I think ‘practice’ is a good word for my first post of 2016. Keep working, keep learning. This is a practice head I created while working on portraits and testing out some new watercolors. Happy New Year! Greg Betza ©2016
View post →Fashion designer Scooter LaForge was back at the Society of Illustrators last Thursday. Here is a quick portrait I made of one of his models. I’ll be posting the drawings from that night on my blog this week. Greg Betza ©2015
View post →This is a frame from a storyboard I created about a ship’s crew on a dark night. Ink & Chalk. Despina Georgiadis @2015
View post →That is the model’s name, and also what he was portraying with his opulent costume and mirror. A great night at the Society of Illustrators sketch night. #SOI128 #SocietyOfIllustrators #illustration Greg Betza ©2015
View post →A few months ago I was commissioned to work on a wine label for the Limited Edition of Nolita, an Italian wine. I was happy to spend my time drawing the bucolic scene of a hillside village in Italy with cypress trees and terracotta rooftops. It was my absolute pleasure, especially since I always imagine […]
View post →During a drawing session at the Society of Illustrators last Thursday, a photo session was being conducted. They brought in a male model to pose for photos, and while he was up on the stand I decided to paint ink portraits of him. Here is one. Greg Betza ©2015
View post →Another Japanese inspired landscape done with ink and wash. Have a great Saturday. Greg Betza ©2014
View post →A quick thumbnail from my trip to the American Museum of Natural History last week with Despina.This is when I found out that the birds were inside.—Dominick
View post →Here is a little Japanese-inspired landscape painting done in ink. Enjoy your weekend! ©Greg Betza 2014
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
View post →This flowery object caught my eye because of it’s intense reds and yellows. I call it flowery because I can’t recall if it was flower, a plant or just some leaves. Enjoy your weekend. © Greg Betza 2013
View post →OK, no where near Toledo, I don’t think, (sorry Toledo, my geography stinks if I haven’t actually visited) but rather Pennsylvania and it wasn’t actually over, it was while driving through. I hadn’t been on a road trip in a long time. I forgot how long PA was, and how beautiful the landscape was (Brandywine […]
View post →Here are 2 women I saw on the street. I enjoy trying to capture a person in a simple ink wash. It forces you to focus on the shape and body language, not the details. Greg Betza ©2013
View post →I too took part in the Workbook Creative Carnival last Thursday (see Dominick’s post from yesterday) in Chicago. Dominick and I headed out for the windy city by car and did as much drawing as we could along the way. Here is a drawing of the Trump International Hotel and other buildings along Michigan Avenue. […]
View post →Last night I took part in workbook’s creative carnival. I’ll be posting more about the evening on my blog very soon. Here is a drawing from the event. -Greg Betza
View post →Honor the victims today by taking a moment to look around, consider, and find the beauty in everything. © Greg Betza 2013
View post →Playing around with yellow ink and line…and shape. ©2013 Greg Betza
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