I spent some time watching tennis yesterday and I did a few drawings from the screen. It’s a great way to practice when you don’t have a model. Here is one I was particularly happy with. drawing by Greg Betza
View post →Teachers, friends and books … three simple words, but they mean so much. This past Monday Dominick and I were having a conversation about art and asking what does it take for an artist to truly reach their potential? So I shared with him something my Kabbalah teacher Sarah told me last week, (it was […]
View post →here is a painting from a few years ago. I haven’t seen this one in a while, but I’ve always liked it. by Greg Betza
View post →Pink Mr. Mocko Jumbie makin’ his move! Margaret Hurst
View post →I had a great time drawing the model this weekend with the other members of Studio 1482. by Greg Betza
View post →Last week I finally had the chance to draw at the site of the tearing down of the old Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ. Here is s drawing of the exposed side of the remaining half of the structure. Click here for more drawings from that day. drawing by Greg Betza
View post →I did this drawing a while back during the flag ceremony in Walt Disney World (can’t get any more all American than Disney). I thought it’d be kind of perfect for the day, Let’s keep in mind, it’s not just a day off from work, but a day to give thanks for the blessings we […]
View post →Drawing in motion, Mocko Jumbie style! Â Drawn at one of the St. Thomas Carnival Parades. Margaret Hurst
View post →here is another from my Commuter series. Standing on the bus is never a good time. Happy Monday everyone! drawing by Greg Betza
View post →These two people were so much fun to draw. Â She was talking, with her mouth and her hands. Â He was trying to say someething but couldn’t get a word in edgewise. Â She was talking with one hand going in the air and the other hand running back and forth across the table top. Â It […]
View post →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 →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 →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 →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 →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 →This is a drawing I made of a model. Â I liked her attitude! Â I also liked that her hair felt like Asian calligraphy. Margaret
View post →Happy EARTH DAY everyone. I was doing a bit of reading on the subject and I came across the EPA’s “It’s My Environment” promotion. And while I didn’t make a sign and a video, the promotion did get me thinking about my environment and what I can do to care for it. Recently I’ve been […]
View post →This boat is beginning to make me feel like a real world traveler … three days in D.C. last week, now two in Mystic. This weekend I had the incredible privilege of spending the weekend with Ronnie, Marg and the Dalvero Academy on a treasured reportage excursion to Mystic Seaport. What an experience! From the […]
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