tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85765175478375827752024-03-13T04:10:50.627-07:00The Candle and The BrushThe Art Adventure of Candela RiceCandela http://www.blogger.com/profile/05283604266490816089noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8576517547837582775.post-8130983968894900822018-01-16T11:54:00.000-08:002018-01-16T12:08:04.559-08:00Oil bars/ pigment sticks/ solid oil paint.<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Painting of Barrio La Boca (Argentina) done with oil bars, by me.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> Paining of a fall tree done with oil bars, by me.</td></tr>
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<span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">Hello everyone! Happy 2018! Hope your January is going well. It's frigid here in Wisconsin, but it has been sunny, and that always is a big plus. Really quick (before my kids need me again!), I got some serious goodness for Christmas: SOLID OIL PAINTS, say whaaaahh!?!?! I'm in love. I played with them a few nights ago and came up with three very different types of paintings. These solid paints are very thick and not very precise (like giant crayons), so I'd say they're great for larger surfaces and more challenging for small paintings like these. But overall, they definitely have a place for the artist who has very little time (like me!). They are very portable and practical and require very little set up or clean up. They dry within a day or two (a bit faster than regular paint). The painting of "El Barrio la Boca" and the one of the flowers were done exclusively with the oil bars. The painting of the fall tree was initially drawn in ink, then colored with watercolor pencils and then painted over with the oil bars for some textured details. I like how they all turned out! I'm VERY excited to be able to paint with oils again. Hope you give them a try!</span></span></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Hola a todos! Feliz 2018! Espero que esten disfrutando del mes de enero. Aqui esta super frio en Wisconsin, pero hay sol, y eso ayuda mucho a sobrellevarlo :) Les cuento rapidito (antes de que mis ninitos me necesiten otra vez!), recibi un regalo maravilloso para Navidad: PINTURAS AL OLEO EN BARRA... son increiiiiiblesss!! Hace un par de noches me sente a probarlas y cree tres tipos de pinturas bien diferentes. Estas pinturas en barra son bastante gruesas y no muy precisas (como un crayon gigante), entonces les diria que son excelentes para superficias grandes y mas desafiantes para trabajar en pinturas pequenas como las que hice yo. Pero, mas alla de eso, definitivamente tienen un gran valor para los artistas con muy poquito tiempo (como yo!). Son portatiles y practicas y requieren muy poquita preparacion de materiales o limpieza posterior. Se secan en 24 a 48 horas (un poquito mas rapido que la pintura al oleo regular). La pintura del "Barrio La Boca" y la de las flores fueron creadas utilizando exclusivamente las pinturas al oleo en barra. La pintura del arbol de otono fue primero dibujada con tinta, despues pintada con lapices de acuarela y finalmente pintada con el oleo en barra para crear detalles y textura. Estoy feliz con los resultados! Y estoy MUY feliz de poder pintar con oleos otra vez. Espero que prueben las pinturas en barra si pueden!</i></span></span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><br /></i></span></span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Candela</i></span></span><br />
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By the amount of floral paintings I've been doing you'd think I'd have a beautiful garden of flowers on my front yard. I'm sad to confess that I don't know a thing about flowers. The few that I have on my front and backyard are perennials that someone planted some time before we moved into this house. Without my doing a thing, those beautiful flowers come to me every year; in spite of the most harsh winter weather (and the minimal yard work I like to do when Spring comes). I'm grateful for perennials! But, hey... today, for the first time ever, I bought some gorgeous lilies AND planted them on my front yard. I'm so proud... I walked by that area afterwards like five times just to see my beautiful new yellow lilies.<br />
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ANYWAYS, painting. This was a quick one inspired by the many gorgeous watercolor creations found at the <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/gardenblooms?ref=l2-shopheader-name" target="_blank">"Garden Blooms"</a> shop on Etsy.com. I don't even know how many paintings that woman has produced, but they are all beautiful. Go check it out!<br />
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<i>Uno pensaria que, por la cantidad de pinturas florales que he estado haciendo últimamente yo soy una de esas personas que tiene un jardin de flores hermoso. Lamentablemente tengo que confesar que no se nada de flores. Las pocas que crecen en mi jardín del frente o en el patio son perennes y fueron plantadas por alguien, en algún momento, antes de que nosotros viniéramos a esta casa. Sin que yo mueva un dedo, las valientes flores vuelven todos los años a pesar de los inviernos tan bravos de la zona. Estoy tan agradecida por esas florcitas! Pero les cuento con tanta alegría que hoy, por primera vez en mi vida, compre unos lirios y LOS PLANTE en el jardín del frente. Me siento realizada... después de plantarlos, pase por esa parte de la casa como cinco veces solo para admirar a mi hermosa planta nueva de lirios amarillos. </i></div>
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<i>EN FIN, al grano, pintura. Esta pintura fue una rapidita inspirada por las tantas hermosas creaciones que se encuentran en la tienda virtual <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/gardenblooms?ref=l2-shopheader-name" target="_blank">"Garden Blooms"</a> en Etsy.com. No tengo idea cuantas pinturas esa señora ha hecho, pero estan todas hermosas. Vayan a verlas que no tiene desperdicio!</i></div>
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Every time I see geraniums I remember my childhood, especially the walks to and from kindergarten and early elementary school in the city of Cordoba, Argentina. I had this weakness for flowers... I'd cut them by hand (from people's gardens, without permission!) and then give them to my mom when I got home. But, as you may imagine, one day I got caught and that stopped my weakness (at least the "without permission" part of it). This one old lady saw me from behind her window when I was cutting one of her geraniums from her front yard. She knocked on the glass so loudly I just opened my eyes really wide, dropped the flower on the sidewalk and started running as fast as I could. I'm pretty sure I'll never forget what I felt that afternoon. I think it was on that day that my mom taught me to ask the home owners for a flower or two every once in a while. To my surprise, all of them were always more than happy to share their blooms with me!<br />
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The other day I came along this beautiful watercolor painting on Pinterest that led me to this gorgeous Etsy shop called <a href="https://www.etsy.com/people/gardenblooms" target="_blank">Garden Blooms</a>. It's a pity the name of the painter isn't there, but she sure paints beautiful flowers. She inspired me to copy her geraniums so I become more familiar with using watercolor pencils and paints. I made the same painting using these two mediums. <br />
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<i>Cada vez que veo geranios me acuerdo de mi infancia, especialmente de las caminatas desde la escuela a mi casa cuando estaba en el jardin de infantes o los primeros grados de la escuela primaria en la ciudad de Cordoba, Argentina. Yo tenia una debilidad seria por las flores ajenas... me acuerdo que las cortaba con la mano (sin permiso!) y despues se las daba a mi mama cuando llegaba a casa. Pero, como se imaginaran, un dia me vieron hacer esto y eso paro mi debilidad (al menos lo de "no pedir permiso"). Una viejita me vio desde detras de su ventana cuando yo estaba cortando unos geranios de su jardin. Golpeo la ventana tan fuerte que lo unico que pude hacer fue abrir los ojos super grandes, tirar la flor en la vereda y largarme a correr con todas mis fuerzas. Estoy segura de que nunca voy a olvidar lo que senti esa tarde. Creo que fue ese dia que mi mama me enseno a pedir permiso a los duenos de casa para cortar una que otra florcita de vez en cuando. Me sorprendio ver que siempre que pedia permiso, la gente estaba mas que dispuesta a compartir sus flores conmigo!</i><br />
