Josef's corner

Yesterday was the opening of The Hunger Games which is an adaptation from a bestselling novel by Suzanne Collins. Hybride did (I think) ove...

This is an old drawing of a good friend from high school Gus Papoutsis circa 1990.

I prepared a bunch of boards for silverpoint. I used matboards and illustration boards. I used Golden brand gesso for silverpoint and used a...

I am honored to be selected to one of the honorable mention or certificate of merit in the annual Portrait Society of Canada portrait compe...

Last night, I had a chance to do annother portrait demo/challenge with Denis Jacques and Ann Rochefort at the opening night of PSEC annua...

I will be a part of this year's annual exhibition of PSEC's Les Pastellistes. I have 2 artworks in the exhibition. I will also be d...

I took a dayoff from work to go outdoors to paint. I was with a friend artist Linda Lamontagne in Rawdon checking out the falls. There are ...

Ok. I went to a couple of figure drawing sessions this week. Here are some stuff. 2-25 minutes.

This is a small silverpoint drawing. 6x8

These are a couple of studies in oil. Trying to capture the skin tones is tricky. There is a lot of grey bluish hue in our skin. One of Pier...

Finally finished the silverpoint drawing of Tex Lecor. There is a bit of bluish tint on the last part (lower). I am wondering if its the oxi...

The latest installment of spykids is out. We went to see it with the kids and they loved it! It is good ol family entertainment. Hybride di...

This is another version of Tex Lecor done in pastel on Canson paper 18x24. It was entered for the annual PSEC exhibition this coming Novembe...

This is a work in progress of my first ever silverpoint drawing. I love this technique! It takes time and patience and also nerves...you can...

I recently bought David Usher 's new album - Mile End Sessions. It is my very first purchase from iTunes! I should say I am very please...

I realize that the jpg photo might have been taken with a different setting on the camera. So I retook the photo in raw and jpg in the same ...

I was looking for a way to calibrate my monitor, or find a way to capture or color correct the pictures of my paintings that I took. There i...

This is a sketch I began several months ago of Tex Lecor.  12 x 16 Charcoal on paper.