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Snow White Queen

It was like Narnia outside today, yet no Turkish Delight to be found. Lots of ice and no time to play. I keep telling myself the next time it snows I am taking a snow day, but something always comes up. Maybe next time. What did that woodchuck see last week anyway? —Dominick

Drawing the Board

I hadn’t come prepared for the theme of the night, but when two people at the bar were playing chess and the music filling the room was resonating out hymns of kings and queens I quickly realized that the act before me was several moves ahead of me. Arielle and Brendan produced a full set […]

The Red Hat

From the Society of Illustrators last week. Amaya modeling for Sketch Night.—Dominick

NY Street Fashion

Another street fashion drawing of Andrea and Pearl from the Society of Illustrators.—Dominick

What a Pair

Followed a weekend of drawing with the Dalvero gang with a night of street fashion at the Society of Illustrators. Andrea and Pearl were great as always.—Dominick

Dressed For Success

A quick study of Emperor Vanity from the Society of Illustrators few weeks ago. —Dominick

Or Maybe the Lady in White

Andrea from the Society of Illustrators. a few weeks ago with Emperor Vanity —Dominick

Lady In Red

Another drawing from a few weeks ago with Emperor Vanity and Andrea posing at the at the Society of Illustrators.—Dominick

The Emperors New Clothes

OK, that is a corny title, but I am rushing to catch up with yesterday. Another cold in this endless ending of Summer and false start of a Fall. Had the pleasure of drawing Emperor Vanity for the first time at the Society of Illustrators.—Dominick

Giving Me a Headache

How fast the days are moving. How fast this month is moving. How slow the heat is leaving. How fast the heat leaves and the cold blows in. Only to blow back out and bring in the heat again. How fast my mind wanders and Tuesday is Wednesday. But at least it is the morning. […]

Tis The Season

OK, not that season, but maybe the witch’s season. A little haunting fun could do us all some good. Lady Zombie, above, and Jantina brought on the hallowed season last week at the Society of Illustrators.—Dominick

From the Archives

Each weekend Studio 1482 will be featuring posts from the One Drawing A Day archives. Today’s post is by Dominick Santise, from back in 2016. It’s titled “Waiting for a Burger.” #ODADarchive I’ve been playing with my brush pen a bit lately. The name is in Japanese, so I have no idea what it is called. […]

From the Archives

Each weekend Studio 1482 will be featuring posts from the One Drawing A Day archives. Today’s post is by Despina Georgiadis, from back in 2016. It’s titled “Sculpture Sketch.” #ODADarchive Pencil and china marker sketch for my sculpture now on view as part of Mystic Seaport’s Journey of Transformation. -Despina

Quick Face

Here is a quick study of a model’s face from a few months ago. Bamboo pen & ink. Greg Betza ©2017

What’s On His Mind?

Playing around with some Halloween ideas. I am not a horror/slasher fan by any stretch but a good thrilling creepy story is always fun this time of year. Hmmmm!—Dominick

A Quiet Monday

If I were to actually pay homage to the nature of the weather this weekend, at least in my part of the world, I would be discussing the strong winds and sudden shifts of temperatures as we went from hot to cold and back and back again. The problem with being such an interconnected world […]

Practice

I think ‘practice’ is a good word for my first post of 2016. Keep working, keep learning. This is a practice head I created while working on portraits and testing out some new watercolors. Happy New Year! Greg Betza ©2016

She smiled at him.

As I realized I only had a brand new sketchbook (read blank) with me, and heading to a client on the 6 train, I reached a little deeper and found my Books of Heads. Pulling it from my bag I found my subject. Just as I lifted my pen a man stopped a foot in […]

Going where the day leads me

I started this drawing, the parts in ink, at the AMNH in the Theodore Roosevelt Rotunda. I put the pad down for a moment and everything changed. I turned the pad around and found birds. Prehistoric birds. A nod to Teddy for reading all about his youthful observation. It must have had an impact because […]

Stylish Armor

While visiting the Metropolitan Museum of Art, I always make a point to go check out the Arms and Armor section. It’s very impressive. I had fun stylizing the designs on this armored horse. -Despina