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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New 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 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 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 readingPastel painting exhibition; “Touching the color, The renewal of Pastel” (1)
I have been waiting for an exhibition like this since.…always! It was a great opportunity to be able to see all these amazing pastel paintings beautifully arranged, all together in one single place. The “Casa Garriga Nogues”, in Barcelona. A selection of dozens of different works; Original pieces from artists of the last 2 centuries, […]
Continue readingPastel Portrait process of a very charismatic girl
This is a Pastel portrait I ´m very happy with! The girl is really beautiful in a graceful way and because of that, it was quite difficult and delicate to capture her well… I´ve enjoyed making her portrait and fortunately, I have several pictures taken during the process. I´ve worked this painting on Canson Mi […]
Continue readingRamon Casas Exhibition, a 19th century catalan painter
It is not easy to watch several original pieces of Ramon Casas, Catalan painter from XIX century, together… However, it is rarer to assist to a gallery where all the works, almost 35, of this great painter are for sale! There is an exhibition of this great painter in the Gothsland Gallery, in Barcelona, until […]
Continue readingOil portrait painting of a boy
This is something I am very happy to share with you!! “Stunning. A true master artist. From one photograph shared 1,000s of miles away, Graciela captured the spirit and beauty of my son in an art form that supersedes the southern portraiture companies I entertained. The final product looks more like him and his spirit […]
Continue readingEvolution portraits, Video Art
I think this is a very interesting art video for those who love to paint portraits! The subtile evolution of the faces is fascinating… All of us who have tried to paint a face know how little details can change completely the idea of the subject or their personality. For the first track from her […]
Continue reading10 ways to improve your photos for portrait painting of children
How to take good pictures for Painting portrait and how to develop your skills to make better pictures and get better painting portraits? This post could perfectly be the second part of “How to make good photos for painting portrait? Reflexions on how to turn your photo into a painting. (part 1)“. 10 Ways to Take […]
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