Painting from a beach in Aruba. Summertime is just around the corner, I’m not feeling blue about that 😉 Greg Betza ©2019
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It would seem just plain RUDE to visit London and not make a drawing of Big Ben. I was happy to oblige. Note the lovely British clouds in the sky. posted by Veronica
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This tree was a real treat to see in Maui. All the aerial roots from a banyan tree shoot down from the branches above and eventually become trunks. This one had about 16 trunks. It was a maze of trunks and roots and it was beautiful. Ink on paper. ~Despina
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I made this drawing along the waterfront of Amoudi Bay on the island of Santorini, Greece in 2009. -Despina
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I made this drawing on the island of Santorini back in 2009 while my wife and I waited for our ship back to Crete. See more drawings from my trip here: Greece Reportage Greg Betza ©2016
View post →Happy to announce that my book, The Urban Sketching Handbook: Reportage and Documentary Drawing has been released this month by Quarry! It’s illustrated with my location work, along with the work of my friends at Studio 1482, Urban Sketchers, and Dalvero Academy. It has ideas and advice for creating reportage drawings and telling stories with your […]
View post →Happy to announce that the image above was awarded by American Illustration to be included in the Chosen category in their most recent illustration competition. It was one of 215 from 9175 submitted, makes me feel good. Thanks, AI! The illustration, of the Seattle’s Pike Place Market, is part of a large campaign that I […]
View post →Wabi–sabi (侘寂 ) represents a comprehensive Japanese world view or aesthetic centered on the acceptance of transience and imperfection. The aesthetic is sometimes described as one of beauty that is “imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete”. (from Wikipedia) Yes, I found Japanese wabi-sabi at the Roman Colosseum. Beautiful textures crumbling down one into the other, on a […]
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