I did a little experimenting when I was illustrating a book cover. I bought a fern and used a stem of it to create a watercolor version of it. Â I brushed the one side of the leaf with red watercolor and pressed it on the watercolor paper, twice. The fuller version was the first “lay […]
View post →This is a series of watercolor and gold pen pattern designs that I created. I had been looking at a lot of Japanese fabrics and prints and they inspired me to paint, draw and design these “patterns of nature.” They were just an inspirational experiment in abstraction, pattern and design and I ended up really […]
View post →I was looking through some of my drawing /art notebooks and found some of my Patterned Fantasy Landscapes. I started out thinking about a vineyard and continued to fantasize about other objects that might appear in this vineyard patterned landscape. Different types of bodies, sea creatures, land animals and checkered landscapes came to mind. Margaret […]
View post →A rose is a beautiful thing to look at whenever you can!  This particular rose was drawn and water colored at the Bronx Botanical Gardens in New York. It was great  because so many beautiful roses and other flowers were in bloom that day that it was hard to pick out a particular flower.  I […]
View post →Watercolor of a Japanese Pagoda overlooking its garden. ©2012 Greg Betza
View post →I spotted this bright patch of golden trees.—Dominick
View post →I did this continuous line drawing as part of a presentation for a client. I just posted a few of them to my portfolio, click here. ©2012 Greg Betza
View post →One of many thumbnails drawn for Shakespeare’s, Midsummer’s Night Dream, of Titania. I believe this particular work of Shakespeare is my favorite. I love the characters, the story , the fantasy and all the possibilities that lay inside this beautiful work of literature/art. How many dreams have I had that feel as real as this play? […]
View post →Another drawing/watercolor of two Japanese ladies inspired by the Japanese Pavilion at Epcot. They share one umbrella. I truly love the patterns and patterning that you find in Japan: water, nature, fabric, everything! So beautiful! Margaret Hurst
View post →I enjoy studying patterns, this is one of hundreds of experimental pattern play. Eddie Peña
View post →Last weeks Japanese Lady was painted/drawn and then filtered. This week’s three ladies are drawn, pen and ink, and definitely not filtered! These ladies were also inspired by the Japanese Pavilion at Epcot! Really love that pavilion! Margaret Hurst
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-Despina
View post →Another from my trip with the Dalvero Academy down to Disney. Greg Betza ©2012
View post →Picture making 101…lines, marks, texture, emotion and wonder. Could there have been a more beautiful environment available for the Impressionists than the gardens of France? Drawing by Michele, medium: watercolor, pen and ink, water-soluble crayon Location:Â The Tuileries is Paris’ oldest and most lavish garden. Its royal roots stretch to the 16th century, when Marie de […]
View post →On the heels of Despina’s post from yesterday, this is a drawing of Lapin on the High Line in New York city. Veronica Lawlor invited Urban Sketchers to join her and Lapin and his lovely wife and daughter to come draw. Ironically, when I looked out to draw all I could see was Lapin sitting […]
View post →Here is a drawing made during a great time spent with the Dalvero Academy in Walt DisneyWorld. The fellows in this drawing are waiting for the Main Street Electrical Parade. Greg Betza ©2012
View post →From a life drawing session. -Greg Betza ©2012
View post →Forgive me in posting a little late today, (been crazed with deadlines and diapers). Just love this drawing though and thought it worth a share.  Drawing in graphite, pen and ink in the Picasso Museum, Paris,France – by Michele
View post →Drawings I made at a Golden Gloves event at Madison Square Garden, NYC. Eddie Peña
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