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<i>El otro dia me encontre con esta hermosa pintura de acuarelas de unos geranios en Pinterest que me llevo a este shop hermoso en Etsy.com llamado <a href="https://www.etsy.com/people/gardenblooms" target="_blank">Garden Blooms</a>. Es una lastima que no tenga el nombre de la artista, porque sus pinturas son hermosas. Ella me inspiro a copiar sus geranios para familiarizarme mas con la tecnica de los lapices y las pinturas de acuarela. Pinte la misma imagen usando estos dos medios (lapices y pinturas).</i><br />
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After coloring all the areas I wanted to cover with the watercolor pencils, I painted them with water and the picture came to life! What a fun process. But I still don't think I know what I'm doing... some areas didn't become as dark as I had hoped them to be, so I went back with the pencils and added more pigment to them, only to find out the water wouldn't dissolve the color on the second try. When I produced the same painting with the watercolor paints, the process wasn't only waaaay faster, it also turned out as dark as I had hoped without much effort. I'll keep playing with those pencils and see if I learn to understand them better :) </div>
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<i>Despues de colorear todas las areas que queria con los lapices de acuarela, las pinte con agua y la imagen se lleno de vida! Que proceso mas diverdido, la verdad. Pero todavia pienso que no tengo idea de lo que estoy haciendo... algunas areas no se oscurecieron tanto como yo queria, entonces volvi a repasarlas con los lapices, solo para darme cuenta de que los colores no se disolvian con el agua en el segundo intento. Cuando cree la misma imagen directamente con las pinturas de acuarela, el proceso fue mucho mas rapido y los colores se ven mas intensos sin tanto esfuerzo. Voy a seguir experimentando con esos lapices y ver si aprendo a entenderlos mejor :)</i></div>
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<i><br /></i>Candela http://www.blogger.com/profile/05283604266490816089noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8576517547837582775.post-58622527932532002302017-05-15T18:36:00.000-07:002017-05-15T18:36:46.524-07:00Vegetables!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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My kitchen needs a bit of color, so I decided to paint some vegetables that would bring that in. As I was painting them, I realized that I need to consume a wider variety of vegetables. Like, for example, I don't even remember when it was the last time that I ate anything with beet in it... or asparagus! So, may this painting be a reminder to add some of these vegetables to my grocery list!<br />
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<i>Mi cocina necesita un poquito de color, asi que decidi pintar unas verduritas para que aportaran diversidad a la pared. Mientras las pintaba, me di cuenta de que yo deberia comer una variedad mas amplia de verduras. Por ejemplo, ni siquiera me acuerdo cuando fue la ultima vez que comi remolacha... o esparrago! Asi que, que esta pintura me sirva como recordatorio para agregar mas vegetales a mi lista del super!</i><br />
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I finally used that tea dyed paper I had from last week. I painted these colorful birds inspired by Lucia Stewart's paintings (you can click on this link, <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/stressiecat?ref=profile_shopicon" target="_blank">Lucia Stewart's Etsy Shop</a>, to see more of her hilarious creations!). I started it with ink, then watercolor pencils, and then some final touches with watercolor paints. I think it turned out cute!<div>
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<i>Finalmente pude usar ese papel que había tenido con te negro la semana pasada. Pinte estos pajaritos coloridos inspirados por las pinturas de Lucia Stewart (pueden hacer click en este link, <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/stressiecat?ref=profile_shopicon" target="_blank">Tienda de Etsy de Lucia Stewart</a>, para ver mas de sus pinturas llenas de humor). Comence la pintura con tinta, después con lapices de acuarela y para finalizar, unos toques de pintura de acuarela. Quedo linda, no?</i><div>
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It's been a fun week here in Wisconsin. "Fun" for those who are indoor-sey like me and feel inspired by cold days with constant rain! Days like these make me more productive when it comes to painting, or cleaning the house. I like them a lot :) Let me show you what I've been up to in the last few days.</div>
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<i>Ha sido una semana divertida aqui en Wisconsin. "Divertida" para aquellos que, como yo, prefieren estar adentro y se sienten inspirados en dias frios y lluviosos! Dias como estos me hacen mas productiva en cuanto a pintar algo o a limpiar mi casa, me encantan :) Ahora les muestro lo que hice estos dias que pasaron.</i></div>
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A friend of mine sent us a beautiful Thank You card full of flowers that spoke to my heart! Thank you for the inspiration, Christine Trask! Here's what I painted in watercolors: </div>
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<i>Una amiga me mando una hermosa tarjeta de agradecimiento llena de flores que me inspiraron! Gracias Christine Trask! Aqui esta lo que pinte con acuarelas: </i></div>
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<i>Despues encontre un articulo en algun lado en internet que hablaba de que se podia tenir papel de acuarelas con te negro. Tuve que hacer el experimento! Teni el papel y esta seco ahora, despues les muestro lo que hice con el.</i></div>
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Last Friday, my friend Melanie came over to paint with me for a few hours while our little ones played. She owns a beautiful set of watercolor pencils that I desperately needed to play with! They are so fun to use. I need to get myself some! Thank goodness for weekly coupons to craft stores that make those purchases possible :) I think the cards made with those pencils turned out cute. I used two different methods with each one. The first card (darker one) is the result of drawing everything first with the pencils and then going over with a wet brush. The second one (lighter) happened as I got the paper wet first and then drew on it with the watercolor pencils. I think I like the first method better.</div>
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<i>El viernes pasado, mi amiga Melanie vino a mi casa a pintar y dibujar conmigo mientras nuestros pequenitos jugaban juntos. Ella tiene un hermoso set de lapices de acuarela que yo tenia que probar desesperadamente! Son increibles. Necesito comprarme unos! Que bueno que existen cupones de descuento semanales a tiendas de manualidades para hacer esas compras posibles :) Creo que las tarjetas que cree con esos lapices quedaron lindas. Use dos metodos diferentes con cada una. La primera (la mas oscura) la logre al pintar todo primero con los lapices y despues pasar el pincel con agua por arriba. La segunda (la mas clara) se dio al mojar el papel primero y pintar con los lapices sobre papel mojado. Me parece que me gusta mas el primer metodo.</i><br />
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In a nutshell, I had a blast making these little cards. It's interesting how necessary it is for me (and I believe it's true for many people!) to create something whenever possible. I can go for a while without making something, but after some time SOMETHING inside me itches to the point where I absolutely NEED to create something. No matter how small or quick, it's a need. It makes me happier and it makes my life more meaningful. I hope you all out there find time to create something whenever you can.<br />
