New pastel portrait
Made a new pastel portrait today on Mi-Teintes pastel paper. I love pastel, you can do so much with it and create so many different looks! Here in this portrait I especially love the texture, and the colors as well.…
Let’s Face It 2020 starts January 6 – Join us now!
Let's Face It 2020 is starting very soon and I'm so excited to be teaching in this awesome class again! Join us for 50 weeks of portrait and figurative art lessons from a variety of teachers.
Pastel portrait – working on a new class!
I have been filming for a new online pastel portrait class that I'm developing! So exciting, but can't tell you the details yet, it's still evolving! :-) I loved working on this portrait, it really was an awesome project to…
Black & White
Believe it or not, but my initial plan for this portrait was to work in color, lol! ;-) But yes, I ended up working in black and white. I had so much fun working in this free and loose way!…
VLOG | Let’s go to the Rijksmuseum to see my charcoal portrait
My work is selected for the Long Live Rembrandt exhibition in the renowned Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam! I've made a little vlog of our trip from our home to the Rijksmuseum and our visit there. And of course some pictures of the official opening!
Texture and color
I've been working with texture and color today, using a combination of paint, charcoal, and pastel. Love working loose & free like this!
Working with charcoal
What a lovely Sunday! I've been playing with mixed media, paint and charcoal all afternoon and part of the evening. It's been a while since I've painted, but had a lot of fun with it. Working with texture, values, and…
Yes! My work is selected for the Rembrandt exhibition in Rijksmuseum Amsterdam!
YES!!! I GOT THROUGH THE FINAL SELECTION! I can hardly believe it, but today I received an email confirming that my charcoal drawing is selected for the summer exhibition "Long Live Rembrandt" (Lang Leve Rembrandt) in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam!…
I made it to the finals! Rembrandt exhibition Rijksmuseum
I'm super excited and honored to be in the second & final selection round for the exhibition Long Live Rembrandt in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam! Over 8,390 artworks inspired by Rembrandt were sent in, and 600 of them are now…
Do you know the differences? An introduction to acrylic gels and mediums
‘Gloss gel medium’, ‘matte medium’, ‘heavy gel’, ‘pouring medium’… If you’ve worked with acrylic paint for some time you’ve probably heard these terms before, but it can be quite confusing. What are gels and mediums exactly? And what can they be used for?
