I used to dislike the “plumber’s nightmare” of boats and ships but recently have begun to embrace the complication by tracing the shapes not literally, but with a certain relaxed, noodly line that this drawing is a good example of. This boat caught my eye with its sinewy details and maritimey grandiosity.
View post →These two roller skaters are at the CPDSA circle every time I’ve been there. Â They dance alone or with other skaters, but when they dance with each other it is truly beautiful. Â They glide in and out of each other; blending and parting, parting and blending. Â Her knee will go up and out as he […]
View post →Here is another drawing of the lovely Lynn. This time she’s wearing a blue veil. -Despina
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This is one of many  watercolor/caran d’ache/pen and ink drawings I’ve made at the CPDSA circle in Central Park.  I was sitting on the ground getting an ant’s eye view of the skaters, so I decided to make the drawing about the skates and legs of the skaters.  A little pen and ink, a little […]
View post →Drawing information from, drawing inspiration from and, yes, drawing on paper from…the model. I had a great week of drawing, drawing and drawing at the Dalvero Academy. What a swell time! Here’s one of the lovely Lynn by me, Despina
View post →here is a watercolor I made at Central Park. Get out and enjoy a park near you this weekend! painting by Greg Betza
View post →Studies for project:Â Earth vs Humans
View post →July 4 on St. John in the US Virgin Islands, is Carnival Parade Day! Â I was down there for my class reunion and we were all watching the parade when the Mocko Jumbies appeared! Â I felt like I was back in grade school watching the St. Thomas Carnival Parade under the arches across from the […]
View post →It takes many hands to keep a ship in tip top shape! Even when it’s docked at the South Street Seaport -Despina
View post →This has been some week. I recently ordered a new camera (see below) and as I awaited its arrival, my computer died. Funny coincidence, both the new camera and computer were here on Monday evening accompanied by a new moon in the sky. I think it’s time for new beginnings. ©greg betza
View post →Storyboards for Project: Omphalos.
View post →A somewhat odd situation: Â an unhappy, angry woman encountering a self-satisfied, smug individual at the Italian Pavilion in Epcot. Â There were no words exchanged, just an overwhelming, radiating air of hostility and entitlement growing and undulating between the two. By the end of it I wasn’t sure who was the hostile one and who was […]
View post →From the Bronx zoo. – Greg Betza
View post →..I once read that Pythagoras is credited with having discovered the physical relationship between mass and sound, (otherwise known as music), and that this relationship (expressible as ratios) is essentially what led to Galileo’s revolutionary discoveries in physics. One might say this same physical relationship occurs in a drawing – more of this and less of […]
View post →No one, absolutely NO ONE, has seen this drawing, or this series of drawings before today. Â My very talented friend and associate, Veronica Lawlor, is out in Portland, Oregon, today teaching at an Urban Sketchers drawathon. Â She had a conversation with Frank, a fellow urban sketcher who loves drawing, and so I wanted to send […]
View post →Whenever I go to a Barnes and Noble for a while, I like to break from browsing the books and sit at the cafe. I have something to drink and do some people watching/drawing. These two were quite involved in the books they were reading, and didn’t notice me drawing their portraits at all. Â […]
View post →The Tour De France concluded on Sunday in Paris, and as I watched the coverage and the amazing shots of the city, I fell in love with Paris…again. A few of my good friends were there drawing the race and I couldn’t help but think of the time I spent drawing in Paris in 2006. […]
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