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<i>En fin, la pase muy bien creando estas tarjetitas. Es interesante lo necesario que es para mi (y creo yo que este es el caso para la mayoria de la gente!) crear algo cuando pueda. Pueden pasar unos cuantos dias sin hacerlo, pero despues de un tiempo ALGO adentro mio tiembla al punto que es absolutamente NECESARIO crear algo. No importa cuan pequeno o simple, es una necesidad. Me hace feliz y hace de mi vida algo mas significativo. Espero que todos ustedes encuentren el tiempo para crear algo, cuando sea que puedan. </i><br />
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Well, it's been a while! But man it's good to blog again... even if it's for ten minutes (before I fall asleep!). Painting takes energy, creative energy... which I don't seem to have much of at the end of the day, when I'm free to paint. Oil painting requires me to set up quite a few supplies and then clean up everything, so that's another reason why I haven't painted much with oils lately. BUT I'm happy to report that I have been painting SOMETHING... even if it's just for a few minutes here and there. I've been painting with watercolors. I never took a class where I learned well how to use watercolors, and they tend to do whatever they want on paper, so I'm still trying to figure out how to best work with them without getting too frustrated. It's been fun, though. Easy to use and easy to clean. In the last few weeks I painted these cute little cards with Forget-Me-Not flowers for a church event we're having next month.<br />
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<i>Bueno, tanto tiempo! Pero que bien se siente poder escribir otra vez... aunque sea por diez minutos (antes de que me quede dormida!). Pintar requiere energia, energia creativa... de la cual me queda muy poquito al final del dia, cuando tengo tiempo para pintar. El pintar con oleos requiere que prepare varios elementos de trabajo y que limpie todo al terminar, otra razon por la que no he pintado mucho con oleos ultimamente. PERO estoy feliz de contarles que he pintado ALGO... aunque solo sea por unos minutos aqui y alli. He estado pintando con acuarelas. Nunca tome una clase de acuarelas, y medio que tienden a hacer lo que ellas quieren en el papel (mas alla de lo que una ponga con el pincel), asi que sigo tratando de ver como trabajar con este medio sin frustrarme tanto. Pero la verdad es que ha sido divertido. Se usa y se limpia facilmente. En las ultimas semanas pinte estas tarjetitas lindas de florcitas "No me olvides" para una actividad de la iglesia del mes que viene. </i><br />
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This afternoon, while the house was quiet and my little boy was painting with watercolors, I painted these little birds and house. Both ideas came from Pinterest. They were a study before painting on watercolor paper.<br />
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<i>Bueno amigos, espero que podamos conectarnos de alguna manera antes de que pase mucho tiempo. Que tengan un hermoso resto de la semana!</i></div>
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It's good to write a few lines again! I've been meaning to tell you about my latest painting. This one has been in the making for a long time. About one and a half years ago, when my dad came to visit me for the birth of our daughter, I asked him to draw the Manti temple for me. I had seen this painting online by Corsetti a long time ago and we used it as a model. My dad can draw buildings pretty well and pretty fast (two things that I wish I had inherited!).<br />
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<i>Que lindo es sentarse a escribir un poquito otra vez! He querido contarles acerca de mi ultima pintura. Ha estado en proceso desde hace bastante. Hace un anio y medio aproximadamente, cuando mi papa vino a visitarme por el nacimiento de nuestra hija, le pedi que me dibujara el templo de Manti. Yo había visto esta pintura de Corsetti y la usamos como modelo. Mi papa puede dibujar edificios muy bien y rápidamente (dos cosas que desearía haber heredado!).</i></div>
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Now, you may wonder why I wanted him to draw this specific building for me. Eight years ago, my husband and I got married in this temple. It means a lot to me and it's a symbol of the promises that we made to each other on that day. I have a photograph of the Manti temple on the wall of our living room, but I've always wanted to paint it as well.<br />
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<i>Ahora, puede que se pregunten por que le pedi a mi papa que me dibuje este edificio. Ocho años atrás, mi esposo y yo nos casamos en este templo. Significa mucho para mi y es un símbolo de las promesas que nos hicimos el uno al otro ese dia. Tengo una foto del templo de Manti en mi living, pero siempre quise pintarlo.</i><br />
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Well, like I said, one and a half years have past, and I finally decided to add my part to my dad's drawing and paint it. It helped that I wanted to present it for a Talent Show in our church a few days ago. Deadlines can be a blessing for procrastinators like me ;) Here are some pictures.</div>
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<i>Bueno, como les decía, un anio y medio ha pasado y finalmente me decidí a agregarle mi parte al dibujo de mi papa. Me ayudo el querer terminarla para un show de talentos que tuvimos en la iglesia hace unos días. Fechas de entrega... a veces pueden ser una bendición para aquellos que nos gusta posponer ;) Aca les muestro unas fotos.</i><br />
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It was truly so nice to write down my dad's and my name on this painting! It is now a keepsake of my dad's talents and my efforts. When I was a little girl I always enjoyed watching my dad draw. He completed most of his training in architecture back in the day when all of the drawings were done by hand. I loved looking at his drafting table, his papers, markers, brushes, paints and ink bottles... it was all magical to me! With time I inherited many of his materials and I sure enjoyed using them!! Thank you, Dad, for sharing the joy of drawing with me since my childhood!<br />
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<i>Fue tan lindo poder firmar la pintura con ambos nombres! Esta pintura me queda como un recuerdo del talento de mi querido papa y de mi esfuerzo. Cuando era chica siempre disfrutaba de ver a mi papa dibujar, quien completo gran parte de la carrera de arquitectura en los días donde se dibujaba todo a mano. Me encantaba mirar su tablero, sus papeles, marcadores, pinceles, pinturas y botellas de tinta... para mi todo era mágico! Con el tiempo el me regalo muchos de sus materiales y los disfrute al máximo. Gracias papa por compartir el gozo del dibujo conmigo desde tan chiquita!</i><br />
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<i>No se por que, pero me encanta usar MUCHA pintura para los detalles que pongo aquí y allí en la pintura. Me apasiona! (el problemita es que después la pintura no se seca como por cinco días!)</i></div>
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Anyways, hope you guys are enjoying your week! We're getting quite a bit of snow in Wisconsin these days. Perfect weather for an incredible amount of hot chocolate (or Argentine Mate)!</div>
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<i>En fin, espero que estén disfrutando su semana! Nosotros aquí estamos con mucha nieve en Wisconsin. El clima perfecto para tomar mucho chocolate caliente (o mate cocido!!)</i></div>
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Hello everyone! Goodness it's been a while. Oh well, I'm excited to tell you that last night I painted a little bit. You may not know this, but I don't like watercolors very much. At least not as much as oils. But something happened last week that made me want to give watercolors a try: I bought a phone case. My old case broke so I went online and ordered this one, simply because I fell in love with it. I don't know who the artist is, but I'll find out! I love the design, the ink and watercolor mix (at least that's what I think it is!). So anyways, that little illustration has inspired me to what I painted and drew last night.</div>
