Josef's corner

from  Underpaintings: Words of Wisdom: Vlaho Bukovac :  "First learn how to look  – the hand will do its part of the work obediently...

This is a pastel demo done at Ogilvy's in Montreal. About over an hour of work. Model is PSEC president Reine Goodrow. Denis jacques, An...

I remember writing the quote from Bouguereau in my sketch book after reading it in the museum catalog of Bouguereau exhibit in Montreal, 198...

I will be participating once again this year on the annual exhibit of the Pastel Society of Eastern Canada (PSEC). I will be doing a live...

I finally dropped off Tex Lecor's portrait at his studio. He was very happy to have it and said he will put it in his dining room. I als...

Really cool tutorials by Stan Prokopenko. Check out his blog .

Continued a bit with the ears and contour.

 with Lynda Schneider Granatstein, this year's honorary invited artist Tex Lecor in person! with  Tex Lecor and Martin Blanc...

This is my spot at the symposium. I  won an honorable mention with the female nude pastel (3rd column from right). We had a visit fro...

Yesterday's LDs from the parc. What a nice day!  one of the model's poses 

24e Rendez-vous du Festival de Peinture à Mascouche Sept 1, 2, 3, 2012 au parc du Grand-Coteau, Mascouche. www.festivalpeinturemascouche...

8x10 oil

I painted a portrait of my father in law at the AAAVT this past weekend. WIP.

Odile sepia on canson paper 12 x 18

Pastel on canson paper 12x18

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...