I spent a week in New Orleans and was able to get out and draw some live jazz. Here is a drawing with litho crayon and a marker. I’ll post more soon… Greg Betza ©2020
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There’s always something to celebrate in New Orleans so you might as well permanently decorate your bike to be prepared for a good time. ~Despina
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I spent last night in and out of jazz clubs on Frenchman Street in New Orleans. Each club had a different vibe and a very different take on what most of them referred to as “New Orleans” music. As someone who loves drawing musicians it was so fun to keep changing up my approach as […]
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I caught some live music while in Austin, TX. Here is one of a few drawings I made. Greg Betza ©2019
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11:30am flight, wake up 5:30am, call Uber 8:30am, arrive at the airport 9:30am. Air traffic issue, delayed 12:15pm, maintenance issue, delayed 2:00pm, additional non-descript issue, delayed 8:00pm. Arrive 12:05am. Arrive at destination 1:00am. One of a few pages drawn while passing the time. What a day. Greg Betza 2019
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Another marker sketch from the passenger seat this summer. This is Utah. Greg Betza ©2019
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I visited the town of Buena Vista Colorado and had dinner in a bar restaurant. Here are a few people enjoying a few drinks. They weren’t as sad as they look in my drawings, I swear. Greg Betza ©2019
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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 […]
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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
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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
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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 […]
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More Juniper trees from Colorado. Pen & Ink. ~Despina
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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
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Another from my time in Grand Junction, Colorado. Pen & Ink. ~Despina
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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 […]
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Pen & ink, Grand Junction, Colorado. ~Despina
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I spent a week in Kansas City, MO in July and made my way down to one of its famous jazz clubs, the Green Lady Lounge. On that night, performer Max Groove (not his real name ;)) performed his organ duo with a drummer (can’t remember his name :(). Great guys and great music. Greg […]
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A few more studies of hummingbirds, this time in pencil. ~Despina
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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. […]
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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 […]
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