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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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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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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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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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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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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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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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