One of my favorite places in all of NYC will forever be the 4, 5 and 6 stop at Union Square. For years I would listen to listen to my friend play the steelpan drum. He even offered to teach me one day. I haven’t seen him in years, but I got on the train […]
View post →I have heard all sorts of good and bad for the near balmy weather we have had over the past few days. I keep reaching for the scarf and gloves and leaving them the car. Soon enough it will look and feel like Christmas, even if the day has passed. But somewhere in the horizon I […]
View post →You would think a new schedule would keep me on my toes. While it is still Saturday, this is far from a Saturday post. Intentions, intentions, intentions…always good intentions. Saint Bernard, Virgil, and Milton would have something to say about it right now. Either way, spring was certainly on my mind today and though still cold […]
View post →Sometimes, even in this city of 16 million, one person will stand out, or sit, and there is no one else. I often wonder if they feel as solitary as they seem for those few moments. As I finish I look up and realize that a few gazing eyes have been spying as I work, […]
View post →Waiting for the train, a perfect time to get in a little reading! ©2014 Greg Betza
View post →I don’t think I have posted this one yet. I was never really happy with the scale and design. A little harbor on the Hudson I pass often. Yet it always seems to turn up when I am looking through watercolors. Each time it grows on me a little more. For some reason I remember […]
View post →Another misplaced crowd drawing from the same time period as last weeks. This one of Grand Central from a few years back.—pre-Apple store and Shake Shack. Long before the “Gate of Hell” GCT was where i went to draw as many people as New York had to offer. Always a fun crowd.—Dominick
View post →Chugga Chugga Choo Choo…is the book of the week. Life is so simple when you’re 3. Have a journey filled Friday! – Michele Artwork done in colored pastel
View post →I knew what would follow when the man on the left saw me turn the page and asked if I would draw him and his friend. I informed him that it would destroy the binding of sketch book if I pulled the paper out of it, but I promised to post it today. What are […]
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 →I don’t mind the cooler weather at all, nor a little rain (OK, a lot of rain, but it seems to have stopped)—the one great benefit of the strange weather is the strange weather. Weird grey fog rolling across the Hudson with pops of emerging greens and pink colors. A few of the thumbnails from […]
View post →I loved this guy when I drew him. He had so much style. And plenty of attitude. But good attitude. Positive attitude. Proud attitude. —Dominick
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