Some times with pad in hand you can find yourself right in line to capture an intimate emotion on paper. Hope you’re having a peaceful weekend. -Michele
View post →Not as much of an event as the May Day Protests, but Union Square is always one of the best spots in New York for people watching and of course spending some time drawing. I found myself with a few hours to kill, an unusual event as of late, and nearby one of my favorite […]
View post →A drawing of May Day in Union Square earlier this year. The press photographing and getting ready to interview the protesters. M. Hurst
View post →I’ve been drinking a lot of coffee lately. ~Despina
View post →With the renovation of St. Patrick’s cathedral complete (or close to complete) and the Pope being in town I was reminded of a few drawings I made inside the cathedral. Here is a page of studies from inside the Neo-gothic cathedral. Greg Betza ©2015
View post →It rained much of my time in London, poured many days. So when the sky’s broke and the sun was shining I found myself at the end of the Millennium Bridge with St. Paul’s Cathedral in the background. Didn’t get as many drawings done as I would have liked, but I certainly laid the plans […]
View post →Hands by Eddie Peña.
View post →I’m sad to see you go. Drawing from the beach. Aruba 2015. Greg Betza ©2015
View post →As my older son closed off his first year at a new school in June we thought it would be an interesting summer if we set up a treasure hunt that would last throughout their vacation. The mission was to ride every carousel we could find in the tri-state area (including Nassau and Suffolk). To simply […]
View post →I’ve been to London once before, and while I am here now by the end of the day I will be back in NY and little time will have passed. It is amazing how spans of time can come or go, dragging on or flying by. Seems like yesterday I landed. Thanks to Stafford […]
View post →Two lovely ladies waiting in line with one of their little girls, on a hot summer’s day, to see an enchanted princess at Disney World’s Magic Kingdom. I love the one lady’s Mickey Mouse Ears hat with the little antenna on the top! She looks like she’s going to take off into the magical air! […]
View post →Day 2 on location in the Magic Kingdom and Ronnie said “Go BIG!”…. So I taped up 4 pieces of 11″ x 17” paper (above) and began with a line never really certain where it would end.  With only 4 days on location and multiple assignments on the board I never did complete my drawing. But […]
View post →A relaxing afternoon at Disney’s Magic Kingdom with the Dalvero Academy drawing session. Always love to draw people at the Magic Kingdom, mouse ears and all!!! m. Hurst
View post →Enjoy the last moments of summer everyone! Here is one of my favorite memories of the season, a little watercolor and gouache painting made while relaxing on the beach in Aruba. Greg Betza ©2015
View post →The last day of drawing in the Magic Kingdom, (literally in the 11 hour) it rained and rained HARD! Buckets and buckets poured down everywhere. To say MAGICAL is an understatement. Watching little tikes all under 7 kicking up puddles with such joy and vigor made one wonder if it was rain or Pixie […]
View post →Took a few minutes to draw the wonderful Disney World Tea Cup ride at the Magic Kingdom a few weeks ago while working with Dalvero artists! Lots of selfies, but no selfie sticks, unfortunately! The Tea Cups are my favorite ride, mostly because people rotate themselves a little extra and they get off the ride […]
View post →This is a figure drawing from the archives. -Despina
View post →Did you know yesterday marked the 80th Anniversary of the Federal Art Project? The Federal Art Project was a pretty significant contribution to American culture. Funded by the New Deal in 1935 it was one of the projects kicked off by President Franklin Roosevelt. The program employed as many as 10,000 independent artists across 100 communities […]
View post →It had been some time since I was in Disney proper—pen and pad in hand and a bag of drawing materials on my back. And it had been some time since I just had the day to draw, nothing else. No emails, no phone calls, no other schedules. Eating even became a second thought. Yes, it […]
View post →I made some portraits in the sand while on vacation in Aruba. This is a drawing of my brother with an angry bird on his head. ~despina
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