One of my favorite things to do… by Greg Betza
View post →As I wrote in last week’s blog entry, before Ronnie and I went into the Conservatory at the NYBG to see the Emily Dickinson house, we sat in front of one of the beautiful cherry trees and made some drawings of it. Â I love cherry trees because you can always go “inside” them and enjoy […]
View post →“…a plumber’s nightmare” my teacher always called it. This steel proud vessel with so many tales to tell sitting tall along the west side highway. No plumber’s hanging ’round here, just an artist …who’s eager to draw. Happy Friday, Michele
View post →I recently had the opportunity to draw from a terrace on the 47th floor of a downtown New York City building – talk about getting dizzy. But what an exhilarating experience! – Veronica
View post →My friend Ronnie and I made a spontaneous visit to the NYBG on Friday. Â We haven’t gone out drawing together in a long time and so this was a wonderful day in many ways. Â The day was lovely, weather wise, and so even though there was an Emily Dickinson Garden theme at the Conservatory we […]
View post →Character designs for animation project ” The Fox and the Hunter”. Eddie Peña
View post →I’ve always wanted to be a soldier. It’s been a desire of mine since I was a boy. I can’t say I can pin point why, but I know I would have made a great soldier. I think it takes a special heart to become a soldier. I thank every military man and woman that […]
View post →Ok maybe you haven’t heard of them, but Leatherface is a British punk band that’s been around since 1988. I’ve been a fan since the early nineties and just had the chance to see them last month at the knitting factory in Brooklyn. Though they are quite obscure, the place was sold out and the […]
View post →A drawing of one of the skater’s feet! CPDSA! Central Park Dance Skaters Association will begin their official skate season tomorrow, April 10th! Â Great day to start!
View post →This woman was sitting on the M15 in front of the cell phone commuter pictured on my last entry. Â Happy camper! margaret
View post →“Pick up something else” was simple yet great advice offered to me a few years ago by Veronica Lawlor before I made this drawing of Rockefeller Center. Instead of the same tools I was comfortable with, I tried using pastels and pastels only. It helped me think differently about my work and it also helped […]
View post →Commuter talking on his cell phone on the M15 bus in Manhattan. Margaret
View post →…enjoying our beautiful spring weather…. drawing by Greg Betza
View post →here is a drawing I made a few weeks back at the Dalvero Academy open house. Very few things have been more important to me in my career than drawing from the model. Thanks Dalvero! drawing by Greg Betza
View post →Musicians rehearsing for the parade. From the Chinese New Year celebration, drawn on location in New York City’s Chinatown. An enjoyable day spent downtown…good food too! Â – Veronica
View post →The Metropolitan Museum of Art … my church, my schoolyard, my home away from home. – Michele
View post →Eleven Turtles Makin’ Groovy, Ten Skaters Skating, Nine Mocko Jumbies Dancing, Eight Limbo Dancers, Seven Swans A Swimming, Six Saguaro Cacti, Five Peace Roses, Four Angel Drawings, Three Happy Dancing Doves, Two Japanese Dancers and A Partridge In a Pear Tree.   Margaret
View post →Here is a drawing I made a few years ago in the west village of NYC. The place was called the Baggot Inn. One night a week they invited folk musicians, both amateur and professional, to come and play together. Watching very different people, many of which did not seem to know each other, collaborate […]
View post →My book, September 11th, 2001: Words and Pictures, has just been published by vero press. The book is a first hand account, through my words and reportage drawings, of the events of September 11, 2001 and the weeks that followed in New York City. The drawing shown above is from the book, portraying police officers […]
View post →On Saturday night I was fortunate enough to be invited to the incredible Jazz and Art II concert by The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis. The show featured works by artists including Bearden, Davis, Sam Gilliam, Homer, Wifredo Lam, Mondrian, Matisse, Picasso and others projected behind the orchestra as they played jazz […]
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