©2015
View post →From Geisha fashion night at the Society of Illustrators. Thank you Natori for lending your fashions for the evening. See the rest of my illustrations here: http://www.gregbetza.com/natori/ Greg Betza ©2015
View post →” When American Pharoah leaned back in the gate as the bell rang and the doors opened, the colt broke a step slow. Espinoza did not even worry. Within the first two jumps, American Pharoah had catapulted ahead of his seven rivals and glided into the first turn like a marble circling a roulette wheel. […]
View post →Here is an old drawing of the rink bar that covers the Rockefeller Center ice rink during the spring and summer. I tried looking this up online, but it seems as if this is no longer open. Glad I drew it when I had the chance. Greg Betza ©2015
View post →Every Thursday my son attends a gardening class at the NYBG. It’s been such an incredible experience for him (and for me too 🙂 This past week he had an opportunity to harvest some of the lettuce he planted 5 weeks back. It was the first time he ever became aware that the food he […]
View post →After this past drawing weekend at Dalvero I was looking through some drawings and found a few of Kika. Here she is metamorphosed into a nun. What will she be next time? Always fabulous, Kika! m.hurst
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