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<i>Hola gente! Cuanto hace que no nos comunicamos! Y bue... pero estoy contenta de contarles que anoche pinte un poquito. Puede que no sepan esto, pero no me gustan mucho las acuarelas. Al menos, no me gustan tanto como los oleos. Pero algo paso la semana pasada que me impulso a darle una chance a las acuarelas: compre un estuche nuevo para mi teléfono. Se me rompió el estuche que tenia antes y compre el que tengo ahora por internet. No se el nombre del artista que lo diseño, pero quiero averiguarlo. Me encanta el diseño y la ilustración. Me encanta la mezcla de tinta con acuarelas (al menos eso creo que es lo que uso el artista!). En fin, esa pequeña ilustración en el estuche de mi teléfono me inspiro a lo que dibuje y pinte anoche.</i></div>
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<i>Manana es el cumpleaños de mi amiga Nicole, así que pinte esto para crearle una tarjeta. Espero que le guste! Creo que voy a enmarcar y colgar el dibujo con tinta en mi casa... cerca de la cocina, así lo veo seguido!</i></div>
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I don't know if I ever told you this, but I LOVE Rose Datoc Dall's paintings. I've been following her work for some years now, and her art just speaks to my heart. In April of last year she taught a painting course at Southern Virginia University. She streamed two of the classes of the course live and free on YouTube. They are great classes and last about three hours each. So I decided that one day I was going to sit through the classes with brush in hand and paint along with her. Well... it only took me a year ;), but I finally sat down and painted along with her last night (thank you, Internet!). Here are the links to her classes, if you'd like to do the same (you may need to subscribe to the Southern Virginia University's YouTube channel in order to watch them... but they're free!)<br />
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<i>No se si alguna vez les conte esto, pero ME ENCANTAN las pinturas de Rose Datoc Dall. He estado siguiendo su trabajo desde hace algunos años y su arte realmente me llena el alma! En abril del </i><i>año pasado ella enseno un curso de pintura en la Universidad de Southern Virginia. Lo bueno es que filmaron dos de las clases del curso y las pusieron en YouTube en vivo y gratuitamente. Son clases muy buenas y duran como tres horas cada una. Entonces decidi que algun dia me sentaria con pincel en mano a mirarlas y a pintar con ella. Bueno... solo me llevo un </i><i>año lograrlo ;), pero ayer finalmente me sente a pintar con ella por medio del internet. Aqui les pongo los links para sus clases, si les gustaria hacer lo mismo (puede que tengan que subscribirse al canal de YouTube de Southern Virginia University para mirarlas... pero son gratis!)</i><br />
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And so you know... I struggled quite a bit with the face! I kept wiping out areas with a paper towel and starting over again.<br />
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And that's as far as I've gotten on it. She says she paints the eyes at the very end (and I'm grateful she does this, since I obviously need to fix a couple of things about those eyes!) I still have one more hour to go on the class. I LOVE how I can get back to it whenever I can (and it may be a while, although I really hope I can paint again soon!) This was PURE joy to me. Her painting technique is very direct and fast. She draws the figure with brown and gets to start with colors right away. Her style is not realistic, and she is very clear about that as she teaches and paints, but it's a beautiful and unique one. I loved following her explanations and choice of colors. It has open a ton of possibilities for me that I didn't know about before, especially when it comes to painting skin. Instead of mixing a bunch of colors beforehand, she uses a basic skin tone and adds on layers of color (wet on wet) as she goes.<br />
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<i>Y hasta aqui llegue. Ella dice que pinta los ojos al final (y yo agradecida por esa tecnica ya que, obviamente, tengo mas de una cosita que arreglare a los ojos que pinte!) Me queda una hora mas de esta clase. Me ENCANTA el hecho de que puedo volver a retomarla cuando pueda (y puede que me lleve algun tiempito, aunque realmente espero poder pintar de nuevo pronto!) Esta clase realmente me dio PURO gozo. Su tecnica de pintura es bien directa y rapida. Dibuja la figura con marron y empieza a usar los colores ahi nomas. Su estilo no es realista, y ella es bien clara en cuanto a esto cuando ensena y pinta, pero es uno hermoso y unico. Disfrute mucho de escuchar sus explicaciones y sus decisiones en cuanto a los colores. Me ha abierto la mente a un monton de posibilidades que no conocia, especialmente en cuanto a pintar los tonos de la piel. En vez de mezclar un monton de tonos antes de pintar, ella usa un tono basico para toda la piel y agrega capas de color (mojado sobre mojado o "alla prima") mientras pinta. </i> <br />
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I hope this made you want to paint! ;) Have a wonderful rest of the week.<br />
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Hello People! I can finally show you how the La Boca painting is doing. She's doing pretty well, actually! Well, I finished it last night. It was a fun painting. Biggest canvas I've ever dealt with. It felt like child's play... and it looks like it, too. That's why I like it. Fun and colorful. It's going on the wall of my entryway as a big and happy "WELCOME"!<br />
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<i>Hola gente! Finalmente puedo mostrarles como va la pintura del barrio La Boca. Va bien! La termine anoche. Fue divertido pintarla y es la mas grande que jamas he hecho (vendria a ser de 60 x 60 cm). Me senti como cuando dibujaba de nina, y se ve asi tambien! Por eso me gusta. Es divertida y colorida. La voy a colgar en la pared de la entrada de mi casa a manera de BIENVENIDA!</i> <br />
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This is from the day when I painted the light post (I guess it's better to paint something here and there than to wait until I have a large chunk of time to make a ton of progress in a painting!). I think the light post is my favorite part of this painting!<br />
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<i>Estas fotos son del dia que pude pintar el farol (me doy cuenta que es mejor pintar algun detallito aqui y alli antes de esperar a tener un monton de tiempo para avanzar mucho en una pintura!). Me parece que el farol es lo que mas me gusta de esta pintura! </i> <br />
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This is from last night, when I finally added the red benches and the art stand.<br />
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Now I need to grab a ladder and get some nails on that wall to hang this painting up. I also need to clean our entryway, since it's full of shoes with sand and salt (some of Wisconsin staples in the winter), hats, coats... and all those things that I've been postponing to do so I could paint! :)<br />
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<i>Ahora tengo que ir a agarrar una escalera para poner unos clavos sobre la pared donde la voy a colgar. Tambien necesito limpiar el hall de entrada de mi casa, ya que esta lleno de zapatos con arena y sal (propios del combatir la nieve en el invierno de Wisconsin), sombreros, abrigos... todas esas cositas que he postergado para poder pintar! :)</i> <br />
