Colored pencil study of a ship being restored. Eddie Peña
View post →Another drawing from the sail setting weekend at New London on the Charles W. Morgan. For this drawing I was standing on the dock but very close to where they were added the sails on the jibs. It was a strange and incredible point of view. This particular drawing is of the first sail attached. […]
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I take time out of my day to play with designs, shapes, graphics and mixed materials. Eddie Peña
View post →A drawing of the NYC skyline that I made from Central Park, while completing one of my favorite reportage assignments. The skyline keeps changing, but I’ll always love New York. posted by Veronica
View post →Putting the sails on the masts of the Charles W. Morgan in the port of New London! I can’t wait to go again for the Sea Trials! This has been an amazing reportage event. Actually seeing the Charles W.  Morgan with sails on her 38th Voyage on the sea will be absolutely incredible! Margaret Hurst
View post →My son’s new favorite thing. Star Wars in particular. Good thing for me is that it keeps him still for a few seconds and I can make a drawing. Greg Betza ©2014
View post →This is an old drawing I made when I was first learning to draw.  It’s was a wow moment for me. Eddie Peña
View post →Dean, one of the many workers and volunteers at Mystic Seaport who put in many, many hours of manual labor to get the Charles W. Morgan ready to sail this summer. She’s currently in New London, being fitted out for her journey through New England this summer. Very exciting! You can see her voyage itinerary HERE. posted […]
View post →Hands and rope. these are two drawings from last weekend when Dalvero Academy reportaged the sailing of the Charles W. Morgan on her 38th voyage. She went from Mystic Seaport to New London on March 17th. These hands/rope drawings were made the following day when the crew was attaching the sails to the jibs to […]
View post →This is a small watercolor painting I made a few summers ago. ©2014 Greg Betza
View post →Reportage drawing of a wooden ship restoration process.  Laborers working side by side. Mixed media. Eddie Peña
View post →This weekend, I traveled with the Dalvero Academy to Mystic Seaport, to watch the Morgan leave Mystic and travel to New London, Connecticut. It was the first leg of her 38th Voyage. Once she was in New London, the crew began the process of ‘bending the sails’ – tying them to the spars of the […]
View post →A drawing of you taking a picture of me. ~Despina
View post →is the name of the former state tree of Maryland, and the home of a great duo from Baltimore. I saw them the other night at Webster Hall, NYC. Read more and see more drawings on my blog http://www.gregbetza.com/wye-oak/ Greg Betza ©2014
View post →Prepping sketches for live drawing reportage session. Pencil and wash. Eddie Peña
View post →Fifty years too late for the Summer of Love, I visited the Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco. The groovy feeling is still there, even the buildings have a psychedelic vibe! Fun place to draw. I’ll be posting more of my San Fran trip on my blog later this week… posted by Veronica
View post →Playing with some watercolor and trying to make some very fluid lines. I love being around the cherry trees; close to them, far away, under them, in them…any way I can be! I wish the blossoms lasted a bit longer, but maybe their short presence makes me really appreciate them when they show up in […]
View post →I was out late the other night and came across these wonderful fellows on the subway. 1 passed out and the other exhibiting just as much energy. ©2014 Greg Betza
View post → Grand Central Station, NYC.  Always full of people to draw. Pen & Markers. Eddie Peña
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