Happy Fourth of July! A wonderful American holiday and an excuse to hang out, relax, and enjoy family and friends. What I saw going on every day in New Orleans, coincidentally! Above is a drawing of a Nola restaurant on an average day – everyone hanging out and making good use of the sunshine. Nice […]
View post →Found this pen & ink drawing from Chania, a city on the island of Crete, Greece. A must see if you visit Crete. Greg Betza ©2013
View post →Manhattan is BOOMING with new construction lately, and no place in the city is seeing this more than Chelsea. Since the Highline stopped being an industrial eyesore of the West side and became a chic park, seems like all the ritzy people want to live there. So many new glass palaces going up everywhere – […]
View post →Posted with thoughts of warmer weather… Greg Betza ©2013
View post →A drawing from the island of Santorini. Here are some other drawings from my trip in 2009. -Greg Betza
View post →Another drawing from Washington a few weeks ago. I finally posted the inauguration drawings. Please check them out.—Dominick
View post →Sunset viewed from the rose garden in Disney World. A beautiful memory of a beautiful place. Posted by Veronica Lawlor
View post →Even though the big celebration is tomorrow, today is the official swearing in of Barack Obama for his second term. It’s a happy day for me! Above is a quick drawing I made last week while in Washington DC with our Dalvero class. It was a beautiful foggy morning, and as we walked toward the […]
View post →The Chartres Cathedral is probably the finest example of French Gothic architecture and said by some to be the most beautiful cathedral in France. Upon a trip to Paris a few years back I had the privilege to visit this sacred destination. I still think about it all the time. It’s unique spacial sensibility was such a […]
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Never good to start the morning off late on a post, tons of work on the plate and a computer with the case of the flu. Water paints never fail. Back up and running.—Dominick
View post →Going through my drawings from the last several years, and came across this one from Dublin’s Temple Bar area. Bricks and plants mingling together over the doorway of an Irish pub…this part of Dublin felt almost unreal, like a stage set! It’s the ‘cultural quarter’ of Dublin and still has the old medieval street patterns. […]
View post →Hot dogs and french fries…good or bad. Really what says “americana” any better? Drawing done in pen and ink on Main Street USA,WDW by Michele
View post →I was looking through some of my drawing /art notebooks and found some of my Patterned Fantasy Landscapes. I started out thinking about a vineyard and continued to fantasize about other objects that might appear in this vineyard patterned landscape. Different types of bodies, sea creatures, land animals and checkered landscapes came to mind. Margaret […]
View post →I’m sad to see summer go, but I really enjoyed the time and did a few drawings I’m really happy with. What more can I ask for. © Greg Betza 2012
View post →This past August, Margaret and I conducted our semi-annual class at Disney World in Orlando. GREAT place to draw and learn! One of the things everyone must draw is the Electric Light Parade, a beautiful Disney spectacle. I drew these two young girls while we were all waiting for the parade to begin on Main […]
View post →A small drawing I had done on location while watching this adorable kid eagerly wait (with ohhhh…such anticipation!) for the Electric Light Parade to arrive down Main Street. Walt Disney once said, “We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we’re curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.”  Amen to […]
View post →Picture making 101…lines, marks, texture, emotion and wonder. Could there have been a more beautiful environment available for the Impressionists than the gardens of France? Drawing by Michele, medium: watercolor, pen and ink, water-soluble crayon Location:Â The Tuileries is Paris’ oldest and most lavish garden. Its royal roots stretch to the 16th century, when Marie de […]
View post →Thought I’d follow the trend set by Despina and Margaret – – – here is my portrait of Lapin drawing Rosa Lee at the Highline in NYC: See more drawings of the day on Urban Sketchers HERE. Posted by Veronica Lawlor.
View post →Forgive me in posting a little late today, (been crazed with deadlines and diapers). Just love this drawing though and thought it worth a share.  Drawing in graphite, pen and ink in the Picasso Museum, Paris,France – by Michele
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