I recently received a very special letter from China! I was contacted to participate in the First Yiqing Lian 2021 Soft pastel Exhibition, in China, something that made me very excited! The event was organized by the Federation of Literary and Art Circles of Xiangzhou District, Zhuhai City, and the “Association of Artists and Pastel Painting Society” of the same city. On the afternoon of December 6, with the sun shining brightly, on the banks of the beautiful Haojiang River, the Lian Yiqing Pastel Art Museum built in the Wanchai Civic Art Center, Xiangzhou District, Zhuhai City, held its open ..read more

Just a detail picture on the studio… I love plants and flowers and also when Spring is here, showing his nature colours once more!! When the Mimosa trees start to flourish, I know that the Spring is arriving, and its scent fills the house…and the studio!! The post Spring is here!! appeared first on Pastel Portraits ..read more

This is my last portrait for 2020. Just seeing the pictures I knew it would make a beautiful portrait. This painting was made as a Christmas gift commissioned by the father of the child for his wife… He sent me several good pictures of the boy with a very sincere and natural expression, beautiful light, and color range. Good pictures make a difference! In this post, I am not planning to explain all the steps I made, but just to show visually how the portrait evolved from the beginning to the end… I decide to make some general pictures and some closeups for detail and texture. Hope you like it ..read more

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I have never been very attached to calendars with their specific dates, but this year, everything that supposedly measures time completely escapes me. I can’t believe that just three months ago we were walking the streets of Lisbon! It was a whirlwind trip.  We crossed all of Spain making the route by car, and after two days stopping here and there, we arrived at a quiet, lonely, authentic, and melancholic Lisboa… A view over Vista barrio de la Baixa Pombalina, ©Photo by Bogra art studio, 2020 Many times we found ourselves to be the only tourists in sight, marveled of this ancient ..read more

I recently published a new video for my youtube instructional channel and I´m so happy! I did not expect this immediate warm reaction, from so many good people out there… and their sincere welcome back after two years missing! Working on the lips, © photo by Bogra art, 2020 I definitely will film some new pastel portraits in-process in the following months and, If I have strength enough, I´ll probably try to make streaming of an entire portrait painted….someday soon Meanwhile, here are some captures of the video and the direct link to my video of a Pastel portrait of a ..read more

I´m happy to share that I was recently featured on the cover of the magazine of the Pastel Society of Victoria, in Australia! It was not just a surprise to receive an email from the editor of the magazine, Mss. Anne Taylor, but also a big privilege!! ©Magazine of the Pastel Society of Victoria, Australia, ©Bogra art It gave me the opportunity to know about this wonderful Society of pastelists and reaffirm that we are a big family. All around the world and all united by the passion of pastel, sharing the joy of painting. ©Magazine of the Pastel Society of Victoria, Australia I am also ..read more

It’s been a long time since I posted on my blog for the last time… I had a busy summer, working on my orders and cooperating for the development of the first soft pastel handmade brand, in Spain. The Mamut pastels. This makes me proud and happy because the pastels are really special and already warmly welcomed by pastel societies around the world! I’ll be writing about Mamut pastels very soon, but today I wanted to share one of my latest oil paintings and post some photos I took during the process. Oil portrait of a child, painting process ©photo by Bogra art studio, 2021 Oil portrait of a ..read more

This is one of my last pastel portraits… I am so happy with it that I thought it would be great to share it here in my blog. I think it has a very fresh spring look, as the girl´s expression, which I love.. I just recently knew, as a curious detail, that the dress was made by one of only a few hand french sew seamstresses left in the southern U.S. Selected pastels used for the portrait, painting process, Bogra Art Studio, 2021   The post New soft pastel portrait appeared first on Pastel Portraits ..read more

I haven’t blogged for a long time.  The rhythm of the days is becoming somewhat monotonous and the desire to travel insists more and more! With great affection, I open our folders of photos taken during the last great trip we made with my family, just before the second confinement by the Covid. I published then the first part of this trip, the visit to Portugal, but I left the second part for later… and I think it is time to publish it. Comares Palace, Patio de Arrayanes. The work began during the reign of Ismail I of Granada, who ruled between 1314 and 1325. © photo by Bogra a ..read more