I will always love my Bronx, but I have to admit that Brooklyn is beginning to grow on me. The Brooklyn Bridge. Eddie Peña
View post →A few years back I flew out to Arizona and drove to Joshua Tree National Park. It was unlike anything I had ever seen before. The shapes, the marks, the textures, the color, all of it was magical. Joshua trees look like people to me with raised hands reaching toward the sky. I would love […]
View post →I’ve spent 3 nights this week shooting pictures and drawing at the reunion tour of The Monochrome Set. A band formed in the 1970s that hasn’t toured the US in 30 years. A good friend of mine put the tour together, so I’ve had amazing access to the band which has been amazing. This is […]
View post →I used my left hand to make the drawing of this model. The reason this is significant is because, you guessed it, I’m right handed. When I make my students draw with their “left” hands in class I call it their “ungiven” hand. Once in awhile a student is left handed and so I don’t […]
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I love elephants. I think they’re cool. I made this drawing/picture a while ago. I was inspired by being at Disney’s Animal Kingdom. After I took the Kilimanjaro Safari ride in Harambe Village and saw the elephants hanging out by the baobab tree I made a few inspired drawings. Just thinking about the relationship of […]
View post →Another duck I saw during my trip to Disney’s Animal Kingdom last week. ducks come in so many color combinations. Despina
View post →A watercolor/gouache/pencil drawing made at the New York Botanical Garden. One of my favorite places to visit in the spring. Greg Betza ©2013
View post →I was looking through some of my older notebooks and I came across this drawing I made of two kinda whacky ladies at Epcot  in the Chinese Pavilion. God I love how amazing and different people can be. I really love to “people watch!” Definitely one of my favorite things to do in life! Margaret […]
View post →Playing around with yellow ink and line…and shape. ©2013 Greg Betza
View post →A model drawing made with the  “Magic” pencil!  Multi colors – you never know what’s going to come out! Margaret Hurst
View post →Painted at Epcot’s Italy pavilion, back when the entertainment was fantastic. ©2013 Greg Betza
View post →A small piece made at the Macy’s Flower Show in New York City a few years ago. ©2013 Greg Betza
View post →This is a tiny torri watercolor, 3.5″ X 3″, with caran d’ache accents. I painted/drew the torri at Epcot Center at Disney World in Orlando. Pretty abstract and hugely fun to paint! I highly recommend it! Margaret Hurst
View post →A few years back, I had the opportunity to get up close and personal with a couple of (very large) horses. I mainly did a lot of shooting that day as their handler had them trotting, galloping and doing all kinds of things. But as I was looking through the photos recently, I found a […]
View post →I had such a nice time last Tuesday at the Brooklyn Botanical Garden with my location drawing class that I brought Neil back on Saturday to see the garden in bloom. And boy, was it ever! More cherry trees were blossoming, along with magnolias, forsythias, daffodils, and a beautiful variety of tulips. Heavenly! We sat […]
View post →I decided to grace the blog once again with Kika The Beautiful! Remembering a great drawing afternoon! Margaret Hurst
View post →A beautiful place in Spring… Greg Betza ©2013
View post →Aaahhh…..Kika the Beautiful! A wonderful model that we have been drawing for many years, incredible lady to draw and converse with while she is modeling! She’s so culturally oriented that her conversations as well as her “costumes” are pretty global and mythical. As I said, aaaaahhhhh, lovely! Thanks, Kika! Margaret Hurst
View post →Found this thumbnail, and I really don’t know when I did it or where (or why!). Believe it or not, I usually have a fairly clear memory of creating all of my work, and that’s what makes this painting so intriguing (to me). Greg Betza © 2013
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