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One of my dreams is to have a house full of art made by us, that is meaningful to us. My husband started exploring photography not very long ago and is quickly learning to take beautiful pictures. My favorite ones are those of our children, or of him playing with them, or of the simple moments that make up our days and years as a family. We already have displayed several of his pictures and I'm planning on printing a bunch more and hanging them up all over. Now, when it comes to my paintings... oh, I wish I were getting better as quickly as my husband's photography sense! But I think that, deep inside, I actually am. I used to paint things that really didn't matter much to me, and in that sense, I think I've become a lot more thoughtful. I try to paint images that mean something to me. </div>
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<i>Uno de mis suenos es tener una casa llena de arte hecho por mi familia que tiene un significado especial para nosotros. Mi esposo comenzo a explorar la fotografia no hace mucho y esta aprenediendo rapidamente a sacar unas fotos hermosas. Mis favoritas son aquellas de nuestros hijos, o de el jugando con ellos, o de los simples momentos que componen nuestros dias y anios juntos como familia. Ya hemos colgado muchas fotos suyas y planeo imprimir y colgar muchas mas por toda la casa. Ahora, en cuanto a mis pinturas... oh, como me gustaria poder decir que estan mejorando tan rapidamente como el sentido fotografico de mi esposo. Pero, en realidad, cuando me pongo a pensar objetivamente, creo que si lo estoy logrando. Yo solia pintar cosas que en realidad no tenian mucho significado para mi y, en ese sentido, he mejorado. Ahora trato de pintar arte que encierra un significado personal.</i> </div>
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And this is where the photography shown above comes to play. This is a picture of the famous "La Boca" neighborhood in Buenos Aires, Argentina. I am from Argentina. I grew up and learned a whole bunch of valuable and wonderful things while I lived there. My whole family is still there and I truly appreciate my heritage. So, for a looooong time I've been looking for fun, colorful images of my country and this one easily won my heart!!!! This neighborhood represents a lot of the passion Argentines feel for both tango and soccer. Even though I've never actually been in La Boca (my brother has, though!) I've seen countless pictures of it growing up and always thought whoever chose the paint colors for the walls must be someone with a terrific sense of humor! So, I started working on it. Let me show you some progress. </div>
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<i>Y por esa misma razon puse la foto del Barrio La Boca, en Buenos Aires, Argentina, al principio de este post. Yo soy argentina. Creci y aprendi muchisimas cosas maravillosas y valiosas mientras vivi alli. Toda mi familia continua viviendo alli y sinceramente aprecio mis raices. Entonces, hace un montoooon que vengo buscando una imagen divertida y colorida de mi pais y esta se gano mi corazon el instante en que la vi!!! Este barrio representa la pasion que sienten los argentinos por el futbol y el tango. Y aunque nunca he estado alli en persona (mi hermano si!!), toda mi vida he visto fotos de este lugar. Siempre pense que quien sea que haya elegido los colores de pintura de las paredes tiene un sentido del humor excelente! Asi que, comence a trabajar en esta pintura. Les muestro un poquito de progreso. </i></div>
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About this picture... well, you can't really see any progress here, but I just needed to share with you all the excitement of opening my very first LARGE tube of white paint ever! Look at my hand and the size of that tube. I felt unstoppable!!!<br />
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<i> Y esta foto no muestra mucho progreso, pero tenia que compartir con ustedes mi alegria al abrir un pomo de pintura de este tamano. Es mi primer pomo asi de grande! Miren mi mano al lado del pomo. Me senti imparable!!!</i><br />
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And this is as far as I've gotten on it. I'm waaaaay excited about the potential of this painting! When I finish it I'll have it up in the entryway of my house. I'll show you more of what it looks like next week when (hopefully) I finish it!<br />
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<i>Y bueno, hasta aqui he llegado. Estoy re contenta con el potencial de esta pintura. Cuando la termine, la voy a colgar en la entrada de mi casa. Les voy a mostrar mas progreso cuando (cruzo los dedos) la termine la semana que viene!</i><br />
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May you all enjoy a night of uninterrupted sleep (I wrote that so you'd wish me the same: our little four-month-old princess likes to wake me up around 2 am every night!)<br />
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<i>Que todos ustedes gocen de una noche de sueno ininterrumpido (escribi eso asi ustedes me desean lo mismo: nuestra pequena princesa de cuatro meses disfruta de levantarme a las 2 de la manana cada noche!) </i><br />
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Wow, I can't believe I'm actually writing a post again. I feel triumphant! Having a new baby has changed more than one thing around here. You have no idea how long I've been meaning to sit down and, one, paint; and, two, blog about it (and get enough sleep, and get a haircut, etc.) So, I'll celebrate by hurrying up and writing this as fast as I can before one of my three children is up from his/her nap.<br />
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<i>Increible! No puedo creer que estoy sentada escribiendo un post nuevamente. Me siento triunfante! El haber tenido un bebe recientemente ha cambiado mas de una cosa por estos lados. No se dan una idea cuanto hace que quiero sentarme y, uno, pintar; y, dos, escribir en este espacio acerca de lo que pinte (y dormir mas, y cortarme el pelo, etc.) En fin, voy a celebrar esta oportunidad apurandome y escribiendo tan rapido como puedo antes de que uno de mis tres hijos se levante de su siesta.</i> <br />
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Alright... this may take longer than I thought. Where were we? Ah! My Christmas gift to myself. I got an easel. A real nice one! A big one that doesn't need my kitchen table and that can hold big paintings. I love it.<br />
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<i>A ver... uy, esto me va a llevar mas tiempo de lo que pense. Donde habiamos quedado? Ah! El regalo que me hice para Navidad. Me regale un atril. Uno bien lindo! Uno grande que no necesita mi mesa de la cocina y que aguanta lienzos para pinturas grandes. Me encanta.</i> <br />
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Also, Sara's painting. I think I'm at the end of what I can do to improve it. Last night I put it in my brand new easel and looked at it looong and hard. Talked about it with my husband, and looked at it again. I can see the things that need improvement... but I don't know how to improve them. Let me show you some pictures.<br />
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<i>Tambien queria contarles de la pintura de Sara. Creo que llegue al fin de lo que puedo lograr con esta pintura. Anoche la coloque en mi atril nuevito y la mire por un laaaargo rato. Hable de lo que pense con mi esposo y la mire un buen rato mas. Puedo ver varias cosas que necesitan mejorar... pero no se exactamente como mejorarlas. Aca les muestro unas fotos.</i><br />
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1- The tones on her face look a bit unfinished. A bit splotchy. Which can be good, when done right... but not here. It jumps from shadow to light a bit abruptly. Maybe I can change that. But I need to mix the tones all over again... wish me luck!</div>
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<i>1- Los tonos de la cara se ven un poquito desprolijos. Como manchados. A veces eso se ve lindo en una pintura cuando se hace con estilo... pero este no es el caso. Es como que salta de sombra a luz de repente. Tal vez pueda cambiar eso. Pero tendria que mezclar los tonos de nuevo... necesito suerte!</i></div>
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<i>2- El angulo de su brazo derecho se ve un poco alto. Probablemente deberia estar mas bajo. Pero ese es un GRAN error de composicion y... me parece que es un poquito tarde para arreglarlo sin comenzar cambios grandes en la pintura. Pero si se puede hacer. Veremos.</i></div>
