Pastel painting exhibition; “Touching the color, The renewal of Pastel” (2)
The 18thCentury as a Mirror Although pastel is a technique saw a formidable rise in popularity during the 18thcentury, to the pointed situating itself as an equal in comparison to other techniques, it...
View ArticleARABIAN FANTASY, Orientalist Painting in Spain, 1860-1900
I love to visit exhibitions! And I thought that it would be a great idea to start the year with a special one that I have visited recently, and that reflects the Orientalist Painting in Spain from 1860...
View ArticleOdilon Redon and his Pastel technique
After my last visit to the Pastel exhibition in Barcelona, I felt very pensive about Redón’s works… I knew that the pastels of this surrealist painter had a power of color, very different from the...
View ArticlePortrait 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...
View ArticleA 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...
View ArticlePastel 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…...
View ArticleNew Pastel portrait painting process on my YouTube channel, working with...
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...
View ArticleNew 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...
View ArticleOil portrait painting of a child
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...
View ArticleParticipating in the first Yiqing Lian 2021 Soft pastel exhibition, in China!
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...
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