Posted with thoughts of warmer weather… Greg Betza ©2013
View post →A drawing I made in our studio of a great model. Great to be drawing! Taken with my iphone so not a super hi res shot! Margaret Hurst
View post →An OLDer drawing from the handsome cab line up outside of the Plaza Hotel in New York. -Greg Betza ©2013
View post →Another drawing of the WTC Survivor Tree. Most of the ribbons had been tied on by then and now there was a large floral wreath in front of the Survivor Tree. Again, a few very unexpected and heartfelt moments in time. Margaret Hurst
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Remembering my last trip to France. The Hall of Mirrors was under construction at the time, but that didn’t prevent it from being magnificent. -Despina
View post →A drawing from the island of Santorini. Here are some other drawings from my trip in 2009. -Greg Betza
View post →This is another drawing of the Callery Pear Tree, or Survivor Tree, at the World Trade Center site. So many yellow ribbons were tied to the Survivor Tree. It was a very personal moment for a small group of people; one I will never forget. Margaret Hurst
View post →With all the news surrounding Lance Armstrong and the Tour De France these past 2 weeks I was reminded of my last trip to Paris in 2006. Here is a drawing from Montmartre. Greg Betza ©2013
View post →an homage to chocolate  by Michele the cobblestone streets           open the senses          and it appears an edible rapture of delight peers through the window dressed in the finest of lace an innocent invitation? or touched by […]
View post →One week after Hurricane Sandy invaded New York I took my Dalvero class down to the World Trade Center. We arrived just in time to witness a very personal small ceremony of relatives of some victims of the 9/11 attacks. People were tying yellow ribbons around the lower branches of the Callery Pear Tree that […]
View post →I watched the Lance Armstrong / Oprah interview last night and it reminded me of a drawing I made at the Tour de France in 2006…and what I did with it once we learned that Floyd Landis had been stripped of his title. –Despina Georgiadis
View post →Marker study, Chinese Pavilion, EPCOT. Greg Betza ©2013
View post →The Chartres Cathedral is probably the finest example of French Gothic architecture and said by some to be the most beautiful cathedral in France. Upon a trip to Paris a few years back I had the privilege to visit this sacred destination. I still think about it all the time. It’s unique spacial sensibility was such a […]
View post →These 2 ladies were having something to eat over on the West Side. Â One was on her cell. Â The other was watching! Â Just though it would be fun to draw them! Margaret Hurst
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I sat in on one of Veronica Lawlor’s classes at Pratt Art Institute and made a couple of drawings of this great model. I used a Japanese black ink brush, which was a Pentel pocket brush pen, and my old fav stand by, Pilot Varsity fountain pen. I love the results of the combination […]
View post →A marker, pastel and crayon drawing made at the Bronx Zoo. Greg Betza
View post →… and let it begin with me. Happy New Year friends of ODAD … May 2013 be a creative adventure for one and for all! – Michele
View post →Storyboards for abstract color study. Eddie Peña
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