While at the Japanese Pavilion at Epcot I was looking into the coy pond and noticed this one little plant growing out of a huge rock in the pond. It was so sweet standing there all by itself. Took a few minutes to draw it. Â Japan at Epcot is one of my favorite pavilions. It […]
View post →While waiting for the parade at the Animal Kingdom to begin some kids run around, some kids get cranky and others, like this girl, just get bored. ~Despina
View post →A page of quick drawings from the model. Have a great week. -Greg Betza ©2013
View post →A Dragon…I was really hooked on drawing dragons for awhile. This little guy is one of them. Margaret Hurst
View post →I’ve recently been watching African drumming performances and I did my best to capture the intense look on this drummer’s face. Wow. –Despina
View post →I made this pencil, crayon and gouache drawing a few years ago at the Meadowlands Fair here in New Jersey. What a treat to have so much color and motion in one place with such unusual machines all around. A real reportage delight! Greg Betza ©2013
View post →A Midsummer’s Night Dream. My favorite Shakespeare play. I was asked by an editor what my favorite piece of literature/story would be to illustrate…not difficult to answer! Margaret Hurst
View post →Crayon drawing from a day spent in the park. Greg Betza©2013
View post →She is finally in the water.  After years of restoration we witnessed the Morgan being placed in her natural habitat. As you can see from the drawing the event was jam packed with people. Eddie Peña
View post →A drawing/watercolor I made for a book I wanted to illustrate, Anansi Stories. The Anansi myth is from Africa. Basically Anansi is a trouble maker. He is mainly represented as a spider, but I thought it might be fun to make him human. In this picture/drawing Anansi is collecting up all the common sense in […]
View post →This drawing reminded me of the past 24 hours near my home. It has been windy and kind of grey. Pencil on paper. Greg Betza ©20113
View post →Construction workers doing their thing. These drawings were made a while back in New York city on the Upper East Side. It was great drawing at a construction site. There was so much going on and so much body language to go along with it! Fun! Margaret Hurst
View post →An older drawing I made on “track 24” at New York’s grand central terminal. TGIF. Greg Betza ©2013
View post →Inspired by Dominick’s post yesterday, I decided to post a drawing I made of some people eating as well. This is a drawing of people eating hot dogs at DisneyWorld’s Magic Kingdom. Enjoy the weekend. Greg Betza ©2013
View post →I made this drawing from a window in my old apartment in Hoboken, NJ. Windows provide unusual and sometimes unreachable vantage points which will make your drawing unique. And remember if it’s too hot (or cold) to go outside, there’s always the window! Greg Betza ©2013
View post →I couldn’t help it! Had to put up another Ridge!!! This is a small one painted in the corner of a large piece of paper, so I might be forced to post the larger part of the drawing next week!!! Anyway, a small Ridge! Margaret Hurst
View post →Found this pen & ink drawing from Chania, a city on the island of Crete, Greece. A must see if you visit Crete. Greg Betza ©2013
View post →Yes, another model drawing, but not a another duck! Ridge is the model for this particular drawing. He is a great model; wonderful to draw. He’s over six feet tall, works out and has great muscle tone and great proportions, all making him a wonderful model to create some great picture making from! Our last […]
View post →I made this watercolor study last summer in windy, hot Aruba. The wind was blowing the sand into the wet paint…can you see the grains? © Greg Betza 2013
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