I made this quick pastel study of the sun setting back in the summer of 2006. –Despina
View post →How wonderful it is to sit and play with art in the Piazza Navona, while eating a tartufo. Rome…the city where color is king. What a fantastic trip. posted by Veronica
View post →This past summer I had the most enjoyable opportunity to present a workshop at the 4th International Urban Sketchers symposium in Barcelona. It was a fabulous three day event, full of people from all over the world who love to draw on location. Besides the fact that the energy was high and the drawings were […]
View post →Watercolor painting of an Italian woman walking through her village. ©2013 Greg Betza
View post →The Tea Cup ride at Disney World is one of my favorites to watch. People aren’t always sure what’s going to happen to them on the ride. So its a lot of fun to watch peoples’ reactions to the intense swirling! I can’t walk straight when I get off the ride! Fun! Margaret Hurst
View post →The fish at the bottom looks a bit cranky, maybe he should go take a nibble off of hippo to feel better. ~Despina
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A quick drawing of a few lotus flowers at  the China Pavilion at Epcot. The petals of the lotus flower symbolize the expansion of the soul. I like that. Maybe its the way the lotus flower stands so beautifully tall and sensitive in the water. I don’t really know what the attraction is for me, […]
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While at the Japanese Pavilion at Epcot I was looking into the coy pond and noticed this one little plant growing out of a huge rock in the pond. It was so sweet standing there all by itself. Took a few minutes to draw it. Â Japan at Epcot is one of my favorite pavilions. It […]
View post →I’ve recently been watching African drumming performances and I did my best to capture the intense look on this drummer’s face. Wow. –Despina
View post →I made this pencil, crayon and gouache drawing a few years ago at the Meadowlands Fair here in New Jersey. What a treat to have so much color and motion in one place with such unusual machines all around. A real reportage delight! Greg Betza ©2013
View post →Away from the family for a couple of weeks. I cant help seeing them everywhere. -Despina
View post →Found this pen & ink drawing from Chania, a city on the island of Crete, Greece. A must see if you visit Crete. Greg Betza ©2013
View post →I made this watercolor study last summer in windy, hot Aruba. The wind was blowing the sand into the wet paint…can you see the grains? © Greg Betza 2013
View post →The truth is I don’t reach for watercolor when I work most often. I use it all the time, but not really in a “pure” sense of the medium. It is usually mixed heavily with caran d’ache crayons (water soluble of course) or anything else I have in my bag at the time. So when […]
View post →with an amazing hat! © Greg Betza 2013
View post →Just some fun playing around with pastels…and pencil. ©2013 Greg Betza
View post →I love elephants. I think they’re cool. I made this drawing/picture a while ago. I was inspired by being at Disney’s Animal Kingdom. After I took the Kilimanjaro Safari ride in Harambe Village and saw the elephants hanging out by the baobab tree I made a few inspired drawings. Just thinking about the relationship of […]
View post →Another duck I saw during my trip to Disney’s Animal Kingdom last week. ducks come in so many color combinations. Despina
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