I tried over and over this morning to draw my daughter. She would sit still just long enough to make me believe she’d stay there for at least a minute or two, but as if with eyes in the back of her head, as soon as I laid brush to paper she’d completely change her […]
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A great model with flowers in her hair, hands, and all over everywhere else. Pen and ink. Greg Betza ©2021
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One of the ways that artists can work during the pandemic quarantine are online model drawing sessions, which create their own kind of graphics. Here are some color studies I did during one such session hosted by the Society of Illustrators in NYC last Thursday. Due to the coronavirus, we’ve had to postpone our Life […]
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Here in New York City, as is unfortunately the case in many parts of the world, we are staying inside and practicing social distancing, to mitigate the effects of this dreadful COVID19 pandemic. As artists, yes, we are used to spending a lot of time in our studios. But we are also used to venturing […]
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I always preferred the term “life drawing” to “figure drawing.” While it’s true that in a life drawing session you are studying how to draw the figure, you are also studying so much more: your personal viewpoint, sense of design, taste, texture, color feel, grasp of dimension, expression, storytelling and gesture, to name just a […]
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I’m spending some time in Austin, Texas and decided to seek out some life drawing, and happily found a nice group at the Austin Visual Arts Association. A great model and talented group of artists. It was fun getting some of the rust off. Greg Betza ©2019
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A figure drawing made at the Society of Illustrators a few years ago. I don’t remember the theme of the night, but from what I can see in this drawing it feels pretty dramatic! Greg Betza ©2019
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Watercolor and charcoal. ~Despina
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There is nothing I love more than drawing the figure, and it is through making thousands of drawings that I began to discover my own sense of color and form. So I’m very excited to be presenting a workshop called Color and Form at the Life Drawing Symposium this June, where participants will discover, through a […]
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Mixed media life drawing, a few years old. ~Despina
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I found this in my flat file, a drawing from a few years ago. All pastels. ~Despina
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A few quick gesture drawings from the model a few years ago… ~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 Michele Bedigian, from back in 2016. It’s titled “His First Time.” #ODADarchive It’s a rare opportunity that my children are around to see “Mommy’s space” and experience the model. Granted they are still toddlers but it’s always […]
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A drawing of AnnaChristine from a studio 1482 drawing day! Wonderful model to draw! Happy New Year 2017! m hurst
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This week I started teaching a drawing class at Amplify – a company in Brooklyn’s techiest neighborhood – Dumbo – that is working to “re-imagine education.” And as part of that overall philosophy they are introducing drawing classes, not only for their artists and designers, but for all of their employees. A great way to […]
View post →So my parents have retired and are moving. I’m helping to clear out the storage which consists of a lot of my old portfolio cases filled with journals and artwork from high school and college. It’s been part embarrassing and part inspiring. And a wholly emotional experience. For those of you out there with children: urge […]
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Nothing I like drawing more than a face. Here is a study of Wendy that I did in the studio one day. So happy to be drawing with Dalvero Academy at our Brooklyn studio today!
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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 Despina Georgiadis, from back in 2013. It’s titled “Happy Relaxing” #ODADarchive On Memorial Day, people who have the day off do what they love to do in their free time- eat, drink and be with […]
View post →Some of my most happiest days have been spent in the studio, drawing from the model. This weekend the members of Studio 1482 got together to draw Marilyn, and squeeze in a little studio business talk too. Heavenly day – great friends, great model, great times! More drawings to come on my blog, if you’re […]
View post →Here’s another drawing I made at the Society of Illustrators the night Scooter La Forge had his models there wearing his designs. Ink on paper. ~Despina
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