Category Archives: painting

3/4

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Here´s the portrait of my younger sister. This one posed a challenge for me because it was the first time I had 3/4 profile portrait to do. Noses are tricky! But I´m happy with the result – and I believe … Continue reading

First portrait in 2012

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Setting up goals for 2011 and sharing them worked like a charm for me: I really made an effort to accomplish those objectives. A post on the subject is in progress and coming soon. This year, one of my goals … Continue reading

March Challenge wrap up

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My March Challenge consisted of painting every weekday of the month, be it 30 minutes or 3 hours. It was a very good project for me, because the constancy that it required bore its fruits. Most of the days, I … Continue reading

Second portrait

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March Challenge is underway here and so far it has produced very unexpected results. First, I finally tried my hand at portraits; second, and most important, I´m enjoying painting portraits very, very much. I didn´t expect that! Then, I found … Continue reading

First portrait

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This was the first of the paintings done during my March Challenge. It is also the first time I tried my hand at portraits, and I loved it. It´s acrylic on canvas, 60cm x 80cm (23.6in x 31.4in). I´m now … Continue reading

March challenge so far

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The other day I mentioned my March challenge, to paint every weekday of the month, be it half an hour or three hours. Sticking to it has been more or less easy (last Friday was a challenge, I must admit) … Continue reading

March is for challenge

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I challenged myself with painting every weekday during the month of March. So far, so good, and the fruits of this challenge are obvious: I spend more time doing something I really love and my brain, my eyes and hands … Continue reading

Goal #3: accomplished!

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One of the 12 goals for the new year – as seen in the January issue of my e-zine – was to have my own art show. I can now happily say that I did accomplish this goal last Thursday, … Continue reading

Life in Panama

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The other day I was painting away on my balcony. There´s plenty of sea view (I can even see the entrance to the Canal) but there´s also this view: And as latin as Panama is, everytime I step on the … Continue reading

After many, many months…

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…I´m painting again and it feels so good. I missed all the brushes and colours and the freedom they contain in themselves. Painting makes me happy. (more photos here)

Autumn

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With the end of the summer break, painting classes resumed in the beginning of March. We started with a fixed pose – and a canvas resulted – and then the quick exercises that I love. It´s good to be painting … Continue reading