Ever since I can remember; my grandparents have always taken care of cows. I loved going from one ranch to another to see them feed the cows. My favorite part would be sitting in the truck bed and watching the cows follow as if were on a cattle drive. Now that I am all grown up, I enjoy taking my daughter along on trips like that so she can yell “moo!!” to...
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Here are some finished projects from the past couple of weeks. Each by a different student. I wish everyone a Merry Christmas and hope to see all of my students when January comes around.
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Welcome fall weather! The air is cool this morning and my students have put together some really nice pumpkin drawings together. Once these drawings were completed, the students had the chance to convert their compositions into larger paintings; which are now hanging on the wall outside the art classroom at the RGVAS. Keep a look out for future updates featuring new...
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Here are photos from our final summer camp of the year at RGVAS. The camps were very successful and we all had a great time. The theme of the week was Pop Culture and I had the students create some Soda Pop Art!
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Well this past week I set out to create my first watercolor portrait. I completed it, to a certain degree. One of the easiest subjects for me to do any project on would have to be my daughter, I have an expansive library of photos featuring her to choose from. I began the project with a plan and had to adjust and re-think my composition as the project progressed. I do...
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Lighting is such a big part of any art work, whether is in photography, painting, pre-production, post-production and especially when being exhibited. This became extremely evident to me this past week as I was working on an old project at home. I started a painting of a fireworks stand a few months ago at my studio (RGVAS). The room is lit with several flourescent lights...
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This past week, while my my daughter was participating in dance classes at RGVAS, I was able to finish up a long over due project. The idea for this painting came to me back in late February as I was doing research for a mural at Harlingen Medical Center. At that time I created a digital version of what I really wanted to paint. The projects are similar in many ways yet...
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The July summer camp at RGVAS was all about exploring movies. The final genre of the week was westerns. In my opinion, nothing says western like a desert sunset. I wanted the kids to experience something new this month so we started our paintings by applying color with palate knives. This months group of students created their own composition studying my painting...
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