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<i>3- El color de la vela se ve demasiado uniforme y podria retocarse.</i></div>
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<i>4- La mano izquierda se ve medio rara y necesita definicion, o escondite!</i></div>
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<i>En fin, esas son las cosas que veo que tienen que cambiar. Entonces... cuando me di cuenta de todo eso me senti un poquito abrumada, pero seguia con ganas de pintar anoche, asi que... </i></div>
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Alright, <i> </i>this painting needs to be done and photographed (and emailed) by the end of February. We'll see what I can get done with my new schedule as a mom of three. Wish me an incredible amount of luck!</div>
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<i>En fin, esta pintura necesita estar terminada y fotografiada (y enviada en un email) para fines de febrero. Vamos a ver lo que puedo lograr con mi nuevo horario de madre de tres.</i> <i>Desenme una cantidad importante de suerte!</i></div>
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Dear friends! Hope you're all having a great week so far. Mine has been full of active children, strong contractions (I'm due September 12th, but you never know with these little ones!), lots of sleep (thank goodness my children are good night and nap sleepers!), and even more hunger and subsequent food. These days I'm craving toast with peanut butter and honey on it... and ice cream, and many other calorie-rich things :) Let's just say all the "baby weight" I've put on is not just baby. Let's talk painting now.<br />
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<i>Queridos amigos! Espero que todos esten teniendo una buena semana. La mia ha estado repleta de ninos con muuuucha energia, contracciones medio intensas (no tengo fecha hasta el 12 de septiembre, pero uno nunca sabe con estos pequenitos!), mucho descanso (me siento re agradecida de que mis ninos duermen bien de noche y durante la siesta!) y aun mas hambre y comida. Estos dias ando con antojo de tostada con manteca de mani y miel... y helado, y muchas otras cosas llenas de calorias :) Digamos que todos los kilos "de embarazo" que he subido no son solo de embarazo. Hablemos de pintura ahora!</i><br />
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You may remember my telling you I've signed up for an international art competition about the New Testament held by my church. Well, you probably forgot and that's just fine. I CAN'T forget about it, though, because I have this little reminder on my fridge (a place I've always visited frequently, but now it's practically where I hang out all the time!).<br />
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<i>Puede que se acuerden de cuando les conte que me inscribi para un concurso de arte internacional acerca del Nuevo Testamento que organiza mi iglesia. Bueno, probablemente no se acuerdan, y no los culpo. El tema es que yo NO PUEDO olvidarme del asunto porque tengo este recordatorio sobre la puerta de mi heladera (un artefacto que siempre he visitado frecuentemente, pero que ahora se ha vuelto mi lugar preferido a toda hora!).</i><br />
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Anyways, here I show you a few pictures showing some progress on the painting I'm working on. I've done plenty of preliminary drawings and one oil study on it before, so this is my final try. It's not quite finished yet, but it's getting close to what I can do with my current skills. I have from November of this year until February of the next to submit an electronic picture of it for the competition. This is my first time doing something like this, so really I'm just going for the experience and hoping this makes me try a bit harder and learn some more about figure painting.<br />
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I'm hoping to finish it before September. I'm super grateful for my husband and friends who've given me so much feedback to make Sara look more human than not :) Have a great rest of the week!<br />
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<i>Espero terminar esta pintura antes de que llegue septiembre. Estoy super agradecida a mi esposo y amigos que me han dado consejos para que Sara se vea mas como un ser humano que otra cosa :) Que disfruten el resto de la semana!</i><br />
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Good afternoon everyone! Hope you're all enjoying a nice Monday so far. I got to walk for one hour on a treadmill this morning, so for my pregnant standards I feel like I just ran a marathon (super proud, and pretty exhausted!). Anyways, let's talk painting.<br />
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<i>Buenas tardes gente linda! Espero que todos esten teniendo un buen lunes. Esta manana camine una hora sobre una cinta caminadora, y por estar embarazada siento que acabo de correr un maraton completo (me siento super feliz y al mismo tiempo no doy mas del cansancio!). En fin, hablemos de pintura.</i></div>
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Do you remember that I was working on two musical paintings for my dear friends Sonia and Mariana in Argentina? Well, I finished Mariana's a while ago (you can see that one <a href="http://thecandleandthebrush.blogspot.com/2014/06/musical-paintings.html#comment-form">here</a>). And Friday night I finally finished painting Sonia's. Here are some pictures of that colorful adventure:</div>
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<i>Se acuerdan que estaba creando dos pinturas musicales para mis amigas Sonia y Mariana en Argentina? Bueno, termine de pintar la de Mariana hace unas semanas (podes verla <a href="http://thecandleandthebrush.blogspot.com/2014/06/musical-paintings.html#comment-form">aqui</a>). Y el viernes pasado finalmente termine la de Sonia. Aca les muestro algunas fotos de esta aventura colorida.</i></div>
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<i>La parte del dibujo es la que mas me cuesta! Me lleva un buen rato y siempre tengo miedo de meter la pata (Igual la meto! jaja Y borro y empiezo de nuevo varias veces!) Tengo que practicar mas dibujo.</i></div>
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Hello Friends! Sorry I haven't posted anything for a while. Being six months pregnant and trying to enjoy summer activities with the kids make me pretty tired at the end of the day. But yesterday I surprisingly felt a huge amount of energy and stayed up late working on yet another charcoal drawing of Sara. The "huge amount of energy" may be due to the fact that yesterday morning I received a little reminder in the mail about my participation in the "10th International Art Competition: Tell Me The Stories of Jesus". The deadline of submission is approaching and I have done preliminary drawings and and an oil study... but haven't gotten to final canvas yet!!!!! So CANDELA, we have to get this painting done! (especially before my baby is born... it always takes me months to get back to painting after having a baby!). The submission window is from November 2014- February 2015. I honestly don't have any intention (or expectation) to win anything, but I want this challenge to make me try a bit harder to paint something beautiful and as accurate as possible.<br />
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<i>Hola Amigos! Perdon que no he escrito nada en mi blog por algun tiempo. Al estar embarazada de seis meses y querer disfrutar de las actividades de verano con mis pequenitos, termino bastante cansada al final del dia. Pero anoche, no se como, senti un monton de energia y me quede haciendo otro dibujo de carbon comprimido de Sara. Puede que "el monton de energia" se deba a que recibi una tarjetita en el correo ayer a la manana recordandome que estoy inscrita para la "10th International Art Competition: Tell Me The Stories of Jesus". La fecha final de entrega se acerca y ya he hecho varios bosquejos preliminares y un estudio al oleo... pero no he comenzado a pintar nada en el lienzo final!!! Asi que, CANDELA, tenemos que ponernos a trabajar querida! (especialmente antes de que nazca el bebe... siempre me lleva meses pintar de nuevo despues de tener un bebe!). El periodo de tiempo de entrega de pinturas para el concurso es desde noviembre de 2014 hasta febrero de 2015. Honestamente no tengo intenciones (o expectativas) de ganar ningun reconocimiento, pero quiero que este desafio me empuje a esforzarme un poquito mas para pintar algo hermoso y -en lo que mas pueda- exacto.</i>Candela http://www.blogger.com/profile/05283604266490816089noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8576517547837582775.post-69495956004643184702014-06-07T19:10:00.000-07:002014-07-14T11:45:10.439-07:00Musical Paintings.Hello everyone! I hope many of you are enjoying a relaxing night next to a bowl of ice cream. Those happen to be my circumstances tonight... and I'd be lying if I said it isn't awesome and that I'll only be having one bowl of it! Anyways, let's talk painting now.<br />
