Estasi di Santa Teresa

Gian Lorenzo Bernini

Facial Expressions workshop with Orly Avineri

This weekend I got to attend a 3-day workshop given by Orly Avineri. The title, Facial Expressions intrigued me because I had taken one from her a few years ago where we made a...

My Bird Nest

I have a friend that has a nest collection, one that has a million bird nests in her horse barn and a teacher that talks about them like they are SO very special (which they...

Catwoman Week- Camren Bicondova!

Catwoman week concludes with the most recent portrayal of Selena Kyle, Camren Bicodova from the TV show Gotham. I debated including her in the group as my usual criteria for...

Catwoman Week- Anne Hathaway!

It might be Monday but it's still “Catwoman Week”! Today's Catwoman is Anne Hathaway , who played Gotham's most notorious cat burglar in 2012's “The Dark Knight Rises”. One...

These Surreal Photos Were All Created Without Photoshop

Photographer John Dykstra says he believes in the power of perspective. His surreal photo style is created entirely with practical effects and simple ingredients - things like...

Spacious kitchen

On My Easel Dancer Portrait - oil pastel portrait in progress

At first, I thought the model looked like a woman who wanted to be asked to dance - the tango, maybe. Then I let myself be led by the drawing process to where I am now. Not...

Lama Yesha Palmo

When my plane landed in Nantucket , Glen Weimer, my host was still with a client doing body work, so I couldn't go straight to his home. Instead, I caught a taxi to the Family...

Skinny girl nude charcoal drawing

8x6 charcoal on Strathmore paper

How to Generate Painting Ideas

'Joyful' 5x7 pastel ©Karen Margulis sold It is hard to get started. There always seems to be something else that needs to get done. Painting time often takes a back seat...

Pastel in Covilhã, Portugal

Our friend Pastel is currently in Portugal where he was invited to work on a large new mural somewhere on the streets of Covilhã. Specialising in painting plants, the...

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