It’s been a long time since I posted on my blog for the last time… I had a busy summer, working on my orders and cooperating for the development of the first soft pastel handmade brand, in Spain. The Mamut pastels. This makes me proud and happy because the pastels are really special and already […]
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New soft pastel portrait
This is one of my last pastel portraits… I am so happy with it that I thought it would be great to share it here in my blog. I think it has a very fresh spring look, as the girl´s expression, which I love.. I just recently knew, as a curious detail, that the dress […]
Continue readingNew Pastel portrait painting process on my YouTube channel, working with MAMUT handmade soft pastels
This is the last Soft Pastel portrait video I made for my Youtube Instructional channel. I have decided to edit this video in a different way this time. It goes slower than the others and it is also larger… Almost 25 minutes! The double than my other pastel portrait videos. This is because several of […]
Continue readingPastel portrait process of a child
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, […]
Continue readingBack to the Instructional videos
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 […]
Continue readingFeatured on the cover magazine of the Pastel Society of Victoria, in Australia
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 […]
Continue readingA new pastel portrait. The process step by step
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 […]
Continue readingPortrait of a friend. Experimenting with Pan Pastel
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 […]
Continue readingHow to prepare the pictures for the portraits when there is more than one kid in the family?
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 […]
Continue readingDaniel Greene, in memoriam.
It has taken me several days to find the words to express the sadness I feel, after knowing that Daniel Greene, the Master Pastelist, had died. It is a big loss for the art and especially for us, the pastelists. I never had the privilege, neither the luck, to meet him personally. But I feel […]
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