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<i>Hola a todos! Espero que muchos de ustedes esten disfrutando de una linda noche con un bowl de helado en las manos. Por alguna razon magica, esas son mis circumstancias esta noche... y les miento si les digo que no estoy disfrutandolas y que solo voy a comer un bowl de helado! En fin, hablemos de las pinturas ahora.</i><br />
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I've been wanting to paint something for my dear friends Sonia and Mariana for some time now. We have been a very happy "trio" ever since our teens and have wonderful memories together. Every time I get to go to Argentina we get together and chat and laugh as if we were still thirteen years old, which is awesome. Sometimes I forget I have a sense of humor, and they always seem to bring it back in me!<br />
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<i>He querido pintar algo para mis amigas Sonia y Mariana desde hace bastante. Somos un trio feliz desde nuestra adolescencia y tenemos recuerdos hermosos juntas. Cada vez que tengo la oportunidad de ir a Argentina nos reunimos y charlamos y nos reimos como si todavia tuvieramos trece anios, lo cual es maravilloso. A veces me olvido de que tengo un sentido del humor, y ellas tienen la capacidad de siempre traerlo a flote cuando estamos juntas.</i><br />
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After telling them I wanted to paint something, they sent me images of paintings they like. Both of them sent me paintings that have to do with music. Sonia's painting was done by Leonid Afremov. We're still trying to find the author of Mariana's painting (so I'll have to post it as anonymous for now). But if you know the name, please let me know!<br />
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<i>Despues de ofrecerles que queria pintarles algo, me mandaron imagenes de pinturas que les gustan. Ambas me enviaron imagenes que tienen que ver con la musica. La pintura de Sonia fue creada por Leonid Afremov. Todavia estamos tratando de encontrar el nombre del pintor/ la pintora de la de Mariana. Asi que, por ahora me disculpo, la pongo como anonima (pero si alguno de ustedes sabe el nombre del autor, por favor diganmelo!). </i><br />
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Last night I finished Mariana's. Let me show you some progress:</div>
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<i>Ahora comenzare la pintura de Sonia y veremos si puedo pintar a una persona que disfruta tanto de tocar el cello! (que desafio!). Pero estoy contenta, siempre aprendo algo con cada nueva pintura.</i></div>
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Dear amigos! After what it feels like months of not touching a paintbrush, I finally sat down and finished this painting for my friend Melanie's baby. I'm very happy to inform all of you that he was born yesterday and that both mom and baby are doing great!!! The last time I worked on this painting I wrote down some items that needed to be addressed. And these are the things I worked on today. Here's the list:<div>
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<i>Queridos amigos! Despues de lo que pareciera como meses de no tocar un pincel, finalmente me sente y termine esta pintura para el bebe de mi amiga Melanie. Estoy re feliz de informales que el bebe nacio ayer y que tanto el como su mama estan muy bien! La ultima vez que trabaje sobre esta pintura hice una lista de cositas que necesitaban mi atencion. Esas son las cosas en las que me enfoque hoy. Aqui les muestro la lista:</i></div>
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I hope Melanie and baby both like the painting! It's been a challenging adventure with all the colors in the sky and water. Remember I was going to do palette knife texture? Do you notice that I didn't do it? Well... I learned my lesson. Next time I want to do that, I should do the palette knife painting when I have all the colors mixed and ready. My idea to add texture at the end only meant that I had to mix up ALL OF THE COLORS all over again (and match them closely to what I already had painted) in order to add texture. Because by the time the paint was dry on the canvas to start adding texture... the paint on my plate was dry as well and I couldn't use it anymore! So, word to the wise: Use the palette knife earlier in the process next time! But overall, I'm very happy with all I've learned with this experience. Hope they like it!</div>
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<i>Espero que a Melanie y a su bebe les guste la pintura! Ha sido un buen desafio pintar tantos colores en el cielo y el agua. Se acuerdan que iba a pintar con espatula? Ven que al final no lo hice? Bueno, aprendi una leccion. La proxima vez que quiera pintar con espatula, lo voy a hacer cuando tenga todos los colores mezclados y listos y no al final. La idea mia de agregar textura al final con la espatula significo que tenia que mezclar TODOS ESOS COLORES de nuevo (y tener la suerte de que se parezcan a los que ya habia pintado). Porque para cuando la pintura se habia secado sobre el lienzo para comenzar a agregar textura con la espatula... tambien se habia secado sobre mis platos de mezcla y no la podia utilizar mas. Asi que, mi consejo a mi misma es el siguiente: Usa la espatula cuando comenzas a mezclar colores! Aun asi, estoy contenta con todo lo que aprendi con esta experiencia. Espero que les guste!</i></div>
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Say what?!? The other day I was searching the web for free online art classes. And I found this one, among others. It's a figure drawing class taught online by Patricia Watwood at <a href="http://craftsy.com/">craftsy.com</a>. The class is called "Figure Drawing Atelier". The nice thing about this class (apart from it being free!) is that you can watch it a million times and you can chat with other students who are also watching it. Besides, you can submit your own drawings and benefit from the fresh eyes of fellow classmates that can give you a few pointers. Because this class is free, the instructor doesn't directly respond to your questions, but your classmates can. There are many other classes offered in this website at different prices as well. If you're interested in taking this free one, here is the link!!! Enjoy!<br />
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<i>Como?!?! Una clase de arte, por internet... y gratuita? Si! El otro dia estaba buscando clases de arte gratuitas por internet y encontre esta, entre muchas otras. Se trata de la figura humana y la ensena Patricia Watwood en el sitio <a href="http://craftsy.com/">craftsy.com</a>. La clase se llama "Figure Drawing Atelier" y lo lindo (aparte de que es gratis!) es que uno puede mirarla un millon de veces y chatear con otros estudiantes que tambien la estan mirando. Aparte, uno puede enviar sus propios dibujos al sitio para que los companeros de la clase te den consejos al ver tu trabajo desde otra perspectiva. Al ser gratuita, la instructora no contesta las preguntas que envies, pero tus companeros de clase si pueden hacerlo. El sitio ofrece muchas otras clases a diferentes costos tambien. Si estas interesado/a en tomar esta clase gratuita, aca esta el link! Que la disfrutes!!</i><br />
