Ink, paper towel and marker ~Despina
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A luscious peony flower that I did a pastel drawing of at last week’s Plein-Air Invitational, at the New York Botanical Garden. You can see this drawing and several others I made that day on my website, Veronica Lawlor Gallery.
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We have so many poinsettia’s around my house this time of year I just had to draw one. Marker on paper. Greg Betza ©2018
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Flower arrangement given to me by a dear friend. Pencil on paper ~Despina
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Each weekend Studio 1482 will be featuring posts from the One Drawing A Day archives. Today’s post is by Greg Betza, from back in 2016. It’s titled “Iris.” #ODADarchive This painting was made last spring/summer and with the weather so nice on the east coast I thought I’d post it. Get outside and enjoy it. […]
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A charcoal drawing of the flower, Rose of Sharon. m hurst
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I’m currently working on a job where I’ve had to paint a series of roses. Here is one that didn’t make the cut. Greg Betza ©2017
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I made this painting some years ago at the New York Botanical Garden. It’s my favorite place to paint on location. #nybg #tbt Greg Betza ©2017
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Carrying bags in from the car I was shocked to see one lonely crocus in the flowerbeds. Plenty of shoots that do not look as if they will produce any blooms, but right upfront was a sole crocus. All the pics on instagram in the previous weeks had destroyed my hopes that I would find any out front. I figured […]
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I had to trim a bush this morning, filled with Rose of Sharon flowers. They’re quite beautiful but as with all things when you see so many you tend to lose appreciation of just how special they are….SO I decided to spend some time drawing one to reacquaint myself. It was a nice way to spend […]
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Each Sunday Studio 1482 will be featuring a post from the One Drawing A Day archives. Today’s post is by Greg Betza, from back in 2014. It’s titled “Iris” #ODADarchive Greg Betza
View post →Pen on paper. ~DESPINA
View post →In my yard there are two planters in the shape of elephants. By the shape of their ears I can tell one is African and the other is Indian. The African elephant takes care of my geranium plant. I like to fill my home and yard with things that remind me of people that […]
View post →Drawing in the garden has always been one of my absolute favorite places to be. It’s ever changing graphics are always a challenge to organize on paper. Above is one of my favorites to-date. Who knows what the rest of the summer might reveal. Can’t wait to find out! – Michele Mixed medium: watercolor, crayon, […]
View post →It’s all about the flowers these days. Here’s a happy trio. ~Despina
View post →Here is an ink and watercolor painting I made of some irises last week at our local Iris Garden. Greg Betza ©2014
View post →I don’t mind the cooler weather at all, nor a little rain (OK, a lot of rain, but it seems to have stopped)—the one great benefit of the strange weather is the strange weather. Weird grey fog rolling across the Hudson with pops of emerging greens and pink colors. A few of the thumbnails from […]
View post →Here are Easter eggs illustrated with the images of orchids- a symbol of fertility. ~Despina
View post →The days have been blurring and the nights have been absent, but one thing remains constant, my mornings are greeted with a smile.—Dominick
View post →Still thinking about the west coast. Lots of reminders these days. —Dominick
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