I made this Pastel portrait, step by step, a few months ago. It is the third portrait commission I get from this family. This time my model was a beautiful young girl dressed in ‘faralaes’, something very characteristic of southern Spain. I only had at my disposition low-quality photos, taken from afar and with a […]
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Sometimes dreams come true! We all dream of things we would like to do or achieve. And for me, those dreams are in colors…! Visiting the factory of Schmincke, one of my favorite Soft Pastel brands and one which I have been working with almost every day for many, many years now, has always been a great […]
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When Art and portraiture meet Technology, strange things happen! How portrait painting and technology can match? I received a few months ago, an intriguing letter from an Associate Professor at the CTU in Prague. The CTU is the Czech Technical University in Prague. One of the largest universities in the Czech Republic, and one of […]
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The “Red pen” I use…That big mystery! There are a lot of useful tools for drawing and painting, a lot of different and interesting drawing materials on the market and this post is about one of them. This is a post about the “Red pen” I use in my youtube Pastel portrait videos and in my […]
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