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Good afternoon amigos and thank goodness for kids who -sometimes- nap really well! So, let me show you this cute blue teapot I just finished for my friend Luisa Maria before they wake up! I love how the colors work together. And, if you understand Spanish, all of the words written around it have to do with the things Luisa Maria and I eat when we're together. We like to eat... a lot. We often joke that maybe it's a good thing she's moving away (sniff, sniff) so we both can stop gaining weight! hahaha<br />
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<i>Buenas tardes gente linda! Y... gracias a la vida por ninos que -de vez en cuando- duermen una larga siesta! Entonces, dejenme que les muestre esta tetera azul que recien termine para mi amiga Luisa Maria... antes de que ellos se despierten! Me gusta como quedaron los colores. Y, todas las palabras escritas alrededor son representativas de las cosas que comemos cuando ella y yo estamos juntas. Nos gusta comer... un monton. Siempre nos reimos cuando hablamos de que tal vez sea mejor que ella tenga que mudarse (aunque me ponga triste), asi las dos podemos dejar de engordar tanto! jaja</i><br />
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Happy Easter everyone! <i>Felices Pascuas a todos!</i><br />
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Good Afternoon Friends! I don't know why I always need to tell you about the weather in Wisconsin, but, oh well... here I go. After enjoying 60 degree weather last Saturday, I woke up this morning to snow and 33 degrees. I was a bit sad, but that only means I have another chance to enjoy some hot chocolate before it makes me sweat! The glass is half-full today, people.<br />
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Anyways, <a href="http://mormonartist.net/interviews/howard-lyon/">here</a> is the link to an online interview I just did with painter Howard Lyon for Mormon Artist. Wow!!! This guy can paint very detailed and realistic pictures. It's amazing. He didn't always paint religious art, for many years he created fantastic worlds and characters for other industries. That's why I think it's amazing that the same painter can produce such different art. That goes to tell you, you can always expand your repertoire! No boxed up style here! Enjoy the interview.<br />
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<i>Buenas tardes queridos amigos! No se por que siempre siento la necesidad de contarles acerca del clima de Wisconsin; pero, no lo puedo evitar... y aca voy de nuevo! Despues de disfrutar un clima hermoso de unos 20 grados centigrados el sabado pasado, hoy amaneci rodeada de nieve y temperatura bajo cero nuevamente. Me entristeci, pero, lo lindo es que me da una chance mas de tomar chocolate caliente antes de que el hacerlo me haga sudar! El vaso esta mitad lleno hoy, gente querida.</i><br />
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CandelaCandela http://www.blogger.com/profile/05283604266490816089noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8576517547837582775.post-17539750629310034752014-04-09T13:21:00.000-07:002014-04-09T13:21:41.475-07:00Nautical Painting.Hello Amigos! My friend Melanie is having a baby boy pretty soon here. It's her first baby and I'm so excited for her. So excited... that I got a little ambitious. So ambitious, that I told her I would paint something for her baby's nursery. And I told her, "Just pick a painting. ANY painting, and I'll try to paint it for you". I thought, "Challenges are good. If my efforts look ugly, I'll just buy her baby a cute outfit instead and she doesn't have to hang the painting up and we'll both forget about it". Well... let me show you the inspiring image Melanie sent me in an email few days after my daring proposal.<br />
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<i>Hola Gente! Mi amiga Melanie va a tener un bebe en unas semanas. Es su primer bebe, asi que estoy especialmente contenta por ella. Tan contenta... que me senti un poquito "extra" competente cuando le dije que le pintaria algo para la habitacion de su bebe. "Eleji una pintura", le dije. "LA QUE QUIERAS, y voy a tratar de pintartela". Pense, "Los desafios son buenos. Si se termina viendo fea la pintura, le compro una ropita linda al bebe, ella no tiene que colgar la pintura y las dos nos olvidamos del intento". Bueno, dejenme que les muestre la imagen que me mando Melanie en un email unos dias despues de nuestra conversacion.</i><br />
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When I saw it in my email I thought, "I've never painted a colorful sky or water... or a boat, or people in a boat, or a sunset. Oh Man, I'm in trouble!" But you know, it's the "good" kind of trouble. The one that makes you try a bit harder and say a prayer before you start painting because it's so challenging! So I started and here's what I have so far.<div>
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<i>Y hasta aca llegue anoche. A Melanie le gustaria que la pintura tuviera la textura que le da la espatula y mucha pintura. Asi que, creo que eso es lo que voy a tratar de pintar esta noche.</i></div>
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<i>Me encantan estos bowls coloridos. Asi que, pinte unos parecidos. Tengo el presentimiento de que esta pintura va a quedar linda y colorida en mi querida cocina! (Mencione alguna vez que -porque me encanta- paso la gran mayoria del dia dentro de esas cuatro paredes?)</i></div>
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<br />Candela http://www.blogger.com/profile/05283604266490816089noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8576517547837582775.post-87836778427714443312014-03-20T13:16:00.002-07:002014-04-18T12:41:22.860-07:00Kitchen Art.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Good Afternoon Gente! Here I am drinking some "mate" as I enjoy the sun shinning through my window. It's still cold in Wisconsin, but man, the sun helps! Anyways, the other day I looked at my kitchen and realized it needed some color. So I decided to start three kitchen paintings. I finished two of them and I'm still working on the third one.</div>
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<i>Buenas Tardes Gente! Aqui estoy tomandome unos mates mientras disfruto del solcito que me llega por la ventana. Todavia hace frio en Wisconsin, pero el sol ayuda! En fin, el otro dia me di cuenta de que mi cocina necesitaba un poquito de color. Asi que decidi hacer tres pinturas. Termine dos y la tercera esta en proceso.</i><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This one will have colorful bowls stacked together (working on it tonight!!!!).<br />
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It will hopefully look as cool as this image I found on Pinterest:<br />
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<i>Espero que se vea tan lindo como esta imagen que encontre en Pinterest:</i><br />
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Hello everybody! Here's the link to another online interview I did for the Mormon Artist online magazine. This one features illustrator David Habben, an incredibly talented artist with ink and digital creations. I love his creativity and the unique look of his work. That, my friends, is not so easy to achieve (at least for me). I'm talking about arriving to the point where your art looks consistently "yours", it has your touch, and it's recognizable because of that. I loved David's answers and humility. Read it if you have a minute and enjoy!<br />
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<a href="http://mormonartist.net/interviews/david-habben/">David Habben: Mormon Artist</a><br />
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Gente linda! Aqui comparto el link de otra entrevista por email que hice para la revista digital Mormon Artist. Esta se enfoca en el artista David Habben, una persona increiblemente talentosa con la tinta y creaciones digitales. Me encanta su creatividad y el toque unico que tienen todas sus obras. Ese toque, amigos, no es facil de lograr (al menos no lo es para mi). Me refiero a ese punto cuando uno finalmente crea arte que tiene un toque personal, un toque unico que se reconoce como propio a traves de todas las obras que uno crea. Disfrute mucho de leer las respuestas de David y de su humildad. Lean la entrevista y disfrutenla!<br />
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