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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Its been really tough to beat the heat this past week. The recent rains down here in the valley brought the humidity up and the mosquitoes came out. During a recent trip to HEB, I decided to treat my wife to a bottle of Coca-Cola (bottled in Mexico). I think it’s her favorite soft drink. Hopefully the conditions in Mexico will change in the near future and I will...
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This month the RGVAS Summer Camp will be drawing attention to movies with special focus on musicals, animation, black and white comedies, and westerns. During their time in my studio we will be working on a painting with a western theme. When I think of westerns, I picture open desert with scattered cactus. Last night my daughter and I worked on an example for the...
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It has been a while since I’ve added any new info here, so let me try and catch up on a few things. I officially completed my first year with RGVAS this past February, it was a very exciting experience and I’m still working on ways to improve the class. This past spring one of my students entered the art competition at the Rio Grande Valley Livestock Show...
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So the final details are still being hammered out, but I was given the opportunity to create a logo to represent this years summer camp at the Rio Grand Valley Arts Studio. There will be 3 camps through out the summer, each with its own theme. My design incorporates all 3 of those themes; they can be categorized as: musicals, movies and pop culture. I was given full...
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Well I did some spring cleaning around the website (still making minor adjustments). This May will mark my blogs 1year anniversary but I didn’t want to wait that long to make some changes. As you can see they are some pretty big differences. I wanted this site too look a little more clean, and I really wanted to add some sort of wow to the homepage. I chose this...
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Well the studio is closed for the week of spring break so I bought myself a small pack of watercolors. Here are some quick watercolor studies that I’ve done over the break. Its good practice and lots of fun. If you try it on your own remember that it works best with a thicker type of paper that can absorb more water, and that the paper will warp some after...
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