I recently received a very special letter from China! I was contacted to participate in the First Yiqing Lian 2021 Soft pastel Exhibition, in China, something that made me very excited! The event was organized by the Federation of Literary and Art Circles of Xiangzhou District, Zhuhai City, and the “Association of Artists and Pastel […]
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Visiting La Alhambra in Granada
I haven’t blogged for a long time. The rhythm of the days is becoming somewhat monotonous and the desire to travel insists more and more! With great affection, I open our folders of photos taken during the last great trip we made with my family, just before the second confinement by the Covid. I published then the […]
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 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 readingSpring, at last!!
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.
Continue readingHappy Easter!!
On these dates, we always celebrate the Orthodox Easter at home and paint colored eggs all together, around the table, with the materials on hand. Since we are under a quarantine in Spain these days and most of the shops are closed, we have had to improvise. We did not find white eggs or special […]
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