I made this quick drawing yesterday while having lunch with my 2 year old. It was a nice time. ©Greg Betza 2010
View post →A few minutes spent warming-up for the day as I sat enjoying my morning tea. Â Â Have a pleasant day. – Michele
View post →Another watercolor/drawing of the joshua trees at the Joshua Tree National Park, definitely one of my favorite places to go to and draw and watercolor and photograph and just be with nature. Margaret
View post →Here is a page of quick drawings I made at the New York Aquarium. I think I captured how incredibly mean they appear. Though I hear they’re harmless… ©Greg Betza
View post →Drawing is a skill that always needs attention. Like any art form, it takes practice, practice and more practice. Below is a page of hand studies done for no other reason than for the exercise (always a great barometer to see where I’m at) – Michele
View post →Last month I was invited to participate in Re:Form School, an art event organized to raise awareness about the need for education reform in America. The piece I’ve posted today is a thumbnail sketch/idea for my piece. If you’re in New York City October 9-11 please stop by and see the finished piece in person. […]
View post →Joe Ades, known as the “Gentleman Peeler” (because of his fine suits and British accent I presume) was a fixture in Union Square Greenmarket where he would sell $5 carrot/potato peelers. Our meeting was a funny one. I sat in front and drew him as he asked me nicely (then not so nicely) to get […]
View post →I drew the cpdsa skaters again in Central Park. Â This time I drew them with two hands. Â I’m thinking that that is a more logical and artistic approach to the roller skaters movements and actions. Â It felt more comfortable to me than drawing them with one hand; I could accomplish more with two handed drawing […]
View post →I recently spent an afternoon at Turtle Back Zoo with my family. This NJ zoo has been there since 1963 and my parents actually used to take me there when I was a child. It was quite a trip for me to be taking my son there now! Here is a drawing I made of […]
View post →SUPERMAN? Yes, Superman…he came flying around the cpdsa skate circle like a bat outta hell, faster than a speeding bullet… Â Draw, I said to myself, draw! Â I drew. Â Wow, that was cool! Â Superman just came around the circle laying on his side and balancing on one leg! Â Only Superman can do that I thought. Â I […]
View post →Here is a quick study I made at the end of a long day drawing in NYC. Just some people walking by as I sat down and took a break. Drawing ©Greg Betza 2010
View post →These two roller skaters are at the CPDSA circle every time I’ve been there. Â They dance alone or with other skaters, but when they dance with each other it is truly beautiful. Â They glide in and out of each other; blending and parting, parting and blending. Â Her knee will go up and out as he […]
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This is one of many  watercolor/caran d’ache/pen and ink drawings I’ve made at the CPDSA circle in Central Park.  I was sitting on the ground getting an ant’s eye view of the skaters, so I decided to make the drawing about the skates and legs of the skaters.  A little pen and ink, a little […]
View post →Drawing information from, drawing inspiration from and, yes, drawing on paper from…the model. I had a great week of drawing, drawing and drawing at the Dalvero Academy. What a swell time! Here’s one of the lovely Lynn by me, Despina
View post →July 4 on St. John in the US Virgin Islands, is Carnival Parade Day! Â I was down there for my class reunion and we were all watching the parade when the Mocko Jumbies appeared! Â I felt like I was back in grade school watching the St. Thomas Carnival Parade under the arches across from the […]
View post →This has been some week. I recently ordered a new camera (see below) and as I awaited its arrival, my computer died. Funny coincidence, both the new camera and computer were here on Monday evening accompanied by a new moon in the sky. I think it’s time for new beginnings. ©greg betza
View post →A somewhat odd situation: Â an unhappy, angry woman encountering a self-satisfied, smug individual at the Italian Pavilion in Epcot. Â There were no words exchanged, just an overwhelming, radiating air of hostility and entitlement growing and undulating between the two. By the end of it I wasn’t sure who was the hostile one and who was […]
View post →From the Bronx zoo. – Greg Betza
View post →No one, absolutely NO ONE, has seen this drawing, or this series of drawings before today. Â My very talented friend and associate, Veronica Lawlor, is out in Portland, Oregon, today teaching at an Urban Sketchers drawathon. Â She had a conversation with Frank, a fellow urban sketcher who loves drawing, and so I wanted to send […]
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