line art

Thankful

Of all of the years I can remember this may be the one I’m both thankful for and thankful to see end. Personally it has brought new perspectives, new growth and a new home. I am extremely thankful. I want to wish you all a very Happy Thanksgiving and I hope that however you’re celebrating […]

Portraits from Disney World

I found quite a few drawings I made at Disney World while learning how to draw portraits of people. So I will post three at a time. m hurst

Sign of the times

Drawing people’s faces has certainly changed these days. Greg Betza 2020

Happy Birthday Mickey and Minnie

Today is the 92nd birthday of Mickey and Minnie Mouse! A drawing from way back of Fantasyland at Disney World. It’s been awhile. Happy Birthday!!! m hurst

Jade drawing

Drawing of jade plant

We’ve moved into a new home and have purchased some new plants. Here is our new jade plant. Greg Betza ©2020

St. Thomas Flower

Thought it would be nice to post a flower from St. Thomas. a little color never hurts! m hurst

Article 19 Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Article 19 Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers. The New York Botanical Garden. I don’t want to loose this right. m hurst

The Ladies

I’m not sure where this drawing was made. Drawn a while back. Though it was an interesting little group of three different personalities. m hurst

Letters

Playing with designing letters and adding some marks and patterns. Really enjoyed the experimenting with marks, patterns and watercolor! m hurst

Beach bums

Drawing at the beach in Florida ~Despina

And, More Disney People

And, more Disney people! Part of the learning process. m hurst

THE PROCESS

Rifling through more Learning Process drawings. Another Disney World Pen and ink drawing. Working on lines and marks to express body language. m hurst

Stanley Cup Boat Parade

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 […]

No Words Needed

NO WORDS NEEDED A drawing of Susan Tierney, a model at The Society of Illustrators in NYC. Considering all the craziness going on these days this is the perfect picture. NO WORDS NEEDED m hurst

DISNEY PEOPLE

I guess I can’t stop searching through my drawing pads and finding drawings created a while back. This is a drawing of people at Disney World. Trying to learn about picture making, design, line, etc. Have to say, its been interesting to look over these drawings and see where my head was at! And theirs!!! […]

The Met, People and a statue

A couple with a strange vibe hanging out in the American Wing at The Met. m hurst

The Last of the Random Floating Heads

Found one more of the floating heads learning process. This will be the last one. It was interesting to look at these drawings from when I was learning about dimension and line and expression. The journey never ends! m hurst

More Random Floating Heads

And, of course, more random floating heads from drawings away back. Line in direction and dimension. The learning process continues!! m hurst

Random Floating Heads

More sorting and filtering through old drawings and found these random floating heads. They are pen and ink drawings I was making as I was trying to figure out proportions and facial expressions/body language. Learning is a process. That’s for sure! m hurst

Winged Fantasy Beast

Once again, going through some old drawings and discovered this pen and ink “winged fantasy beast” among some drawings. I have no idea what in particular I was attempting to illustrate, but it looks like I had a lot of fun creating the winged beast! Also had some coffee near by, hence the splatter in […]