By chance I happen to be in Tampa, FL right now and the Tampa Bay Lightning just won the Stanley Cup, also known as the ultimate prize for my favorite sport. My son and I went down to the riverwalk yesterday to watch the first of it’s kind “boat parade” for the champs. It […]
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Another marker sketch from the passenger seat this summer. This is Utah. Greg Betza ©2019
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Driving (as the passenger) through Utah this summer I quickly drew the rapidly changing landscape. Every few minutes the land would completely change. It was beautiful. I drew so fast, looking back at them I see just how different they were. Greg Betza ©2019
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A few studies from the last time I had a few random strangers in the same room with me. 🙂 Greg Betza ©2017
View post →While waiting for the band “Architecture in Helsinki” to come onstage at Webster Hall I had the opportunity to draw the fans from an unusual vantage point: Perched slightly above them, atop the speakers. This crowd was quite mellow and friendly. The full review of the show (and more drawings) are on my music blog.
View post →Brit-pop band The Kooks played a super-sold-out show at the Bowery Ballroom, and I had the good fortune of being there and making tons and tons of drawings that evening. This one is of curly-haired frontman Luke Pritchard and guitarist Hugh Harris. There was a lot of hair to draw that night. The full review […]
View post →With such picture perfect weather, undeniably yesterday was the most incredible day to be out and about in New York. […]
View post →I spent the afternoon at Barnes and Noble the other day. During my break for some coffee at the Starbucks cafe, I made some drawings of the people around me:clockwise froom the top left: the whiny kid, the satisfied customer, the shy girl waiting to order, the eccentric dude, the quiet reader, the old woman […]
View post →Eight Limbo Dancers, Seven Swans a Swimming, Six Saguaro Cacti, Five Peace Roses, Four Angel Drawings, Three Happy Dancing Doves, Two Japanese Dancers, and A Partridge in a Pear Tree. In response to the earthquake in Haiti, myself and the other seven illustrators of Studio 1482 have each donated art to raise money on behalf […]
View post →Sunday morning we made sure to set the alarm for 6am. Anticipating the first snowfall this season, (I mean real snowfall, the kind that makes you think twice before leaving the house) we wanted to be out, and out early, to seize the offer. We couldn’t deny that precious hour just as day breaks. With the […]
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