Workshop I recently attended a plein aire workshop in Hot Springs village with Richard McKinley from May 7-11. There were 18 artists in attendance, and although the heat and humidity were exceptionally high we had a wonderful time. If you ever get the chance to attend one of his workshops it is amazing! We compared …
Today – April 14 Taking all sorts of reference photos here in San Diego, at Seaport Village, night scenes in the gaslight district and downtown, in the wine country at Temecula; I even recruited a couple of models in Temecula and in old town San Diego. They allowed me to take reference photos for …
Today – April 7 Back to my UART black paper and another floral. I intend to finish this one and start a series of animal portraits and recruit models for portraits as well. Will be trying velour paper as soon as I get back from a trip to San Diego this week. Comments …
Today -March 25 I am working today on Senellier La Carte pastel paper. It is a very different texture for me but I see wonderful portraits online with this paper. I’m working on a hermit crab with a lot of barnacles from a trip to the coast last year and although it I a different …
Today – March 18, 2108 Trying different papers again. I’m using Colorfix Plein Aire board in an Aubergine color for a portrait and I am thoroughly enjoying it. Comments I enjoy receiving your comments and questions. Please leave them below – Claudia Note: I may have affiliate links in my posts which provide me with …
Today – March 10 Since the UART worked so well on florals, I decided to try other things on it and so far I’ve done two portraits, a landscape, and a still life as well. Love this paper. Comments I enjoy your comments and questions, please leave them below – Claudia
Today – March 3 Working on florals, a series of them, on UART black paper. This is a new paper for me and I’m afraid I’m hooked. I didn’t think I liked flowers at all but this paper makes them so very easy to paint. Comments I welcome comments and questions, please leave them below. …
Today – Feb 28 2018 I’m working on a sunset scene, a study really, at my friend’s studio today. I like certain things about it, enough that I will probably paint a larger version of it on UART or Premier paper. I’ve learned some things about this and have been working on my values rather …
Daily Journal Today is Friday, February 9th and my very first journal entry. I hope to be able to share some of my work (both in progress and finished) with my family and friends around the world. I love to create my pastel artwork and according to my mentor, I’m getting better at it. -Claudia …