Being inside for over a month makes you really take notice of the things that are right outside your window. My office window faces the shared garden in the courtyard of our building complex. I’ve enjoyed seeing the cherry trees bloom, as well as the elms and oaks that surround them. But the tree closest […]
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Spent a lovely day with Neil at the New York Botanical Gardens. Couldn’t resist drawing the water lilies. posted by Veronica
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Ink, paper towel and marker ~Despina
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A luscious peony flower that I did a pastel drawing of at last week’s Plein-Air Invitational, at the New York Botanical Garden. You can see this drawing and several others I made that day on my website, Veronica Lawlor Gallery.
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Nothing says Spring in the Northeast of the US like the scent of lilacs, and so I was super happy to spend this past Saturday at the New York Botanical Garden, sitting in the lilac plants doing pastel drawings. I was an invited artist to the NYBG’s 4th Annual Plain-Air Invitational, hosted by artist James […]
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This summer I took a lot of time to plant flowers and tend to my garden. I’m no expert, I just pick what I think is beautiful or has the right color, etc. This particular plumed celosia is so beautiful. I tried to capture it but trust me I fell short. Greg Betza ©2018
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Each weekend Studio 1482 will be featuring posts from the One Drawing A Day archives. Today’s post is by Michele Bedigian, from back in 2016. It’s titled “Is it Here Yet?” #ODADarchive Enough already! I know it’s just days away, but I can’t help myself..coats off, evening walks, new grass, tulips and buds, baseball and bike […]
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Pencil drawing of our jade plant. ~Despina
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Each weekend Studio 1482 will be featuring posts from the One Drawing A Day archives. Today’s post is by Greg Betza, from back in 2016. It’s titled “Iris.” #ODADarchive This painting was made last spring/summer and with the weather so nice on the east coast I thought I’d post it. Get outside and enjoy it. […]
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This patch of leaves and trees and bushes was so dense it was hard to keep track of what I was drawing, but I enjoyed trying. That street lamp kept peeking through which gave me some point of reference. Greg Betza ©2018
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We had our first snowfall in New York City this weekend. Took a break from deadlines to draw a few pictures out of my studio window. The first snow of the season is always so beautiful! posted by Veronica
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A few weeks back I went to see this fantastic show at the NYBG featuring Dale Chihuly, an American artist who’s mastered the translucent and transparent qualities of ice, water, glass, and neon. He creates works of art that transform the everyday experience. It was spectacular to see the installation illuminated at night. Above is […]
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I’m currently working on a job where I’ve had to paint a series of roses. Here is one that didn’t make the cut. Greg Betza ©2017
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Another watercolor painting of a mini jade plant in my house. This time the color is slightly more accurate. Greg Betza ©2017
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The tree outside my window is covered with light green “pom-pom” shaped blossoms. I love this time of year. Greg Betza ©2017
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California is one of my favorite places to visit. While doing some spring cleaning this week I found a sketchbook just filled with studies for paintings I had from a trip to Big Sur. Between the Red Woods and the ocean edge of the Pacific coast it can feel like a mythical landscape filtered with an […]
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A quick watercolor study I made after breakfast today. Greg Betza ©2017
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I made this quick 1-color watercolor painting of a jade succulent that we have sitting in our window. I look at it each morning and always think of painting its strange round leaves, and today I finally did. Greg Betza ©2017
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One day a few years back I was in Paris with my partners in the studio drawing in the Tuileries Garden (a public garden located between the Louvre Museum and the Place de la Concorde) when this little sparrow curious beyond fear practically hopped onto my board. He spent a good 20 minutes inspecting what I was […]
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As the holiday’s are fast approaching I’ve been spending a lot of time explaining to the boys how to “draw on a feeling”. Above was one of those demonstrations as I explained to them why going to church on Christmas day was so important and how it wasn’t about the Paw Patrol toy they each […]
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