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Spring is here!!

Graciela Bombalova Thursday March 4th, 2021

Just a detail picture on the studio… I love plants and flowers and also when Spring is here, showing his nature colours once more!! When the Mimosa trees start to flourish, I know that the Spring is arriving, and its scent fills the house…and the studio!!

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Pastel portrait process of a child

Graciela Bombalova Friday December 25th, 2020 3 Comments

This is my last portrait for 2020. Just seeing the pictures I knew it would make a beautiful portrait. This painting was made as a Christmas gift commissioned by the father of the child for his wife… He sent me several good pictures of the boy with a very sincere and natural expression, beautiful light, […]

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Merry Christmas!!

Graciela Bombalova Thursday December 24th, 2020 1 Comment
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An express trip to Lisbon

Graciela Bombalova Thursday November 26th, 2020 2 Comments

I have never been very attached to calendars with their specific dates, but this year, everything that supposedly measures time completely escapes me. I can’t believe that just three months ago we were walking the streets of Lisbon! It was a whirlwind trip.  We crossed all of Spain making the route by car, and after two […]

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Back to the Instructional videos

Graciela Bombalova Friday October 30th, 2020 6 Comments

I recently published a new video for my youtube instructional channel and I´m so happy! 🙂 I did not expect this immediate warm reaction, from so many good people out there… and their sincere welcome back after two years missing! I definitely will film some new pastel portraits in-process in the following months and, If I have […]

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Featured on the cover magazine of the Pastel Society of Victoria, in Australia

Graciela Bombalova Saturday September 26th, 2020

I´m happy to share that I was recently featured on the cover of the magazine of the Pastel Society of Victoria, in Australia! It was not just a surprise to receive an email from the editor of the magazine, Mss. Anne Taylor, but also a big privilege!! It gave me the opportunity to know about […]

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A new pastel portrait. The process step by step

Graciela Bombalova Sunday September 20th, 2020 7 Comments

I made this portrait a few weeks ago. It was a request from a very special and charming woman, who is in love with her little granddaughter. The photos were “homemade” with a sidelight coming from the window. Sometimes it happens! We capture something special with the lens of our camera and this is what […]

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Portrait of a friend. Experimenting with Pan Pastel

Graciela Bombalova Sunday July 19th, 2020

It was a great experience for me to work on this portrait! The model is a good friend of my family and he is always happy to spend some time “collaborating for the cause”. He is an architect, an artistic soul with a free mind, and a great personality too. I wanted to make a […]

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How to prepare the pictures for the portraits when there is more than one kid in the family?

Graciela Bombalova Tuesday June 16th, 2020

I have been asked so many times about this matter! Making several portraits of brothers and sisters with different ages that will be placed on the same wall, or room…How to prepare the process?  Which pictures to chose? At what ages? These questions are recurrent and even more important when you decide to work with […]

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Spring, at last!!

Graciela Bombalova Sunday May 3rd, 2020

After too many days of quarantine we where allowed to make sport and long walks…at last!  So I took my time enjoying the spring and collecting some flowers near home.

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