This is one of about two thousand drawings I’ve done of my beloved fellow-New Yorkers. I love drawing people, especially extreme ones, and nowhere are folks more who they are than in the big apple! This couple was shopping at Rockefeller Center, if I recall correctly.
View post →A few months back I wrote and posted a drawing I did while standing on what’s been called the most expensive strip of real estate in Europe, La plus belle avenue du monde (â€The most beautiful avenue in the worldâ€) also known as the Avenue des Champs-Élysées in Paris, France. It got me thinking about […]
View post →I went downtown to draw the Yankees Victory parade up Broadway – the “canyon of heroes” on Friday morning. It was great fun to see the players go by on the floats: Matsui was reserved and cool, Mariano Rivera was suave, Damon played the crowd and Jeter was, of course, the heart-throb. But the best […]
View post →The Plaka is the oldest section of Athens, but it is an exceptionally vibrant area filled with shops, restaurants and many people. Here is a reportage drawing I made while eating some Greek salad. To see more of my drawings from Greece, click here
View post →Here is a drawing I made while having a coffee and French pastry downtown near Wall Street. This little place called the Financier Patisserie became a frequent stop for me during my mid-afternoon crash. These two men were having a debate and though I couldn’t hear a word, I just watched the body language and […]
View post →These 2 ladies were having something to eat over on the West Side. Â One was on her cell. Â The other was watching! Â Just though it would be fun to draw them!
View post →The Bubble Man hangs out in different places around the city, so it was great to see him in Central Park. Â I had a little conversation with him and he said he loves doing it because of the expressions on the faces of the children when they finally pop a bubble. Â Ironically, he loves creating […]
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View post →This summer The New York Botanical Garden has hosted a series of exhibitions called the “Edible Gardens”. I was fortunate enough to find myself in the middle of this delicious cooking demonstration. I’m going back when Emeril Lagasse shows up next month! Enjoy. Eddie Peña
View post →I drew these three people enjoying their cold sodas on a hot day.  The one lady saw me drawing her and was checking me out.  Apparently she was intrigued by the idea of  being drawn and occasionally peeped at me to see how it was going!  Nice group!
View post →Another view of the Roxy Trees in Mad Sq. Park! Â Grass, bare feet, books and eats! Â Margaret
View post →Another drawing from a few years back when I spent the better part of a long summer reportage-ing all around New York. Often I feel overwhelmed at Rockefeller Center, maybe because there is so much to look at, great art, architecture, tons of people, I don’t know, but on this day I was able to […]
View post →This drawing is about 10 years old and it’s still one of my favorites. This is an art deco inspired (obviously) drawing of a 1939/40 Cadillac LaSalle. A beautiful car, I hope I did it justice! drawing by Greg Betza
View post →Different Roxy Paine “trees” at Madison Sq. Park on 23rd Street from a few years back. Â Everyone sat under them like they were real trees and enjoyed the afternoon! Â Margaret
View post →This is one of over a hundred drawings I made in Paris. I fell in love with Paris. This drawing in particular was produced inside the Chartres Cathedral. It caught my absolute attention. The sculpture just captures the perfect picture of what life in the spirit could be. The Cathedral itself was enormous, I think […]
View post →I thought I’d follow-up last weeks post with another from my time down at Disney. This drawing is from the Chinese Pavilion at EPCOT. I’m sure it’s nothing like the real thing, but it does offer a beautiful glimpse into the rich history of the culture.
View post →“All deception in the course of life is indeed nothing else but a lie reduced to practice, and falsehood passing from words into things.†-Robert Southey 1774-1843 Iago is a fictional character in Shakespeare’s Othello who entangles everyone around him in a web of lies to serve his own purpose. I find that if you […]
View post →Right underneath the subway the Coquito Man yells at the top of his lungs, “COQUITO!” Kids love it, adults love it, I love it. So yes I sat down, drew Mr. Coquito under the rumbling of the subway, and then proceeded with buying myself a large cup of coquito. Eddie Peña
View post →This is another drawing of the CPDSA skaters in Central Park, making moves and having fun, as usual! Â Happy 4th of July! Margaret Hurst
View post →Despite weather calling for severe thunderstorms, my family and I ‘braved’ the conditions and set out for traffic-free Times Square. Saturday was an incredibly beautiful day, and the free tables and chairs were an added luxury. I’ve always loved drawing Times Sq. It’s a bit crazy, but there are so many points of interest that […]
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