summer

Roadscape

Another marker sketch from the passenger seat this summer. This is Utah. Greg Betza ©2019

Colorful

Happy Halloween! I’m not much of a Halloween person, or artist, so I thought I’d at least post a fun colorful drawing today. Have fun, be safe, don’t eat too much candy! Greg Betza ©2019

Carlsbad Caverns NM

Hall of Giants, carlsbad caverns

I have been to a cave or two in my day, but nothing prepared me for what I saw at Carlsbad Caverns National Park in New Mexico. WOW. The natural beauty, the fantasy, the awe. I really don’t have the words to describe it. Here is a drawing from the Hall of Giants, a series […]

Changing landscape

Utah landscape drawings

Driving (as the passenger) through Utah this summer I quickly drew the rapidly changing landscape. Every few minutes the land would completely change. It was beautiful. I drew so fast, looking back at them I see just how different they were. Greg Betza ©2019

Desert Ocean

Arizona desert illustration

It’s so bizarre but the desert feels like the floor of the ocean to me . Gigantic succulents are visually similar to kelp and seaweed for me. But it’s no where near as wet. In fact if dry could be dried… ARIZONA ~Despina

Colorado National Monument

Colorado National Monument

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 […]

More Junipers

juniper trees

More Juniper trees from Colorado. Pen & Ink. ~Despina

Painted with markers

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

Juniper

Another from my time in Grand Junction, Colorado. Pen & Ink. ~Despina

Pike’s Peak, almost

Rocky Mountains illustration

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 […]

One Last Summer Memory

I am so not one for summer time fun. It’s just so HOT. And the beach is not the place I like to be by choice, but summa-times I find myself stuck in the sand and trying not to bake in the sun. I avoided the water for as long as I could and quickly […]

Juniper Tree

Juniper Tree ink drawing

Pen & ink, Grand Junction, Colorado. ~Despina

More hummingbirds

hummingbird art

A few more studies of hummingbirds, this time in pencil. ~Despina

Buena Vista

Louie's Ice Cream-Buena Vista Colorado

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. […]

Hummingbirds

hummingbird studies

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 […]

Balanced Rock

balanced rock, colorado

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

Daydreaming Part…

Got caught daydreaming, time passes by a little quicker than we sometimes realize. Here’s to finding time the rest of the week for some daydreaming and thumbnailing the next project.—Dominick

One More Chihuly in Columbus

What a beautiful show… ~Despina

Kansas

Kansas plains and cattle

I’ve been traveling cross country this summer and yesterday I traversed the plains of Kansas. Aside from a few cows dotting the landscape, not much to see. But there is something beautiful in the golden plains and the multiple greens of the crops. I tried to capture that here, and a few cows. Greg Betza […]

Chihuly in Columbus

dale chihuly in columbus OHIO

Pen & Ink drawing amongst Chihuly sculptures and butterflies, while traveling through Columbus Ohio. The show is currently open at the Franklin Park Conservatory & Botanical Garden. Despina Georgiadis ©2019