I’ve been traveling and travel journaling as well. Here is a spread that I made at the Colorado National Monument. It’s an extraordinary place where “Towering monoliths exist within a vast plateau and canyon panorama.” It’s not always on the radar when heading on a trip of National Parks, but I assure you it’s not […]
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The lovely Kika in orange and blue with lovely flowers. Always a true pleasure to draw! m hurst
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More Juniper trees from Colorado. Pen & Ink. ~Despina
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Here is my attempt to paint the subtle variations in an almost all green landscape using just brush markers. It was fun, somewhat challenging, but overall just a nice way to spend the early evening. Greg Betza ©2019
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A drawing made a few years ago of the 9/11 Memorial Pear Tree that survived the attack on the World Trade Center. The Survivor Tree. People hanging ribbons on the Pear Tree in memory of those we lost on September 11, 2001 at the World Trade Center. A living memorial. m hurst
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The Oculus and the Survivor Tree, drawn during a recent visit to the 9/11 Memorial. The Oculus transportation hub at World Trade Center was designed by Santiago Calatrava, and to me, looks like two large protective angels wings reaching out over the site of the former World Trade Center. The survivor tree is a Callery […]
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Another from my time in Grand Junction, Colorado. Pen & Ink. ~Despina
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So I’ve been spending some time out west and while in Colorado I attempted to “paint”, with crayons, Pike’s Peak. It was really a great day spent with my son drawing until the sun began melting our crayons right on the top of the rocks we were drawing from. That was fine, it happens. But what […]
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Arielle catches a fish from the movie, Funny Face, at the SOI128Sketch Night. #@thepearlingprinciple m hurst
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Pen & ink, Grand Junction, Colorado. ~Despina
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I spent a week in Kansas City, MO in July and made my way down to one of its famous jazz clubs, the Green Lady Lounge. On that night, performer Max Groove (not his real name ;)) performed his organ duo with a drummer (can’t remember his name :(). Great guys and great music. Greg […]
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Passing the urge along!! Vamps and Vampires Burlesque Night at The Society of Illustrators 128. m hurst
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A few more studies of hummingbirds, this time in pencil. ~Despina
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I’ve been traveling and keeping a small journal for the last month or so. Here is a drawing of a little town in Colorado called Buena Vista. It’s small but every shop either has very nice gifts and homemade items or really, really good food. There’s also rental shops for kayaks and surfboards, bikes, etc. […]
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One more bite!! m hurst
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Here’s one from the archives – a drawing I made of Hudson Yards from the top of a building in Chelsea in 2013. BEFORE there was anything built at Hudson Yards; it was just a place for the subway cars to rest. You can see the Intrepid in the distance, too. posted by Veronica
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They are hard to draw because they are so fast but I have the joy and privilege of having a free day to laze around on the porch in Colorado Springs and watch so many of these beautiful creatures come to get a drink of sugar water. All day. They make a strange high pitched […]
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I made this quick drawing at Balanced Rock in Colorado Springs, CO. Balanced Rock is well, a giant red sandstone formation that appears to be precariously balanced. People love to do “the pose” where they’re holding it up. It is beautiful though, wow. Greg Betza ©2019
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A little tug on the neck! Cetait and Maggie McMuffin go at it at the Vamps and Vampires Burlesque Night at the Society of Illustrators! Fun! m hurst
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We didn’t want to leave Amsterdam without a visit to Zaanse Schans, which is a kind of historic park with twelve working windmills. While there, we learned that there are currently 1100 working windmills still operating in the Netherlands; during the pre-industrial revolution days, there were 1100 in the small area around Zaanse alone. I […]
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