Another drawing of Mr. Gandhi at Union Square. Many items will often be placed in Mr. Gandhi’s arms: flowers, pizza containers, etc.. On Sunday there was a bouquet of sunflowers placed in a Starbuck’s plastic coffee cup. There was some water placed in the cup to feed the sunflowers. This was placed on Gandhi’s right […]
View post →Figure drawing from a session at the Society of Illustrators. -Despina
View post →I happened to be in Union Square on Sunday, August 9th. It was the one year anniversary of the black, unarmed teenager Michael Brown’s death in Ferguson, Missouri. A group gathered to talk about the death and the death of many others involving the police. The man on the left in the drawing lost two […]
View post →In a few weeks I’ll be flying down to Florida to join in on an adventurous, rigorous, wonderous and valuable reportage workshop with the Dalvero Academy. In preparation for the trip I’ve pulled out some older drawings to make some plans before my arrival on site. Without a plan (trust me panic sets in real […]
View post →This is a thumbnail drawing from one of my old sketchbooks. I had spent the day looking walking through #Greece (at the Metropolitan Museum of Art). Greg Betza ©2015
View post →Drawing at the park. Ink and water color. Eddie Peña
View post →I made this drawing last week at the Society of Illustrators. The model was a circus-style acrobat and an all around amazing athlete. Great to draw. Here are more drawings from this series. Greg Betza ©2015
View post →A drawing for a Monday morning, man on a train. Greg Betza ©2015
View post →Here is a drawing I made back a few years ago. This is the facade of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Always liked this one. Happy Monday. @metmuseum #reportage #illustration #newyorkcity Greg Betza ©2015
View post →From Geisha fashion night at the Society of Illustrators. Thank you Natori for lending your fashions for the evening. See the rest of my illustrations here: http://www.gregbetza.com/natori/ Greg Betza ©2015
View post →Here is an old drawing of the rink bar that covers the Rockefeller Center ice rink during the spring and summer. I tried looking this up online, but it seems as if this is no longer open. Glad I drew it when I had the chance. Greg Betza ©2015
View post →After this past drawing weekend at Dalvero I was looking through some drawings and found a few of Kika. Here she is metamorphosed into a nun. What will she be next time? Always fabulous, Kika! m.hurst
View post →That was the name of the club in Brooklyn where I saw Mac McCaughan play on Saturday night. Another high-energy show by a personal favorite. Greg Betza ©2015
View post →Portrait of a Model playing his guitar. Wax drawing by Eddie Peña
View post →Another May Day Union Square drawing. As I talked about before I was a little surprised, but not, that there were so many different issues being brought to light. Truthfully, one issue usually relates to at least one or more other issues, and this protest proved that! M_Hurst
View post →Here is a quick drawing of a woman checking out an exhibit at the Hayden Planetarium at the Museum of Natural History in New York.
View post →Last Friday I left my class at Parsons and walked over to get the subway and discovered crowds of people from many different causes gathered at the front of Union Square to protest. Peacefully. It was May Day! This is the exodus of the multiple groups as they headed east and downtown after listening to […]
View post →A Response to a Terrible Tragedy In response to the recent 7.8 earthquake that struck Nepal, the illustrators of Studio 1482 have created art to raise money on behalf of the victims. The death toll is now at 4,000 people, and thousands have […]
View post →A few weeks ago I went with Veronica Lawlor and Julia Sverchuk to the Society of Illustrators to draw some incredible models. Great night! As I was drawing the models I was feeling the vibe from the artists across from me. I couldn’t resist, so I drew them too! So much fun! Intense! Margaret Hurst
View post →That is the model’s name, and also what he was portraying with his opulent costume and mirror. A great night at the Society of Illustrators sketch night. #SOI128 #SocietyOfIllustrators #illustration Greg Betza ©2015
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