Growing up I never thought of myself as a fantasy loving person. My guess is that I really didn’t know what it was exactly. I confused sci-fi and fantasy and didn’t know how to separate them, and to me sci-fi was an alien movie for some reason. Obviously as time went on I learned the […]
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 →In a few weeks I’ll be flying down to Florida to join in on an adventurous, rigorous, wonderous and valuable reportage workshop with the Dalvero Academy. In preparation for the trip I’ve pulled out some older drawings to make some plans before my arrival on site. Without a plan (trust me panic sets in real […]
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Another from the vault! This pencil and crayon drawing was made at the China Pavilion down in EPCOT. Greg Betza ©2014
View post →I said last week that drawing has been on my mind lately. I can’t begin to say how much so. It should be on my mind this much everyday. One Drawing a Day and you have 365 at the end of the year. Pretty good numbers. But none the less, the act of drawing, the […]
View post →Above is a drawing I did in a combination of watercolor, gouache and crayon at the Japanese pavilion in Epcot. I was experimenting on a hunt for the best color and graphic solution to describe the environment. Couldn’t think of a better element to draw than a Pagoda in my search for the answer. – […]
View post →Marker study, Chinese Pavilion, EPCOT. Greg Betza ©2013
View post →A small drawing I had done on location while watching this adorable kid eagerly wait (with ohhhh…such anticipation!) for the Electric Light Parade to arrive down Main Street. Walt Disney once said, “We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we’re curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.” Amen to […]
View post →Another from my trip with the Dalvero Academy down to Disney. Greg Betza ©2012
View post →Disney World…what a great place to go and to be and to draw! There is no other place like it. Everything is there for you to see and draw and enjoy. All four parks are incredible. Each has it’s own special gift to offer. And the best part is you don’t have to be a […]
View post →2 studies while on a flight to Florida. zzzzzzzzzzzz Drawing by Greg Betza. In response to the recent terrible earthquake in Japan and the tsunamis in the Pacific, the illustrators of Studio 1482 have each created a piece of art to raise money on behalf of the victims. Please click here for more information.
View post →Another drawing I did at the Orlando airport of some fellow travelers. I tried to capture both the potted Floridian palm trees and the generic, low-energy atmosphere of this rather generic airport…
View post →I love drawing so much that I will take any opportunity to make a sketch of my surroundings. This is one that I made at the Orlando International Airport. I’ll post the second one of these next week…
View post →This is another drawing from my visit to Orlando last month. It’s a view of Liberty Square in the American section of the Magic Kingdom. I just couldn’t resist contrasting the historical symbols (like the liberty tree) with the contemporary image of, ahem, corpulent tourists munching on funnel cakes…
View post →This is a pen and ink drawing of tourists I did on location at the Animal Kingdom in Florida last month. I was fascinated by textures and marks that day, and admit I was relieved when only one of the subjects wanted to see the drawing…
View post →…is something I like to do when I’m not shoveling snow. Have a great day! drawing by Greg Betza
View post →Just figured it was a good day for a song. Something traditional. A classic. Easily sung along with. Happy Saturday everybody.
View post →Still a week away, but since my next post is not until the 6th and all festivities will have been finished by then, I thought I would wish everyone an early Happy 4th of July. This drawing is from 2006 when I was down in Orlando at the Magic Kingdom in Walt Disney World. They […]
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