That was the name of the club in Brooklyn where I saw Mac McCaughan play on Saturday night. Another high-energy show by a personal favorite. Greg Betza ©2015
View post →Portrait of a Model playing his guitar. Wax drawing by Eddie Peña
View post →Here is a quick drawing of a woman checking out an exhibit at the Hayden Planetarium at the Museum of Natural History in New York.
View post →Last Friday I left my class at Parsons and walked over to get the subway and discovered crowds of people from many different causes gathered at the front of Union Square to protest. Peacefully. It was May Day! This is the exodus of the multiple groups as they headed east and downtown after listening to […]
View post →That is the model’s name, and also what he was portraying with his opulent costume and mirror. A great night at the Society of Illustrators sketch night. #SOI128 #SocietyOfIllustrators #illustration Greg Betza ©2015
View post →it is a white ball against a sky so blue it hurts your eyes it is thick grass, so perfectly green day fading into evening as cheers fade to silence soft moonlight on an empty park full of promise with morning light crack of a bat, the graceful arc flies over the wall little white […]
View post →Even as the warmer Spring air hid behind giant white clouds, the colors seemed to dance as I wondered out the window, jealous of the wind that wandered through the trees, drawing out what is only right and proper this time of year. Color everywhere.—Dominick
View post →In the midst of the sun drenched background, as the proper season was finally taking over, the setting was highlighted with the most welcome sign of new life, buds on every tree short or tall. A short lived sweet spot between the silhouette of the forgotten winter and the coming lush green shade.—Dominick
View post →I went to a club with Ronnie and Julia in the city where we were also joined by Mary Ann. These musicians were incredible, as well as the singer, hiding between two of the musicians in the drawing! I think music and drawing make an incredible couple! Margaret Hurst
View post →Pen and Ink. ~Despina
View post →Â Â I met a woman recently who shared with me an incredible Hopi river story that I have revisited daily to remind myself when things get too noisy it’s easier to go with the flow rather than resist it. I thought it’d be perfect to share as a really nice way to start a […]
View post →It’s not quite lazy afternoon temperatures around me just yet, but I have been dreaming of sitting under a tree and drawing. I hear the weather takes a turn tomorrow. I’ll hopefully find a tree to lounge beneath.—Dominick
View post →Â A tryptic of the model Kika in one of her fantastic, fancy, frilly gowns! Had a great time drawing the beautiful black shape of the gown. Going a little crazy abstract with it! A joy! Margaret Hurst
View post →OMG! it was nearly 6:10 this morning when my children came running into the room with chocolate on the brain begging to see if the Easter bunny “just happened to drop anything off for them” (since they’ve been so ridiculously well behaved this past week concerned about a shortage in sweets if they did anything but sneeze, lol). […]
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Last week I posted about snow on the first day of spring. It seems as if Old Man Winter is having a difficult time letting go of the spotlight from the flurries we saw again yesterday here in the city. Above is a watercolor reportage I did at the NYBG a few years back this very week talking […]
View post →So, Dalvero went up to Mystic Seaport a few weeks ago and began reportaging the Mayflower II! So googled the mayflower flower and there were some very interesting definitions and symbols of the flower. One symbolic meaning is that of purification. Purification: the true essence cleanses the heart of negativity and stimulates love and forgiveness. […]
View post →Now if I could only remember what he was looking at! China marker and pencil. –Despina
View post →Another drawing from the Society of Illustrators sketch nights. The lingerie featured was by designers Oscar de la Renta and Betsey Johnson…not too shabby. Click Here for the rest of the drawings from that evening. Greg Betza ©2015
View post →Did it really have to snow 5 inches here in the city on the first day of spring? Â Yearning for the days when the sun kisses you on the shoulder and the breeze can run through your hair whispering ease is in the air. Ahhh for the love of spring…MicheleÂ
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