One of my favorite things to do… by Greg Betza
View post →It’s in the simple things… that make life special…..like seeing my mother-in-law’s quiet joy whenever she watches home movies of her sons when they were little. She loves that.           Hope you enjoy the ease of the weekend, michele
View post →There are not enough words to describe the meaning of our days, too often we choose those that have described yesterday, but today is only today once, why use second hand phrases for prime real estate.
View post →Mood boards designed for animated project. Eddie Peña
View post →The snow-haired lady sits in her chair, the unmoving center of her family’s universe, her ancient hands folded, watching the world changeing unendingly around her…
View post →As Margaret wrote in her post last week and yesterday, she and I spent a lovely and long overdue day together drawing and enjoying Spring at the Bronx Botanical Garden. We did go through the Emily Dickinson exhibit. Her garden was beautiful, and as Marg wrote last week, I was immediately drawn to the poppies. […]
View post →As I wrote in last week’s blog entry, before Ronnie and I went into the Conservatory at the NYBG to see the Emily Dickinson house, we sat in front of one of the beautiful cherry trees and made some drawings of it. Â I love cherry trees because you can always go “inside” them and enjoy […]
View post →Happy Mother’s Day Mà na. Love, Dèspina
View post →I swear Michele and I didn’t plan to post famous US war ships back to back. Amazing how thing like that happen. So I’m taking a trip south this week and on a trip south a few years ago I spent a day at Baltimore’s Inner Harbor and did this close-up drawing of the USS […]
View post →“…a plumber’s nightmare” my teacher always called it. This steel proud vessel with so many tales to tell sitting tall along the west side highway. No plumber’s hanging ’round here, just an artist …who’s eager to draw. Happy Friday, Michele
View post →And then there are some moments where it just doesn’t matter.
View post →Portrait of the Hunter. Animation project titled: “The Fox and the Hunter”. Eddie Peña
View post →Has it really been that long? It seems several lifetimes ago that we had our first “official” Studio 1482 meeting at the old studio, at #1482. In honor of our anniversary each studio member was asked to create a commemorative piece around the theme of “five”, and as you can see, I had American culture […]
View post →I recently had the opportunity to draw from a terrace on the 47th floor of a downtown New York City building – talk about getting dizzy. But what an exhilarating experience! – Veronica
View post →My friend Ronnie and I made a spontaneous visit to the NYBG on Friday. Â We haven’t gone out drawing together in a long time and so this was a wonderful day in many ways. Â The day was lovely, weather wise, and so even though there was an Emily Dickinson Garden theme at the Conservatory we […]
View post →An early signal of Spring. Almond trees have a long history of mythology and symbolism. I think they are beautiful to look at and to draw. -Despina
View post →Here is a drawing I made of my son playing in our backyard with his favorite toys, rocks. drawing by Greg Betza
View post →As I shlepped across town with my golden ticket in hand to the Met I wasn’t sure what to expect. It was a Tuesday night and the preview of the opening of Senior Pablo Picasso’s new exhibit was about to begin. (You know, one of those nights all sorts of people come out, some to […]
View post →…do not go as planned…
View post →Character designs for animation project ” The Fox and the Hunter”. Eddie Peña
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